Am I considered far right now?

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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?

Have they shifted sideways?

His tone may have been respectful but his message was hateful, misogynistic, racist, and divisive.

He was anything but a good man.

They're not being "flattened" for their political viewpoints, they're being flattened for rejoicing about the death of another human being.

I think the main problem is the whole polarisation of being either left or right when in fact most people are somewhere in between. So many issues have now been politicised and ‘owned’ by either the Left or Right that many people may tie themselves in knots trying to work out their political leaning. Even switching allegiance depending on which issues affect them personally.

I’ve always been Left leaning but I am acutely aware that it’s easy to have very liberal ‘woke’ views on things that don’t affect me directly. I am not anti immigration for example. I think asylum seekers must be desperate and in dire need of help. I find it hard to imagine turning those people away. However, I don’t feel my life has been directly affected by a mass influx of asylum seekers. I don’t live in a Kent seaside town where maybe school places and doctor appointments are being fought over. I don’t live next to a hotel housing asylum seekers who often have come here with trauma and loss and therefore severe mental health problems which may lead them to commit more crimes. I don’t see many asylum seekers in my community. Therefore it’s easy for me to be accepting of them.

I am happy for people to be whoever they want to be. I welcome all races, sexual leanings, classes etc. But that’s because I have job security, education and wealth. I am secure in my role in society and do not feel threatened by others. It’s easy for me to have these views.

However, for other things it’s not easy. Trans women in sport for example. I compete at quite a high level in my sport- often winning age categories etc- I am therefore strongly against competing alongside trans women. To the point I’m really angry at them and am starting to let it affect the way I view trans women. This is because it affects me directly. It’s not necessarily a Left thing or a Right thing- it’s a personal thing. But as it’s now an issue adopted by the hard right it has become politicised and divisive and I guess people would assume I’m right wing if I air these views.

At the end of the day, people gravitating towards the Right are doing so out of fear. Fear that their world is being threatened. We are all anxious about the same basic things deep down and talk of Left and Right, things being black and white, you’re either on our side or theirs is completely destructive and depressing.

You’ve absorbed too much far right crap on the internet and now yes you are

Who killed `Charlie Kirk?

If the cap on 2 child benefit (free money thing) was taken away this would be a bad thing for the economy and the human race in general. Having children is an absolute privilege. A lot of children in the UK aren't looked after properly, they are neglected. The 2 child cap is a deterrent for neglectful parents and it would be an absolute tragedy if it was removed.

If you have to ask then the answer is probably yes

Socially conservative, you may still be economically liberal.

Very.

There isn’t much difference between far right and far left. In fact, it’s circular. If you go far enough right you end up left and vice versa. Neither “side” want to admit it.

Just reminds me of when George Orwell said something like 'a man in his twenties is a socialist, by his thirties a conservative and by forties and beyond a fascist'. Your trajectory sounds similar.

Why does a man paying for your dinner make you feel nice and special?Do you expect others to pay for your meals eg family,friends,colleague or just men? Would you feel plain and ordinary paying for your own meal?

I was roughly in agreement with you OP until your abortion comment - everything from that point is definitely not something I can agree with you on, and it's right-wing leaning far-right. You have let yourself be influenced by far right and lost a measured, critical view.

I'd say your views are quite closely (but not perfectly) aligned to the Daily Telegraph. The DT has shifted right in the last 10-20 years - so your views seem quite right wing but nothing outside the realm/range of mainstream media/public opinion today.

I'd call your views a bit regressive rather than far right- maybe showing a bit of credulousness.

Culture is a present sort of thing. So British culture is the culture we have right now. So you should be happy with that OP. Or did you have some other version of British culture you would prefer?

Yes. Comfortably so.

And I agree far left are just as bonkers as far right and not that dissimilar. Both groups are 100% the reason we are in the mess we're in, if the pendulum swings too far nothing good ever comes out of it as people are too blindsided to collaborate and respect each other. We've seen this in history, and the bleak outcome.

What is there to like about trump ? He is clearly a misogynist and racist, with poor behaviour regarding people with disabilities,he has devastating impact on politics , constantly talking completely rubbish and lying? have you fully read the aims of project 2025.? When I read people in uk liking him , I feel depressed and afraid for future of our children

To suggest that the OP is far right is absolutely ridiculous. Whether you agree with her or not, nothing she stated in her first post is 'far right'. Like so many other terms, 'far right' has become meaningless, because people use it incorrectly and apply it to things that aren't remotely 'far' anything.

Stalin was a dictator same as Hitler and Mussolini. The two latter were fascists, Stalin created his version of communism. There are a lot of similarities but they are not the same. Check out this link for a full explanation: www.diffen.com/difference/Communism_vs_Fascism
If you look at the pure theory of communism it could be the answer to all humanity’s problems, but so far has never been successful, creating dictatorships and / or poorly performing economies.

How were you ever liberal or somewhat left wing?

You say you don't push your views on others, so how can you be anti-abortion?

You sound pretty stupid if you believe all that rubbish

I agree, there's no way you ever were that, you are conservative through and through, even if you don't want to admit this to yourself.