Russia bans transsexual and transgender people from obtaining driving licences

LordSplodge said:
Generally though educated/intelligent people fall on the liberal side of the spectrum. However here in GD there's a disproportionate amount of right wing or intolerant types.
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I'm pretty liberal, I'm also fairly intolerant of intolerance and pretty critical of religion.

Unfortunately some people see criticism of religion, in particular Islam, as right wing and/or even racist. It is a bit simplistic.
 
Tefal said:
right is it right wing, or is it authoritarian views that we're talking about as most of the time people seem top use the two interchangeably despite many left wing people being extremely authoritarian.
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It's odd that people seek to think right wing economic liberalism isn't authoritarian, in reality the right wing dream is replacing the government (a mildly accountable system) with a corporatocracy (with no accountability).

Neither the popular definition or right or left wing are against authoritarianism (economically or socially), anarchism, Marxism & collectivism are the key mechanisms opposed to authoritarianism.

Personally I believe in the social principles of liberalism but oppose hierarchy without justification.
 
elmarko said:
It's odd that people seek to think right wing economic liberalism isn't authoritarian, in reality the right wing dream is replacing the government (a mildly accountable system) with a corporatocracy (with no accountability).

Neither the popular definition or right or left wing are against authoritarianism (economically or socially), anarchism, Marxism & collectivism are the key mechanisms opposed to authoritarianism.

Personally I believe in the social principles of liberalism but oppose hierarchy without justification.
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Right wing economic liberalism is the opposite of left wing economic authoritarianism, one is about state freedom, the other about state control.

Marxism and collectivism are by their nature authoritarian.
 
RDM said:
I am sure an educated and intelligent man would realise that the studies do not say only stupid people have right wing views but more that right wing views are more prevalent amongst those with lower intelligence.
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Exactly. Same as some educated/intelligent people have right wing views.

robgmun said:
. I do generally have liberal views in some areas (freedom of speech and hate censorship) but consider myself strongly right-wing in others. There is no black and white, so when someone say right-wingers have lower intelligence they're just making themselves look more like idiots then anyone else.
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Black and white views are quite common here though, oh and I never said people with right wing views are stupid. Just pointing out that the prevalence of liberal views in those who have studied further education.

Slight confused by your I real views on freedom of speech and censorship with your political leanings towards UKIP though. That's seems a contradiction.

dowie said:
I'm pretty liberal, I'm also fairly intolerant of intolerance and pretty critical of religion.

Unfortunately some people see criticism of religion, in particular Islam, as right wing and/or even racist. It is a bit simplistic.
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I too do not tolerate intolerance and being critical of something does not make your right wing.
 
What about all the soldiers in the Russian army being pimped out by their superior officers? surely the officers are ""promoting non-traditional lifestyles"
 
Tefal said:
first thing education =/= intelligence.

second thing people in the whole "computer" thing do tend to be more solitary and so less socially adjusted to these more unusual types of people and encounters.
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But on the other hand, aquisition of wealth and assets (which you'd think would be quite high on this forum) tends to breed Conservatism, as generally those with wealth and assets want to keep hold of it/them at all costs.
 
Dolph said:
Right wing economic liberalism is the opposite of left wing economic authoritarianism, one is about state freedom, the other about state control.

Marxism and collectivism are by their nature authoritarian.
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No it isn't, you simple advocate supporting corporations in a position of power over the government (as they would fill the void).

Right wing economic liberalism is just another form of tyranny, with another organisation holding power over the population. It is by no means the opposite of authoritarian.

I don't expect you to admit this mind, it's the same as when you debate taxation & find unequal taxation immoral but have no issue with unequal distribution of the reward of labour completely fine. Self interest doesn't really impress me.
 
elmarko said:
No it isn't, you simple advocate supporting corporations in a position of power over the government (as they would fill the void).

Right wing economic liberalism is just another form of tyranny, with another organisation holding power over the population. It is by no means the opposite of authoritarian.

I don't expect you to admit this mind, it's the same as when you debate taxation & find unequal taxation immoral but have no issue with unequal distribution of the reward of labour completely fine. Self interest doesn't really impress me.
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Your continued refusal to acknowledge the difference between involuntary taxation and voluntary payment for activity is your error, not mine, as is your refusal to understand the difference that results from the state's monopoly on the legitimate use of force, something no corporation can yield.
 
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