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?

Trump is doing some good peace negotiations, cracking down on illegal immigration and he is getting rid of wokeness. There is said it! (Im not saying he is a good/nice person btw)

Sadly I think it’s getting too late for that 😔 If there is one thing that I hope to come from Kirk’s assassination, it’s that we are more respectful towards one another due to the path it can lead us down. Unfortunately, it seems to be the opposite. Not all liberals are celebrating his death, but strangely so many that I know in real life think it was justified.

When I was at uni, I had friends who cancelled me for saying that it was wrong to mock Pope Francis (I am Catholic). My boyfriend who is liberal was in the room, and said that I was never once mean to them. That didn’t stop them from shouting at me and threatening me.

You are if you agree with ‘quite liking Trump.’

I wouldn’t say far right but definitely not liberal.
I’d say you’re a staunch conservative from your views.

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.

What is British culture these days?

"I quite like Trump". Can't take you seriously after that.

Mao, Castro, Lenin and Stalin killed more people than Hitler or Mussolini.

Every party promises fiscal responsibility, but both Conservatives and Labour have overseen spiralling debt, higher taxes, and crumbling services. Reform may not have all the answers, but at least they’re willing to challenge the status quo and confront issues others dodge, like uncontrolled immigration. As for wider policies, I’d argue no party has delivered on rivers, schools, or social care, so pointing at Reform alone is hardly convincing.

To answer your question OP, I don’t think your views are extreme. However, with polarisation happening, it feels like you have to pick whichever side you are closest too, even if you disagree.

Liking trump just makes you have a very poor judgement of character.

As for the others, definitely right wing. Maybe not far right. The stuff about wanting a man you've never met before to pay for your dinner. That just seems old fashioned and sexist.

Of course there's nothing wrong with not needing to work because your husband will fund your life. But many people are not in that type of position, not would they necessarily want to be.

I don't see why you need to talk about being an SAHM as some sort of political stance. You've just got a rich husband.

I’m certainly not celebrating his death. When I lived in the US I went on anti-gun marches and campaigned and voted accordingly. Most left leaning people I knew did. Democrats have consistently campaigned for greater gun control. They have been consistently thwarted by the right, and Kirk himself. Give me a break placing any of this on the side of the left. Fuck me, the brainwashing is immense.

self indulgent luxury causes based in individualism rather than for the greater good.

People often confuse liberalism with being left wing

Well I must be too, because I think the same apart from the abortion stance. I believe in as soon as possible, pre 12 weeks for non medical reasons.

Yes is this, also not saying he’s a nice person

I agree with this. Parts of the left have become extreme and make people who were more in the centre seem much further to the right.

There's a great meme on this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMajorityReport/comments/ueosni/elon_musk_shares_the_left_left_me_meme_and_gets_a/#lightbox

As for the others, definitely right wing. Maybe not far right. The stuff about wanting a man you've never met before to pay for your dinner. That just seems old fashioned and sexist.

Is it political, though?

Well said.

I said very clearly that not everyone is celebrating his death. Mumsnet seems to be much more reasonable in general than most other places re this topic. My boyfriend, his friend, and loads of others than I knew from uni are saying that it is fair game to kill people who are on the right.

😂

Getting rid of WOKE: being able to touch women's tits at work again.
Being able to write racial slurs on the side of people's houses again.

So many of these statements are immature and spiteful. They are said to illicit a response, a reaction.

Do we want a culture devoid of critical thought, self awareness and education? Many seem to be eager to return to a pitchfork based system riddled with folk myth and superstition - until their child receives a cancer diagnosis, then suddenly they want someone educated to effect a cure.

So glad we can calm down again;)

I just view that as extremely lazy, uncritical, ideological thinking. And 'thinking's' a stretch.

Which is why, whenever I hear someone utter the word 'align', I pay no attention to a single further word they have to say.

I take it you didn't stay in touch with your uni mates?!

Yes I didn’t put that the right way really

Agree and the way the media and some politicians weaponize the terms Left and Right is really unhelpful, divisive and in my opinion is inciting hate. No wonder we can't have sensible debates anymore. It really feels like dangerous sad times at the moment. We need to be discussing how we have more in common rather than shouting out radical left wing or radical right wing every time we disagree with someone.