ID: 3 panel comic:

  1. A surprised looking person pops in to existence on a floating rock surrounded by fire, next to the devil.

  2. The person asks “wait a second-- why’d I end up in hell??”

  3. The devil, now taking up the entire frame, replies: “because centrism enables fascism”

  • phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    1 day ago

    Please explain to me how voting to support gay marriage, while not forcing people to go against their religious beliefs is right wing?
    I’m of the opinion that the government shouldn’t be allowed to force people to do anything, and they shouldn’t be able to deny people from doing anything that doesn’t harm or impact anyone else.

    I totally support trans rights, because the government shouldn’t be able to decide what you do with your own body.

    I support abortion for any reason, because you shouldn’t be forced to raise a child if you aren’t 100% prepared to.

    I think all teenagers should have access to puberty blockers if they desire, because it’s not the government’s business. If they’re concerned about teenagers not being mature enough to decide to transition, you should at least set them up with the tools necessary to make that decision further down the line.

    All doctors should be forced to provide the appropriate medical attention for trans people, regardless of their beliefs, because healthcare is 100% necessary for everyone and should have no biases or politics.

    But marriage ceremonies don’t need to be performed by devout catholics/christians/whatever.
    There can be marriage ceremonies held by atheists, agnostics, or people of any religion. So there’s no need to force overly religious people who disagree with it into performing the ceremonies.
    You’re forcing them to give up their beliefs (however stupid they may be) when it isn’t necessary.

    • ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Supporting trans rights, while still also supporting a government that oppresses trans people, is enabling that oppression.

      • phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        1 day ago

        No shit.
        If I was American, there’s no way I’d be voting for anything right of the democrats because the democrats are already centre-right in many areas.

      • phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
        22·
        1 day ago

        No idea, I never said the democrats disagreed with any of that.
        I was asking why you think I sound more right wing than democrats.

        If you want me to come up with things that make the democrats look right-wing, look at healthcare and education.

        • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
          11·
          1 day ago

          What? The fact that most Democrats want healthcare for all and free education for all is right wing?

          • phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
            11·
            22 hours ago

            Is that really what they want though? I mean, they might say they do, but they just had a full four years in office and medication still costs ~10x more than it does where I live.

            If you broke your arm, how much would the hospital bill set you back?

            In my country, it costs $0. The leading centre-left and centre-right parties both support this, despite being political opponents.

            Yet your supposed leftist party doesn’t appear to have done much more than talk about it.

            Democrats are certainly very left wing in comparison to republicans, but not on a global political scale.

            • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
              11·
              21 hours ago

              This seems more like complete ignorance on your part about how governance in the US works. Just because you have the presidency and maybe a bare minimum majority in one of the branches of government doesn’t give you carte blanche to do whatever you want. On the other hand, Republicans now have majority in all bodies of Congress, the executive branch, and the judicial branch so they have more power now than Democrats ever did in the last decade or two to enact their agenda.

              Get educated or don’t voice stupid opinions about governments you are not a constituent of and know nothing about. I don’t have time to educate you.