Is Conservatism A Racist Ideology?
No. But those who claim to be conservatives in American politics are really reactionaries and/or racists and definitely not conservatives.
What do conservatives in Australia think of gun control?
@I hate Australia: Just because you have friends of a certain background does not mean you aren't racist. Infact Hitler had a Jewish friend, Emil Maurice (Note: I'm not comparing you to Hitler I'm just saying that sometimes people can overlook a person's race [despite the fact that they are racist] and have some sort of friendship with them). Your comment that black people are violent is merely an opinion, there are violent people within all ethnic groups. Infact most experts are of the opinion that violence is generally a product of one's environment. For example, Whites from a lower socio-economic backgroung are far more likely to commit a violent crime than those from a higher one. I have African-American friends and they're not violent. As I believe in non-violence and pacifism I would never be friends with anyone who was violent. Your welcome for the thumbs down. The left are not the ones who are mentally "retarded" (I think the word you are looking for is mantally handicapped)
Why do people like to collect guns?
I'm 16 and my history teacher says he doesn't like the government interfering with the 2nd amendment. he has a friend who collects many guns, and a lot of them aren't legal like the AK-47 and etc. and he doesn't think its right the government can ban certain guns, or make more regulations so it takes longer to get a gun. My teacher said that he didn't like when people went around saying guns kill a lot of people and stuff. But I don't see how that makes any sense. Why would that guy need so many guns? I mean what if I said I wanted to have an illegal drug collection, or a bomb collection? I don't see how my teacher agrees that his friend is right in wanting those firearms the government decided to make illegal. I mean generally I don't like guns, but I have no problem if it's for hunting, and I'm slightly okay with people having them for safety purposes too (I wouldn't feel too safe in someone's house if they had a gun somewhere, though). but I don't get why some people are so fanatical about guns, and collect them, ADORE them, etc Government regulation on guns seems like a good thing to me.. so that it gets guns out of the wrong hands. My teacher agreed on that, yet he doesn't like the whole "waiting longer" for guns thing. But why must his friend get the guns immediately? Its not like he's in shortage of them, lol. You'd hope that the process to getting a gun was thorough! And the last bit my teacher said w/ people saying "guns kill people" was just stupid but I didn't want to talk back, so I was just quiet and thought to myself, "wow" I live in Texas and my teacher is white, but he claims to not be racist or politically affiliated (he doesn't think he could do a better job than the president, so he supports him), which I felt relieved for because early on in the year I was questioning his personal beliefs. I'm glad he won;t have an agenda for our history classes. The most rational answer gets 5 stars
Aren't the arguments against gun control based on an irrational fear of attack from police or US military forces?
First, lets dispense with the word “reasonable”. “Reasonable”, when talking about politics, almost invariably means “that I agree with”. In most cases, there is not a single law that is reasonable until it has been backed up by hard facts and is supported by non-partisan experts.Now to address your question, the answer is no. Most gun owners are against the majority of gun-control measures proposed by the left because there is little to no evidence that they will have any noticeable affect on overall violent crime. Sure, liberals love to use countries that have strict gun control laws such as Australia and the UK as examples of how gun control is some panacea, but that’s just flat out lying. Violent crime in those countries has either remained the same or been going down at the same rate even before gun control measures were implemented. What that means is that guns aren’t the problem, there are other factors at play here.Politicians on the left love to talk about gun control because it deflects the attention from their failing in other sectors. No one wants to talk about how our mental health system is shit, no one wants to talk about how crappy government schools don’t prepare our kids sufficiently for the real world, and no one wants to talk about how progressive policies have kept people in economic stagnation for the past few decades, driving people to a life of crime. These are the problems that we should be solving if we want to not only solve gun violence, but violence as a whole. Its easy to blame the guns; almost no one on the left bats an eye when politicians say “ERMEGURD LETS CONTROL THE GUNS!” But want to have a civil discussion on how black communities are hotbeds for crime due to the war on drugs being essentially institutionalized racism and what we can do to solve it? Every SJW on tumblr will come out of their holes and won’t pause a second to call you a racist, vile, filthy abomination.Why should I agree to have my constitutional right and what is essentially my human right to self defense abridged when all the evidence points to the idea that it won’t help at all? Why should I be forced to defend why I need a certain right? The onus should fall on those who seek to strip those rights from me on why those rights should be taken away. And I’ve yet to see many arguments backed-up by hard-evidence from the anti-gun side.TL:DR - The argument is that they don’t work.
