well....
You might be surprised, Panthera, how deviant I actually am, but I was referring to political deviance here (LOL). From what I can see on this board, I'm FAR more "right wing" (in the OLD sense of 'conservatism is the philosophy that says that people should be left alone to live their lives in peace."
In my opinion, BOTH the right and the left have been co-opted by radicalism. IN THEORY I have no issues with (say) providing medical care to everyone but in actuality I shudder at what is going to happen - I have seen NO programs administered by the United States Government that actually are terribly successful. Will we end up with a health system similar to the (American) Indian health system? And what DOES happen to all that private data the (now federalized) health system collects? How will it be used against my best interests? Etc.
I have the interesting experience of once being very leftie and realizing that in my opinion it didn't work.
I also believe that you can only have a stand that you can reason through - otherwise I would be engaging in emotional positions on items that were far too important to be swayed by emotions.
Hunter