CreativeDominant
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ORIGINAL: bounty44 i think that's one of the differences between left and right that we've pointed out before. too often people who act contrary to, or advocate a position against the left, are "wicked." its not just a matter of disagreement on principals for leftists, its that you disagree because you are evil (racist, sexist, homophobe, greedy, islamaphobe, zenophobe, whatever, etc). its morally despicable, intellectually effete and the word vile comes to mind to describe it. If the cap fits wear it. One need look no further than these threads to see that almost all the racism, homophobia and other socially-induced hatreds/neuroses are the property of the far right. This is not to say that all right wingers are racists or homophobes - many to their credit are not. However, for example look at the thread on the Irish referendum on marriage equality and one sees a paucity of positive reactions to the Irish vote from our resident far/looney right wingers. As far as I can recall, not one of them had anything positive to say about the result, they all managed to find something negative to say or whine plaintively about the result. The most likely reason for their reticence is that they disliked the result of the Irish vote, which lends itself to suggestions of homophobia. One can see this pattern repeated in threads on hate crime or other threads that are race-related. One good way to stop these accusations being levelled at right wingers would be for other right wingers to call out other the racists and homophobes in their ranks when appropriate but this doesn't seem to happen often at the moment. Another good way to stop these accusations would be for those on the left to stop using them every time someone on the right disagrees with their viewpoint. Saying I agree with equal opportunity but not forced equality of outcome doesn't make me racist or sexist, it makes me someone who believes in a level playing field.
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