Thread #165019   Message #3955595
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
09-Oct-18 - 06:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: The political leanings of Mudcat
Subject: RE: BS: The political leanings of Mudcat

Let's not get too carried away with the pros and cons of any particular system. Thanks all for, in the main, keeping it 'clean' but I was hoping the thread would highlight that the Mudcat, as with most folk clubs, leans somewhat to the left and is liberal in its ideology. As such, it is only to be expected that right wing and conservative views will be frowned upon by the majority.

Any views on that?

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And there, you see, is the problem and the source of my disappointment. I came of age in the 1960s. At the time, two major aspects of liberalism, at least in the U.S., were pacifism and tolerance. But then I came to Mudcat, and came across a whole passel of rabid liberals who are neither tolerant nor pacifist.
They are very self-righteous about their putative right to bully other ways of thinking away.
And I don't like it.

Of course, there was a time when the marks of conservatism were personal responsibility and protection of individual rights, along with a sense of fair play. That's gone, too.
And I don't like it.

-Joe Offer-