Political Extremists

Well, some things have to be weighed against the will of the people though. I can see that switching to the Euro is something that is best done sooner rather than later, but on things like, oh, say, starting a war.

well in theory the government can force it down the throat of the people, but I doubt that will ever happen. A few parties will always come out as saviors if they, well, crash the government when it plans to do that.

A few parties will always come out as saviors if they well crash the government when it plans to do that.

in Belgium?

A) we don't start a lot of wars

B) I don't think all government parties would ever be on the same line about a war the public is against

Belgium aint he only country in question here Fire

what I said was about Belgium only, I know my knowledge about how politics work in other countries is too limited to make any statements about those. But I do know how belgian politics work

looked more general than only considering Belgium though, but ok I see what you are saying

maybe I got Bullit his question a tad wrong then, but it doesn't really matter much

but it doesn't really matter much

True Finti all too true

In Canada i would be a centrist person, in the US i would be a hardcore democrat.
In Canada, not supporting Medicare for all is ultra-hardcore conservative. In the US its everyone. It matters about the political atmosphere of the country. Our country is to the left, and our NDP party would be communists in your country.
I am social liberal.
I am a conservative on Military and Economy.

Supporting Medicare is almost the base of my political ideology

What are those issues you don't care about populism on?

Originally posted by FeceMan
Well, we all know the clichéd conservative extremist that everyone on these boards is so quick to generalize all of us as--the Bible-thumping, straight-to-hell damning, racist pig.

How about the left extremists? They may be less vocal, but surely they are there. I presume they are more...subversive, but that is only an assumption.

Does anyone have any NEW examples of political extremism?

(That's the nice way of me asking for examples of left-wing examples without people freaking out on me for being the stupid Republican that I am.)

I am not sure what you are saying?jm 😕

I'd imagine the ones at the base of his ideology.... universal healthcare, etc.

Not a bad ideal, I say. No matter how much the public hates it, they get free healthcare. I mean, I wouldn't have a problem as long as they have enough clinics and hospitals to keep up with demand.

"The people elect a government to govern, Then they have to respect its decisions."

the philosophy behind a democratic government was basically that. You don't select a leader you like, you select a leader you think can best rule a country and you accept his decisions. Only when somebody better comes along should you vote that person out of office.

Of course people don't think like that, they think like "Who looks prettier, and who can make flashier comments..."

Now about left wing extremist seeing as i live in the Netherlands and pretty much everything that the US does is right wing extremist for us. Even the biggest right win extremist in our country isn't saying the things the US is saying. There is no way a government here would make weed illegal again, there is no way gay marriages would be banned again. Social care and things like that are very important here, schools for everybody even if you can't afford it is also one of the most important things here. Things that the US debates about couldn't be debated about here, not because its to liberal to think about it. But its to stupid to not allow it.

IMO most of the American left wingers are still pretty right winged. With the two party system there will be very little change in that however. Anways about examples, the only one i can think of is PETA from what little i know about them (most information is gathered threw Southpark) you can only really say those guys are idiots

Originally posted by Fishy
"Even the biggest right win extremist in our country isn't saying the things the US is saying. There is no way a government here would make weed illegal again, there is no way gay marriages would be banned again. Social care and things like that are very important here, schools for everybody even if you can't afford it is also one of the most important things here. Things that the US debates about couldn't be debated about here, not because its to liberal to think about it. But its to stupid to not allow it.

Well said.

Right or Left wing extremist don't worry me. Is the complete and total IDIOTS that follow either side that worry me.

Extremist often are, not even listening to other people's oppinions because theirs is right no matter what.

Originally posted by shaber
What are those issues you don't care about populism on?

I assume you mean me, well there are a few.

A) The death penalty, there is noway we need that one back.
B) Abortion, pro-choice, clergymen can recommend whatever they want in the end its the people their own choice. The moral majority (if it should exist in Belgium) doesn't have the right to tell other people what they can't do
C) Same sex marriages, noway those are going away again.
D) Social Security, as long as possible no tampering with it.
E) Refugees: no need to kick those people out after they've been here for quite a few years.
F) Taxes, basically the way people are taxed is wrong in this country, certainly the way tax reductions work. The damn economic liberals always have the idea to cut everyones' taxes by 2 percent or a thing like that. Which is great for people who makes tons of money (and pay tons of taxes) but the idea SUCKS for people who have small income (pay fewer taxes) and thus get a very small bonus. Where as giving each person a fixed amount of discount would be the opposite, giving the people who really need it a bigger cut (proportionally) than those who don't need it. There are even better ways to do this then Tax reductions, cause there are people who are so poor they don't have to pay taxes