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Am I considered far right now?

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Septemberisaweirdmonth · 13/09/2025 16:12

Years ago I would have described myself as liberal and on the left. Over recent years the things I seem to agree with seem to be considered to be on the right and even far right

Examples:

I see nothing wrong with wanting to retain British culture or the innate culture of any country and see nothing wrong with a country being proud of its flag..as many are-Spain, Usa, Portugal etc etc

Whilst I have no issue with anyone being transgender, I do not believe transgender males should play in female sports, be in female toilets, prisons etc and I don’t believe children should be given drugs to alter their gender.

I think immigration in Europe needs to be controlled.,and quickly

I would be put off a man and likely wouldn’t see him again if he asked to split the bill on a first date. I can pay the bill four times over, but that’s not the point.

I am educated to post degree status and worked full time in my career for many years until I had my dc, I then wanted to and was thankfully able to stay at home. I see nothing wrong with the man going out to work, the mum staying home, taking care of the kids and the house-if that suits everyone and they’re happy doing that. My ideal scenario now would be a nice community, homeschooling and raising kids.

I am not anti abortion completely but my stance leans more towards this angle (I don’t tell anyone this though)

I regularly watched Charlie kirk, whilst I didn’t agree with everything and i’m not hugely religious, I agreed with a lot of his points and found he made his points respectfully. I also regularly watch Piers morgan uncensored

I didn’t agree with the almost forcing of people to have the covid injection

I quite like Trump

I feel embarrassed writing all this down as I feel I can’t really say this in real life

Have I become far right?

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Septemberisaweirdmonth · 13/09/2025 17:37

Lunalara · 13/09/2025 17:32

To give a more nuanced answer than the one I mentioned earlier, most people don’t align completely with one ideology. For instance, many people are pro gay marriage, but feel uncomfortable with biological males in female spaces. Increasingly, there is a narrative on social media that you are not a good person if you don’t agree with the latter, even if you agree with the former. What this has lead to is what we have now. You are normal for having nuanced takes on different subjects, despite what anyone else has to say.

Exactly and I am pro gay marriage but not males in a female space

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Phatgurslyms · 13/09/2025 17:37

I believe you have written this post to boast about belonging to a group that you feel makes you safe. it is safe for you and dangerous for people of colour because even though the team you are aligned with reckon they are anti-"immigration". The word immigrant is actually racialised by this group. They have been inspired to behave violently outside hotels and this could get worse. Can you imagine how people of colour in this country might feel as a result of that? I don't think you care though do you? Because you think that your skin colour protects you. I am assuming that you are white. If you're not, I think you are deluded about what is actually going on right now now.

Charlie Kirk's death is one of a few in these so-called culture wars, but some are behaving as though his death is more important than others.

sleepwouldbenice · 13/09/2025 17:37

SummerEve · 13/09/2025 16:22

Well, not full on far right but certainly on the right path.

This. Certainly not centre right or conservative right.

Your examples became more and more right leaning, and are probably heavily influenced by the programmes and media you consume
Most people ridicule trump in the UK, even though they may agree with a couple of his views eg the early ones on your list

Ronathediva13 · 13/09/2025 17:38

I have put that you are being unreasonable as your views are definitely far right and that is unreasonable.

UserUserUser12 · 13/09/2025 17:38

Rocket1982 · 13/09/2025 17:31

Can you please answer the question of what you quite like about Trump?

Yes, boggles the mind!

TimeForATerf · 13/09/2025 17:38

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 13/09/2025 16:27

Immigration needs to be controlled.
Trump is an abusive male of vast privilege who coincidentally through regressive attitudes provides some protection to women in recognising all the gender ideology stuff.
I think abortion should be considered a serious health issue with a variety of risks for the woman. Ultimately it’s her choice. Personally I never would, other than in truly extreme circumstances. I judge women who see it as just another contraception.
I did not dislike Charlie Kirk for disagreeing with me.
Releasing women from the home has caused resulted in women having unreasonable workloads, which need addressing.

Right and left have lost all meaning. There are corrupt people, racists, homophobes and bullies on right and left.

