"My point was that stupidity is a characteristic of right-wingers . . . The
stupidity has much more to do with a certain inflexible and self-centred
mindset":
Come on! The inflexible mindset is a characteristic shared across the
political spectrum - left, right, centre. And there have, on oc
Yes, and TM'ers are too damned nice too. The science on meditation is just so
too staggering to not have all our public policy mandate the teaching of
effective meditation in all schools to every child and have quiet-time
meditation in every school every day. It is time to make science-based
co
Mike Adams of Natural News blamed the supporters of the anti-GMO
initiative that lost in Washington state for being too nice. They
needed to be meaner and more aggressive as big fooda was able to defeat
the initiative through lies and maybe even fraud. Mike Papantonio, a
lawyer who also hosts
Something I wanted to add. Re "it seems like the U.S. isn't the only country
that has problems with its right wing.":
You are, no doubt, well aware that no other country has a right-wing voting
bloc like your US right? The whole "religious-right" cause has zero appeal
elsewhere - except in I
Seraphita, my former mother in law was fond of saying that Ayn Rand was so far
to the right that she actually was on the left. Though I don't agree, I do
think Rand is not easily pigeon holed using contemporary political labels. For
example, anyone familiar with her philosophy would know that sh
Part of the problem is the use of an all-purpose term like "far-right". I
suppose Nazis and Ayn Rand could both be described as far right but they were
as different as chalk and cheese.
Some of the success of Euro right-wing parties is down to frank racism; some
is down to fears about Islami
