It's weird that Right-wing people are so defensive about being called right-wing... Almost as if they know there's something wrong with it.
If you think society prioritises the needs and feelings of minorities and financially poor people too much, you're right wing. Own it!
One of my best friends refers to himself as economically Conservative but socially Liberal. That means he's right wing when it comes to taxes and the economy but Left-wing when it comes to race, gender, sexutality etc.
The political spectrum doesn't just exist on one axis.
I just realised that makes him the exact opposite of "Blue Labour" who seem to have his line of "We want high-taxes but we're still racist". 😅
To clarify. He believes in a strong base structure of capitalism BUT aggressively countering the problems that creates.
Translation: Let the economy do its thing but do whatever it takes to make sure those at the bottom are not allowed to suffer.
(he's more lefty than he thinks)
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If a white police officer refuses to arrest a sex offender becsuse they don't want to be called racist...
They're NOT doing it to protect ethnic minorities...
They're doing it to protect their own WHITE ass.
That's not political correctness!!
This entire conversation is driven by people with no understanding of how to address issues of racism, using that as an argument to stop addressing issues of racism.
That is why the ROTHERHAM Casey Report talked about "misplaced political correctness".
Because no civil rights movement in human history has EVER marched with the objective of helping sex offenders escape justice.