Do you consider yourself to be extreme, politically?

[Sparky2]

Well except for the mandatory surgery, I'm with you. But every time I've offered a topic on how to get back to a government that serves the people instead of using them for its own benefit, I am labeled a nut job and yes, extreme and there are few willing to discuss it.

Surgery, followed in short order by euthanasia.
Open your mind to it.

It really is the only solution to our current dilemma.
:3oops:

 

[limelight66]

My political views are less government, more personal liberty, self reliance, rugged individualism, fiscal responsibility, strong military force, enforcing illegal immigration laws, supporting small business by (government) getting out of the way, cutting spending (not just saying you will), term limits, government abiding by the constitution, the understanding that the purpose of the constitution is to put limits on or constrain the government.


I'm sick and tired and fearful of our out of control government. If my views are extreme, I'm a proud extremist!

 

[Peter King]

In my country I am seen as a moderate, but if I would have the same opinion in the United States, I would most likely be seen as reasonably extreme

 

[AlbqOwl]

Surgery, followed in short order by euthanasia.
Open your mind to it.

It really is the only solution to our current dilemma.
:3oops:

Well it might be since the more reasonable solutions seem to be falling on deaf ears pretty consistently. But I kind of like a lot of those people when they aren't being members of the Permanent Political Class. A dilemma it is.

 

[joG]

Do you consider yourself to be extreme, politically?

Whatever your political lean is, left... right... even in the center... do you consider yourself to be at the extreme of your lean?

Well, it depends on what "extreme" should mean here.

 

[Patrickt]

When Roman Polanski insisted that the judge in his rape case, the prosecuter, and the men on the jury all wanted to do what he did, which was to drug a 13-year old girl so he could have anal sex with her. Pedophiles always see themselves as perfectly normal. A man I know said, "Everyone will steal if they think they can get away with it." I pointed out that he had just confessed that he steals if he thinks he can get away with it but some people don't. He refused to believe that.

I've dealt with a lot of seriously mentally ill people. Some knew they were crazy but couldn't control it but most said they were perfectly normal and questioned the sanity of those who thought they were crazy. That might be one area where the mentally ill mirror the mentally healthy.

Perhaps when asked if she tells the truth she responded with, "I try to." Perhaps she was staking out her spot on the crazy but knows it.

Donald Trump, on the other hand, said:
"“Look, all I do is tell the truth,” Trump argued. “I’m a truth teller. All I do is tell the truth. If at the end of 90 days I’ve fall in short because I’m somewhat politically incorrect even though I’m supposed to be the smart one and even though I’m supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it’s okay.”
Trump Defends Calling Obama ISIS Founder: ‘All I Do Is Tell the Truth’ | Mediaite

I think the poll is a pretty good example that most people consider themselves the norm and everyone else is extreme.

 

[ocean515]

Absolutely not extreme.

I'm conservative. I'm ProChoice with limits. I understand that some states are heartbroken that Fed tax dollars will subsidize same and have no problem with keeping tax dollars out of it. I'm for teaching a man to fish and not feeding the animals at the National Parks. I'm Christian, but somewhat pick-and-choose. I'm pro Second Amendment, but background checks are okay by me. I like universal healthcare, but the AHA is obviously not the answer. I like a higher minimum wage, but think the Fed floor shouldn't strain the states. They should set their own rates depending on their own circumstances. I don't believe in one size fits all.

I could think of more, but...

I owe you one MaggieD, you saved me the trouble of typing.

 

[KevinKohler]

No, but I'll take extreme measures to achieve my political goals. Like my support of Trump, or at times, I'll fakingly take extreme positions in order to make a point.

 

[jonny5]

Do you consider yourself to be extreme, politically?

Whatever your political lean is, left... right... even in the center... do you consider yourself to be at the extreme of your lean?

Yes, which doesnt make me wrong...

 

[tres borrachos]

Not at all. I'm very much a moderate, but I am more a safe Republican voter than a Democratic voter.

 

[Harry Guerrilla]

Do you consider yourself to be extreme, politically?

Whatever your political lean is, left... right... even in the center... do you consider yourself to be at the extreme of your lean?

I have some views that if implemented would be extreme, by most standards.
It's issue dependent.

 

[Casper]

Do you consider yourself to be extreme, politically?

Whatever your political lean is, left... right... even in the center... do you consider yourself to be at the extreme of your lean?

No and Every so called test I have ever taken puts me just a tiny bit Left of Center. Cannot see how a centrist can be extreme unless you mean extreme when it comes down to wanting Common Sense to rule the day and believe the Nation is far more important than any political Party.

 

[Helix]

no. i'm a centrist in most of the first world. i think that foreign policy and health care are pretty good.






















in Canada.

 

[humbolt]

Absolutely not, and I'll kill anybody who says otherwise.

 

[NeverTrump]

Do you consider yourself to be extreme, politically?

Whatever your political lean is, left... right... even in the center... do you consider yourself to be at the extreme of your lean?

I have to laugh at some of the people who have responded not extreme, when they very clearly are!

I am not extreme. I am not an activist and I am slowly but surely becoming non-partisan. Trump forces me to ask what has he done to my party? I only get extreme when people are willfully posting stupid stuff that is easily debunked and they won't admit it. I do this to all sides equally. The Right, the Left, the Alt left, and the Alt Right. Or if they blindly follow snake-oil salesmen that repeat what they like to hear without any clear principles.

It's fine to have principles but be prepared to admit they are rooted in myth and/or conspiracy theories when debating me!

 

[polgara]

Absolutely not, and I'll kill anybody who says otherwise.

Greetings, humbolt. :2wave:

Ditto! After all, what good are friends if you can't count on them? :mrgreen:

 

[Abbazorkzog]

No, because by-and-large my outlook on politics is that it is mostly rhetorical bull****. Felt that way even before I left the Democratic Party.

 

[Abbazorkzog]

I have to laugh at some of the people who have responded not extreme, when they very clearly are!

Yeah, because they're totally extremists simply because you say they are!!!!1exclamationpoint!1one!

 

[joG]

Absolutely not, and I'll kill anybody who says otherwise.

I like your commitment!

 

[radcen]

Yeah, because they're totally extremists simply because you say they are!!!!1exclamationpoint!1one!

For some of the people he might think as extreme, that opinion would probably hold up if put to a vote. There are indeed people in the world who are simply unaware of how they themselves really are.

 

[Russell797]

I'm pretty mainstream considering the region of the country I was brought up and continue to live in. My standard education and love of science places me squarely in the norm of what I was expected to become. I prefer a balanced blend of capitalism and socialism according to which serves a given issue to greatest advantage. A pragmatic approach unhindered by ideology. A child of the 1950s and 60s, I grew up with expectations for a grand future driven by rapid technological development. The sky was the limit. We are getting there, more slowly than hoped, held back by troglodytes beholden to the past in a world demanding rapid change and adaptation.

 

[Harshaw]

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.

^^^
'Nuff said.

 

[Rosie1]

I'm fairly left, but not extreme. I'm for women's medical rights, having worked in health care for years. But, I also grew up a country girl, so I support that people can live a peculiar lifestyle if they choose, so long as they are harmless.

 

[American]

This is hard to answer, because to some I am and to others I'm not. Everyone knows where I stand on the important issues, so I won't belabor that here.

 

[AlbqOwl]

Absolutely not, and I'll kill anybody who says otherwise.

The problem is, those who say they aren't extremists will likely say at some point that humbolt should be locked up for threatening people. (Few extremists have much sense of humor.)