I no longer assume the liberal to be kinder or more ethical than the conservative. There are dishonest cunts equally distributed across the spectrum.

Hello friend! I agree with everything you say. Thank you for saying it first so I can eat my sweet and sour prawns and save the time.

TheJoyOfWriting · 13/09/2025 17:38

5128gap · 13/09/2025 17:14

Historically the right believed in maintaining the status quo, whereas the left wanted to bring about change.
This was linked heavily with how the economy was managed and with ownership of property/means of production because the change the left originally sort to bring about was to address wealth/class inequality, while the right wanted to keep things the way they were, either because they were the wealthy, or they had internalised the idea of the god given estate. Which I suppose its pretty much where we are now, in terms of tradition versus progression. Only the progression sort by the contemporary left has veered away from the class/wealth based issue and embraced all sorts of new ideas. Many of which the tradional left wing person (thinking of my coal miner grandad here) would think were self indulgent luxury causes based in individualism rather than for the greater good.

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What 'self indulgent luxury causes'? Do you agree?

Do you mean stuff like feminism, anti-racism, gay rights?

Or do you mean more recent 'woke' stuff like Just Stop Oil, TRA stuff, Palestine, BLM, which I would argue are all worthy causes but have been severely mismanaged?

AmIHumanOrAmIAYeti · 13/09/2025 17:38

I see nothing wrong with wanting to retain British culture or the innate culture of any country and see nothing wrong with a country being proud of its flag..as many are-Spain, Usa, Portugal etc etc

where is the British flag getting painted on roundabouts or put up in windows?

megachocs7 · 13/09/2025 17:39

Most people will agree with you but are too scared to say it because they will get attacked for having this opinion!

InterestedDad37 · 13/09/2025 17:40

The splitting the bill thing - in this day and age, your stance is just absurd.
The rest of it, yes, you're veering towards the right.

usernamealreadytaken · 13/09/2025 17:40

fastingforweightloss · 13/09/2025 16:45

I agree with all your viewpoints Op, and I do consider myself far right.

Nothing wrong with that. I think most people when they get to middle age see things much clearer than they did when they were a do-gooding, be kind touting snow flake 18 year old.

Why do you consider yourself far right, rather than just right of centre? What’s the distinction?

UserUserUser12 · 13/09/2025 17:41

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 13/09/2025 16:27

Immigration needs to be controlled.
Trump is an abusive male of vast privilege who coincidentally through regressive attitudes provides some protection to women in recognising all the gender ideology stuff.
I think abortion should be considered a serious health issue with a variety of risks for the woman. Ultimately it’s her choice. Personally I never would, other than in truly extreme circumstances. I judge women who see it as just another contraception.
I did not dislike Charlie Kirk for disagreeing with me.
Releasing women from the home has caused resulted in women having unreasonable workloads, which need addressing.

Right and left have lost all meaning. There are corrupt people, racists, homophobes and bullies on right and left.

I no longer assume the liberal to be kinder or more ethical than the conservative. There are dishonest cunts equally distributed across the spectrum.

I judge women who see it as just another contraception.

How many of those have you met?!

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 13/09/2025 17:41

nopalfruit · 13/09/2025 17:30

“i quite like trump am i far right?” are you stupid?

No, but you might be. Do you do nuance at all? Or do you prefer not to bother?

UserUserUser12 · 13/09/2025 17:42

megachocs7 · 13/09/2025 17:39

Most people will agree with you but are too scared to say it because they will get attacked for having this opinion!

You’re kidding? They’re spouting this shit everywhere?

Nestingbirds · 13/09/2025 17:42

Ginmonkeyagain · 13/09/2025 17:36

You talk of wanting to retain British culture, why do you think British culture is under threat?

I live in a very multi cultural part of London, last week we had our annual fete in the park. It had a dog show, a coconut shy, a Punch and Judy booth, a tea and cake tent, a beer tent with locally brewed ales, a plant stall and a lady sellling home made jams.

Our pubs were riot of St George's flags in the recent Euros football competition. However I would say only flag waving at sport is very much in line with British culture, we find overt flag waving pretty cringemaking.

