Anything not strongly rooted in conservative philosophy will drift ever increasingly toward liberalism, mental illness and misery.
Now, while I do not agree with it, in the common parlance, "right" generally is shorthand for "conservative" and "left" is everything else.
I don't consider myself "left" or "right" either, but an American with conservative guiding principles. I believe "left" and "right" are terms of the left and both are included on the left, or insane, end of the spectrum. And when we fall into the trap of letting the left define us, it isn't really helpful and confuses debate. When attempting to use words made up and defined by the insane that seem to change on a whim, nothing gets accomplished.
But clearly, when people talk to me, they know I am a conservative. They know what that means. When someone says,"I'm not either left or right" and then refuses to elaborate, that puts people ill-at-ease and there is good reason for that. Many times such people are either condescending a-holes who believe they are superior to everyone and are only engaged in toying with people they feel are inferior and many other times they are simply liberal trolls waiting for some big moment to reveal themselves, or to go off to a liberal website and brag about how they have a bunch of ignorant right-winger, one-eyed, trog-molared inbreds fooled.
Most people are not Zen monks.
Good grief. I am centrist. I think if you can get far enough away from the shrieking both sides are making then you can think a little clearer. I do not feel either superior nor inferior. I have strong feelings about a great many things.
For instance, over the past few decades Congress, legal precedent and the President have been chipping away at the Constitution, until at last it is in a very real threat of simply being ignored, or worse.
I have watched Americans waive basic rights in favor of the illusion of safety over the past 10 years, and do so willingly.
Many of our inner cities are now like third world countries and domestic spending being slashed in favor of two wars.
Our infrastructure is rotten, and not much, if anything is being done about it.
New Orleans, one of our greatest cities is still toiling its way out of the disaster that was Katrina.
This country went from really being number one to not so much anymore.
We are in a very serious economic crisis brought about by greed and wink-wink deals by investors and bankers who in return were bailed out. Manufacturing is leaving like rats off of a sinking ship. People with business degrees, etc are now flipping burgers while bank execs are getting ridiculous bonuses.
I bought an American flag, when i got home it said Made in China.
American soldiers are getting maimed and killed.
Yeah, I am fence sitting, not really.
