We Could Be A Leftist and A Rightist at The Same Time

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What a strange time when what we called the left was not on the left, the right was not on the right, and the centre was not on the centre. However, this is how politics should be understood and work. Politics must be all encompassing, for everyone, for the common good.

The political spectrum is important, it is useful for classifying and determining our political positions. However, it cannot be rigid. Each corner of the political spectrum is not rigid and completely separate from the others. Hence why there are many models of this.

People can be on the 'left' or on the 'right' in looking at certain things. Too many variables are needed to truly determine an individual's political position. Most people see other people's political positions only superficially, they only see what they see, just on the surface.

So, it shouldn't matter if people accuse you of being leftist or rightist. Even so, it is still potentially dangerous. I personally avoid any political labeling of myself. It is easier for me to refute accusations than to defend my political position. People change, so do I.

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personally i believe the american concept left and right should be looked at as more of a horseshoe shape instead of a right-left line, considering fascism and socialism share select similarities but the ideology associated with it is ultimately harmful to both the person and others. however american fascism is (imo) more harmful, as it danced with white supremacy, christian nationalism and hitler. it's a pre-existing cancer that flares, but american socialism has not had the same time to grow because it is immediately associated with communism and every proud american knows communism = bad.

i do agree with your title, if the person is an extremist wackjob. people on both sides tend to forget that america is not a true democracy and so what you ask for as a majority is not always what you get when it comes to laws, however we have been blessed with freedoms not all get. for example, people in russia are arrested for holding white signs. here, you can burn an american flag and say whatever you want and be physically fine. people whine when they receive critisism and victimize themselves to "cancer culture" and call that a violation of their free speech. no, you were handed verbal retaliation, not a trip to the gulag. if you realize this, it is the key to humbling yourself from the victimhood mentality that shoulders extreme left/right.

i think i'm off topic now but some of it is relevant, tldr check your privledge

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