Primagen
16th March 2014, 03:40
I'll just get this out of the way. I'm a non-Marxist, and I don't believe in anything mentioned in the following list. I'll explain why, but since I'm using a touchscreen, my explanations will be brief.
Equality: Not everyone is equal. Even if a scientist and a janitor work equally as hard, the scientist is still more valuable because their skills are in shorter supply and have more extensive applications.
Multiculturalism: Western secularist culture is superior to others, and we have the living standards to prove it.
Diversity: I don't see diversity as a bad thing, but I don't regard it in an end in itself. Hence, I am opposed to affirmative action.
Moral politics: Hitler was a moralist. I am a pragmatist. The worst things are done with the best intentions.
Respect for other religions and cultures: Honor killings, cultural terrorism, and female genital mutilation aren't culturally different, they're barbaric.
Economic planning: I don't believe that any person or group, from an autocrat to democratic votes from the entire world could devise a plan that would be good for everyone. I'm also convinced that if you all were part of a communist system, even if you agree with each other on every last detail of how the system should be set up, you still couldn't agree on which plan would be suit the needs of the workers. Your proposal would depend on your own occupation.
Conservatism: While I would be considered more right wing on economic issues, I see no reason to impose arbitrary religious values on others.
Racism: Some of you by now have probably assumed that my opposition to multiculturalism makes me a racist. I do believe in cultural superiority, but I don't believe in racism. This is why I don't believe in affirmative action. If non-whites and females are truly equal, then they don't need special treatment.
Transgender rights: I think most women would feel uncomfortable if they saw a six-foot guy with a pink dress and a stubble walking out of a stall in a woman's restroom, and they shouldn't expected to therapeute themselves into feeling differently just to avoid offending transgendered people. The majority has rights, too.
Now for some things I do believe in:
Freedom of Speech: The truth can be defended on its own merits. Thus, one should be free to say anything they want aside from slander and threats of violence, even if it's terribly offensive to someone else, including "hate speech," and I'm an ethnic Jew.
Free Market: I explained earlier that I don't believe in economic planning. The free market is my proposed solution, as everyone can make decisions on their own behalf, rather than having an autocrat who lives off their tax money order them around, or having 51% of the population push through a plan that hurts the other 49.
Israel: I'm convinced that the countries the refugees are in are to are to blame for their predicament, that Israel's militarism is a necessary defense measure for the good of their citizens, and that we would all be worse off if Palestine existed in place of Israel.
Equality: Not everyone is equal. Even if a scientist and a janitor work equally as hard, the scientist is still more valuable because their skills are in shorter supply and have more extensive applications.
Multiculturalism: Western secularist culture is superior to others, and we have the living standards to prove it.
Diversity: I don't see diversity as a bad thing, but I don't regard it in an end in itself. Hence, I am opposed to affirmative action.
Moral politics: Hitler was a moralist. I am a pragmatist. The worst things are done with the best intentions.
Respect for other religions and cultures: Honor killings, cultural terrorism, and female genital mutilation aren't culturally different, they're barbaric.
Economic planning: I don't believe that any person or group, from an autocrat to democratic votes from the entire world could devise a plan that would be good for everyone. I'm also convinced that if you all were part of a communist system, even if you agree with each other on every last detail of how the system should be set up, you still couldn't agree on which plan would be suit the needs of the workers. Your proposal would depend on your own occupation.
Conservatism: While I would be considered more right wing on economic issues, I see no reason to impose arbitrary religious values on others.
Racism: Some of you by now have probably assumed that my opposition to multiculturalism makes me a racist. I do believe in cultural superiority, but I don't believe in racism. This is why I don't believe in affirmative action. If non-whites and females are truly equal, then they don't need special treatment.
Transgender rights: I think most women would feel uncomfortable if they saw a six-foot guy with a pink dress and a stubble walking out of a stall in a woman's restroom, and they shouldn't expected to therapeute themselves into feeling differently just to avoid offending transgendered people. The majority has rights, too.
Now for some things I do believe in:
Freedom of Speech: The truth can be defended on its own merits. Thus, one should be free to say anything they want aside from slander and threats of violence, even if it's terribly offensive to someone else, including "hate speech," and I'm an ethnic Jew.
Free Market: I explained earlier that I don't believe in economic planning. The free market is my proposed solution, as everyone can make decisions on their own behalf, rather than having an autocrat who lives off their tax money order them around, or having 51% of the population push through a plan that hurts the other 49.
Israel: I'm convinced that the countries the refugees are in are to are to blame for their predicament, that Israel's militarism is a necessary defense measure for the good of their citizens, and that we would all be worse off if Palestine existed in place of Israel.