I’m not sure that’s entirely true - I was in hospital last week and the staff barely spoke any English at all. The other patients were shouting into their phones in all kinds of languages, and not English. The most popular name in the U.K. for the second year in a row is Mohammed.

We have seen serious attempts here to try and prevent Christmas decorations and Christmas plays. We have been encouraged to use the terms happy holidays rather than happy Christmas. The erosion of many other Christian celebrations is evident.

Everything is becoming very watered down. Classic manners of queuing, being humble, driving with consideration have all but died in some places.

Not to mention the ghettos.

Nowherefast4 · 13/09/2025 17:42

Pinepeak2434 · 13/09/2025 16:32

My father-in-law came here legally in the 1960s, worked his entire adult life, and raised a family - without him, my husband and children wouldn’t exist. Yet most of his children voted Reform, and I’m seriously considering it too. I am not far-right, and I will not be shut down and called far right for raising legitimate concerns about illegal immigration.Throwing around the term “far-right” so casually only dilutes its real meaning.

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Why, out of interest, do they think that their father should have been allowed in but now the door's shut? I'm not being provocative - I'm curious as to how this mindset operates.

UserUserUser12 · 13/09/2025 17:42

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 13/09/2025 17:41

No, but you might be. Do you do nuance at all? Or do you prefer not to bother?

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Patiently waiting here for the nuance of quite liking Trump. Which bits?

PollieDarton · 13/09/2025 17:42

It seems you can be far right the moment a random stranger on MN decides that you are. I just got called a Nazi apologist on the other thread because I genuinely didn’t understand the symbolism of 88, had never heard of codes before and asked a lot of questions because I was baffled by it. It seems to be a typical leftie tactic to call people Nazis or sympathisers to shut them down. So yes, you probably are for right if a random stranger on the internet just told you that you are. 😂

Kelticgold · 13/09/2025 17:43

Septemberisaweirdmonth · 13/09/2025 17:32

Relevance?

Of course I will look after them…

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Then I applaud you for that.
It is often seen as an issue many families don’t want to deal with (at least on MN)
So if you support a more traditional role as a woman in your family, looking after elderly relatives at home should be expected.

MyLimeGuide · 13/09/2025 17:43

UserUserUser12 · 13/09/2025 17:36

Good peace negotiations? Care to share?

Cracking down on illegal immigration? No. He’s taking people off the streets and directly from their immigration appointments. Do you understand the processes in the US to become a permanent resident?

That it can take years and that people who are lawfully following the process have been forcibly separated from their children and thrown into detention centres with no due process? Are you aware that immigrants are being taken that have social security numbers and pay tax? Do you actually understand any of the finer and incredibly complex points of US immigration or are you just spouting Daily Mail shit?

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The whole russia/Ukraine thing. The whole Israel/Palestine thing. Hes attempting to create peace (yes I accept its possibly partly to boost his ego and popularity) but still.
Atleast he is doing SOMETHING re illegal immigration and something needs to happen. IMO.

Linzi2377 · 13/09/2025 17:44

i completely agree..and if that makes me far right too i dont care

Owly11 · 13/09/2025 17:44

No of course not. The political landscape has changed out of all recognition. The left have now become oppressive, views that used to be considered centrist are now considered far right, feminism has gone backwards. We now have strange bedfellows on different issues such as many lesbians and gays being banned from Pride and aligning with the right on transgender issues. I personally don’t stand with any ideology or political party - it’s impossible to align with either all left or all right without turning off all critical thought.

purplehearts22 · 13/09/2025 17:44

For those of you that don’t have a problem with the illegal immigration situation here in this country can I ask a question? Are you really ok with wide open borders? Fine with undocumented (mostly) men living among us? Do you really have no concerns and if so why is that?
I ask because my thoughts are that we could be letting in jihadists posing as victims fleeing war and seeking asylum how would we know? Do you think that’s rational thinking or am I far right?

FirstdatesFred · 13/09/2025 17:45

What do you like about Trump? Genuinely interested to know.

usedtobeaylis · 13/09/2025 17:45

Immigration is controlled and yes I do consider it a far right position to keep pretending it's not.

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