Is the Far Right in America Morally Bankrupt?

[Sunstone]

Is the Far Right in America morally bankrupt?

In the first place, It seems like so many of their leaders have been caught with their pants down in recent months -- Senator Vitter with prostitutes, Senator Craig soliciting men in restrooms, Mrs. Roberts, the daughter in law of Oral Roberts, lusting after underage males -- to name a very few.

In the second place, it seems like the Far Right is supporting numerous policies that have resulted in suffering for both Americans and people abroad. Such as a war in Iraq, abstinence only sexuality education, opposition to doing anything about global warming, etc.

So, is the Far Right morally bankrupt?

 

[angellous_evangellous]

yep


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[Terrywoodenpic]

They seem to like to demonstrate that they are....
see your examples.
However to be Bankrupt suggests that they had morals in the first place...
I would say that was unproven.

 

[Aqualung]

There's no such thing as "morally bankrupt". It's a just a term people throw around to feel better about themselves.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

There's no such thing as "morally bankrupt". It's a just a term people throw around to feel better about themselves.

I couldn't agree more. There are plenty of people with loose morals or no morals at all, and we can term them "morally bankrupt."

Besides, I do believe that Phil is borrowing the term from myself.:yes:

 

[Mathematician]

Depends on what we mean by "Far Right."

In the libertarian sense of the word market anarchists and anarcho-capitalists [difference] have admirable aspirations and don't appear to be hypocrites -- of course they don't appear at all in the public sphere either. A shame.

If we're talking about the Religious Right ... let me just say there's bound to be something wrong in people who believe we should create some religious persecution state where the only choices are "Christian - first class citizen," "Jew - second class citizen," and "Other - dead."

 

[Aqualung]

I couldn't agree more. There are plenty of people with loose morals or no morals at all, and we can term them "morally bankrupt."

Then do you actually mean to say that you couldn't disagree more?

 

[Aqualung]

Everybody has moral standards, and everybody acts upon those standards. Just because those moral standards seem illogical or are not the same as mine doesn't mean that they don't have any at all.

 

[Doodah]

I voted YES with the caveat that the word 'religious' be inserted between far and right.

 

[mcteethinator]

Depends on what we mean by "Far Right."

In the libertarian sense of the word market anarchists and anarcho-capitalists [difference] have admirable aspirations and don't appear to be hypocrites -- of course they don't appear at all in the public sphere either. A shame.

If we're talking about the Religious Right ... let me just say there's bound to be something wrong in people who believe we should create some religious persecution state where the only choices are "Christian - first class citizen," "Jew - second class citizen," and "Other - dead."

When I think far right I usually think fascists, not anarcho-capitalists.

 

[nutshell]

the far right should be cut off and the right leaning moderates should become the new right.

imo

 

[YmirGF]

I voted Udder or Depends simply because the far left is equally given to harboring looney-tunes.

 

[Reverend Rick]

You all love to hate us right wingers. You forgot that we contributes more to charity than any other group. The difference between us is, we make things happen by our own initiative and do not believe we or anyone else should rely on the government for our well being.

While you left winger's are convinced that you are the compassionate folks who like to feel good about yourselves, you pass the buck and say that the rich should foot the bill for your programs. You are generous with others peoples money but not your own.

You defend nations who stone their women in the street and execute homosexuals while pretending they do not exist in their country. You defend mediocrity and actually encourage it some times while demonising the sucessful among us.

You laugh at religion because it involves something you can not touch or see and act like faith is something the ignorant practice. You remove religion from schools and wonder why children are being shot in the school yard.

You rail against guns but fail to understand that it takes a person to pull a trigger and most gun owners have absolutely spotless records and should be the last people that should be worried about.

You rail against capital punishment and then defend late term abortions.

I say that your children are a good barometer of what type of person you are and the morals you hold. If your child is on welfare or in prison generation after generation that speaks volumes about a persons morals.

 

[Zephyr]

You all love to hate us right wingers. You forgot that we contributes more to charity than any other group. The difference between us is, we make things happen by our own initiative and do not believe we or anyone else should rely on the government for our well being.

While you left winger's are convinced that you are the compassionate folks who like to feel good about yourselves, you pass the buck and say that the rich should foot the bill for your programs. You are generous with others peoples money but not your own.

You defend nations who stone their women in the street and execute homosexuals while pretending they do not exist in their country. You defend mediocrity and actually encourage it some times while demonising the sucessful among us.

You laugh at religion because it involves something you can not touch or see and act like faith is something the ignorant practice. You remove religion from schools and wonder why children are being shot in the school yard.

You rail against guns but fail to understand that it takes a person to pull a trigger and most gun owners have absolutely spotless records and should be the last people that should be worried about.

You rail against capital punishment and then defend late term abortions.

I say that your children are a good barometer of what type of person you are and the morals you hold. If your child is on welfare or in prison generation after generation that speaks volumes about a persons morals.

Even as a person who would probably benefit greatly from being a liberal, I agree totally.

EDIT: I still don't like all the religious folks on the right. Secular conservatives on the other hand, I support for sure.

 

[Comet]

As long as they keep getting money from the people who go to their churches, they are not bankrupt at all They are still supported :yes:

 

[nutshell]

You all love to hate us right wingers. You forgot that we contributes more to charity than any other group. The difference between us is, we make things happen by our own initiative and do not believe we or anyone else should rely on the government for our well being.

While you left winger's are convinced that you are the compassionate folks who like to feel good about yourselves, you pass the buck and say that the rich should foot the bill for your programs. You are generous with others peoples money but not your own.

You defend nations who stone their women in the street and execute homosexuals while pretending they do not exist in their country. You defend mediocrity and actually encourage it some times while demonising the sucessful among us.

You laugh at religion because it involves something you can not touch or see and act like faith is something the ignorant practice. You remove religion from schools and wonder why children are being shot in the school yard.

You rail against guns but fail to understand that it takes a person to pull a trigger and most gun owners have absolutely spotless records and should be the last people that should be worried about.

You rail against capital punishment and then defend late term abortions.

I say that your children are a good barometer of what type of person you are and the morals you hold. If your child is on welfare or in prison generation after generation that speaks volumes about a persons morals.

The OP is about the "far right" not right wingers as you supposed.

 

[Reverend Rick]

The OP is about the "far right" not right wingers as you supposed.

So, tell me the difference between the "far right" and right winger's?

 

[mcteethinator]

So, tell me the difference between the "far right" and right winger's?

Yeah the OP meant right wingers in general when he said "far right". Which is stupid, because far right people aren't Republicans, they're usually fascists and white nationalists.

 

[nutshell]

So, tell me the difference between the "far right" and right winger's?

I consider right wingers to be general conservatives and the far right to be more extreme.

 

[Mathematician]

I don't consider you a "far right winger," Rick.