LeinadT: "By the way, I just defended two points of view that I disagree with. I'm not sure if that makes me a good person or just an annoying one who likes to play devil's advocate."
It makes you a supporter of 'libertarianism'. ;-)

LeinadT: Also, the vast majority of people mean well. That doesn't say much about the wisdom of their politics.

@JECE: True, true, I think most people do mean well. My point was to refute Mendax's implication that most right-wing people are racist. The average American conservative believes in small government, except in cases of Christian morality and foreign policy. They believe in tradition, which to some includes racism, but overall I think most conservatives are not racist outside of minor subconscious racism that all of us have, but that can be overpowered by our conscious sense of reason.

I disagree with conservatism because I don't think that morality should be legislated. I think that things that explicitly harm other people, such as acts of violence or stealing, should be illegal. Most everything else should be completely legal--this includes marijuana, gay marriage, *responsible* gun ownership, alcohol, pornography, swear words, "hate speech", and whatever other stuff the right or the left have said we should put bans on.

Did that become a rant? Oh well. It's getting late and I'm in a soapbox-y mood.

Bernie Sanders campaign video put together by grassroots supporters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7L9V7oGRv8

Right-wing politics and policies have racist outcomes. Therefore, those who support them are racist, whether they realise this or not.

Left-wing politics and policies have racist outcomes. Therefore, those who support them are racist, whether they realise this or not.

^^ So many logical fallacies.

Logical fallacies are proof that God wants us to have worthless discussions.

Not all Republicans are racist. But if you're racist, the policies of the Democratic party are not for you. You'll feel much more at home in the Republican party, whose policies will more negatively affect poor and less privileged residents, which means they will disproportionately negatively affect minorities, because, thanks to racism, minorities are disproportionately poor.

That being said - a candidate who hires a guy who's claim to fame is editing and publishing a White Power newsletter as a Marketing guy for his campaign, THAT's a racist.