Reply #7: What a fucking GREAT post [View All]

[unfrigginreal]

The only thing that I would slightly disagree with:

They support things like gun rights, regulation of abortion, a strong military, and protecting the flag, and are skeptical of gay rights and affirmative action. When the country goes to war, it might not even cross their minds to oppose it.

They find themselves supporting most of these positions because we have not made the case for moderation versus extremism when considering those issues. They wouldn't necessarily blindly support going to war if a case was made against it. They wouldn't necessarily be opposed to affirmative action if it was more tied to economic conditions for all groups rather than certain groups. They wouldn't be opposed to Democrats on gun rights if we made a better case for protecting the right to own personal use(hunting,self protection) guns. They wouldn't necessarily be opposed to abortion rights and gay rights if they were couched in a constitutional freedom position.

Thanks for the post, I think you are spot on.