What are the best arguments against a U.S. national gun registry?
This question has been asked and answered many times here on Quora. Here is one of my answers for another thread:Here is exactly why:In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control:· From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.-----------------------In 1911, Turkey established gun control:· From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.-----------------------Germany established gun control in 1938:From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.-----------------------China established gun control in 1935: From 1948 to· 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.-----------------------Guatemala established gun control in 1964:· From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.-----------------------Uganda established gun control in 1970:· From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.-----------------------Cambodia established gun control in 1956:· From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.-----------------------56 million defenseless people were rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control.-----------------------You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.With guns, we are 'citizens'; without them, we are 'subjects'.During WW II, the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!One lone nut with a gun may kill a few but unchecked governments kill millions.
Why are the pros & cons of living in Ireland compared to United States?
Living in USA:Pros:USA culture—huge stores, low prices, cheap clothing, diversity of cultures.Big homes and cheap cars.Low personal tax rate (compared to Ireland).Great opportunity for entrepreneurs, upwardly mobile go-getters, etc.Tolerance, respect and legal recognition for LGBT in larger cities, and many states.Banking system that supports home ownership and entrepreneurship.Cons:Many places are accepting of gun ownership and concealed carry.Many places that do not offer tolerance, respect and legal recognition for LGBT. (There are many places in the US where bigotry is a normal part of daily life.)High property taxes in many states (compared to Ireland).The experience of having children and raising a family in the US generates a lot of obligations, risks and costs that are solely born out by the parents.Health insurance is expensive, and getting worse.Pension and retirement system is a broken mishmash, and many people are not financially secure in old age. This is getting worse.Living in Ireland:Pros:Ireland culture— great regard for children and old people, a genuinely kindly society, a country of readers and people who support the arts.Comfortable small homes that are energy efficient (the new ones, anyway).Limited gun ownership. Most police aren’t armed.Tolerance, respect and legal recognition for LGBT though not historic, is on the rise.Low property taxes (compared to US).Health insurance is about a 1/3 of the cost in the US.Cons:It’s a small country (4.7 million people). Stores are small. If retail shopping is your main hobby, you’re going to be bored. People are just not into their possessions to the extent that people are in the US.Banks are conservative— it’s been difficult to get a mortgage in Ireland for the last few years, and entrepreneurs often have difficulty financing their ventures.Owning a car is expensive due to annual taxes. Motor fuel is around twice the cost in Ireland compared to the USA.The weather isn’t too great, it rains a lot.Real estate and apartment renting is expensive in the bigger cities due to a shortage of available units.Income tax is higher.If you are a USA citizen with a primary residence in Ireland, your taxes will be complicated (you’ll have to do two separate returns for both countries, and include information about your Irish bank accounts in your US return).
Why do liberals love ISIS so much?
Libtards call you racist for being against ISIS. We're talking about a satanic death cult that rapes little girls, stomps on babies, crucifies Christians, hangs gay people from bridges, pours acid in women's faces, sticks guns in children's faces, strangles kids, hangs them on fences in public, beheads atheists, and has absolutely no conscience about any of it because they've been demonized since birth. Yet, libtards want to attack America, Christianity & white people? Libs call Trump racist for being against ISIS, but Hillary is great because she wants them in America. The same Muslims who send rape gangs to schools in Europe. So why do liberals identify so much with radical Islam? They do seem to have a lot in common: They both hate God, they both hate western civilization, they both hate America, they both murder babies, they both hate freedom, they both believe in totalitarian tyranny, they both use terrorism to force people into submission. If I didn't know any better, I couldn't even distinguish ISIS from Black Lives Matter. I can see why feminists love radical Islam so much, they're both anti-woman. Communists love the idea of a dark army forcing everybody in line. I think I get it now. But wait, aren't libtards afraid that it might backfire on them? Or are most Hillary supporters rich people who live behind solid gates with tight security, so they don't care what happens to us little people?
Why do conservatives always side with police brutality?
I don't think this is necessarily true