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[mikepictor.livejournal.com]

OMG - big image - a breakdown of the right vs the left. Not a perfect image by a long shot, but they do a decent job of finding ways to put things that give both sides credit.

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[thebigbadbutch.livejournal.com]

The Republican Party isn't interfering with my life when they tell me it's ok for my coworkers to rape me and tries to stop me from having an abortion and wants to throw me in jail for being with my girlfriend?

That's as far as I got before I realized this graph is fucking insane.

[mikepictor.livejournal.com]

The graph isn't perfect, you can't summarize a whole political ideology into a single snapshot like this....but it isn't talking about republicans and democrats per se, it's just trying to generalize left and right.

[404.livejournal.com]

So when did the Republicans say it was OK for you to get raped by your coworkers?

[donkeyjon.livejournal.com]

Yes, because every one of us in the party completely supported that situation 100% and voted against the bill in question and supported the other party members who did.

[deadpansev.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, I am not in either of these catagories or I might be annoyed at how they portrayed me.

[mylaptopisevil.livejournal.com]

Except the whole "interfere with" not being really all that accurate* (at all), it's otherwise accurate.

*abortion rights, gay rights, etc. beyond even those obvious ones, the lack of interference also results in a lack of justice (aka: being dismayed that KBR now can't hide when their employees get raped by other employees). that should be noted in the chart.

[mylaptopisevil.livejournal.com]

I do find it odd that they reversed the normal party colors, too.

[thebigbadbutch.livejournal.com]

Yeah I find it hard to believe that individualism is a major concern when it comes to child rearing considering most of the people that send their kids to Jesus camp are Republicans. And I don't think most Democrats think every single criminal is a victim of his childhood socioeconomic positioning. Especially since some dems would like to prosecute pretty much everyone in the Bush administration for war crimes. OR that all Democrats are pacifists. I mean our Democrat president is still running 2 wars and considering adding more troops to one of them.

[wight1984.livejournal.com]

Something like this would work out better if it lacked the implied link to the American Democrat and Republican parties, neither of which seem to be firmly based on any particular political ideology.

[debergerac.livejournal.com]

american parties are more firmly rooted in expediency. ideology is just a suggestion.

[robertainnc.livejournal.com]

I'm not getting the implied link? It's sourced to a British creator, the gif image itself (when saving) references the EU, and it was posted by a Canadian.

American politics certainly have stepped beyond these traditional generalizations regarding left and right, especially in the past few decades to be sure.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

My, what a lovely bunch of stereotypes you've got there.

[mikepictor.livejournal.com]

don't I though! :)

I don't pretend it's any accurate summation for all people everywhere, just an interesting effort.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Also, LOL my ass off at "equity." HAAH pull the other one, it plays Jingle Bells.

[edgar-suit.livejournal.com]

I've got a lovely bunch of stereotypes, dodiddily-dee

[bluetooth16.livejournal.com]

I approve of the portrayal of the right wing in this graph. It's a lot nicer than what I'm used to seeing.

[thebigbadbutch.livejournal.com]

You really think homeless people are homeless because they lack work ethic? (http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/homeless.shtml)

[retrofire.livejournal.com]

The right doesn't interfere with society and social lives?
In the US they want everyone to be christians and they want to play god. (Jews are okay with them because in their eyes Jews are just unenlightened christians.) They walk around with bibles in their hands and if you confront them on their bullshit they rub the bible and look up at god. They use religion like snake oil salesman. They interfere with society and social lives all right, they try to use religion to try to keep a tight grip around our throats and as an excuse for unconscionable positions.

[hookemnick.livejournal.com]

Think you've been watching a little too much Rachel Maddow.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

n the US they want everyone to be christians and they want to play god. (Jews are okay with them because in their eyes Jews are just unenlightened christians.)

What about the secular right? Fiscal conservatives? Libertarian conservatives?

[robertainnc.livejournal.com]

The chart references the traditional right wing perspective on the role government should play in socirty.

Obviously, in regards to certain issues (in recent decades, like abortion and gay rights, but even as far back as the 1950s, with the addition of "under God" to the Pledge and such)--the Republican party has broken with the "no interference in the social order" principle.

The left on the other hand, traditionally, generally speaking, encourages more engagement in direct action in shaping the social order.

The chart is talking in pretty broad, sweeping generalizations--which we can nitpick in detail, but it does still give a pretty good basic overview.

[404.livejournal.com]

Wow, stereotype much?

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Did he pull this from a 1950s textbook?

[mikepictor.livejournal.com]

liberals are in the habit of defending capitalism and the military?