CorruptBuddha
Your question was based on a misunderstanding of what I meant by materialism and therefore irrelevent. I would also assumes it was rhetorical.
I think it’s relevant, if you don’t want to answer that’s your choice.
Did you, at any point, consider engaging with what I said and addressing it? You’re going in a bad faith direction.
I’ve engaged with your comments as I’ve felt fit, if you feel that’s taking things in a bad faith direction those are your feelings not something coming from me.
We should just stop here though because I’ve already gotten the explanations I was looking for, and my goal wasn’t up get into a slap fight.
I don’t think you know what that term means.
Or is that just want you want me to think!?!
also, my meaning of left connects me with historical movements while yours infinitely atomizes. which meaning is more useful?
I think trying to grade political ideology on a left/right axis doesn’t really make a ton of sense, and really only servers to muddy the waters, and create a sense of consensus that isn’t really there.
What’s the significance of feeling connected to historical movements?
You think believing someone can be openly gay and Republican is homophobic?
Or maybe you just don’t like the political implications of what I’m saying, and how that effects the practicality of your ideology.
Replace ‘openly gay’ with 'supports universal healthcare. Better?
you can be [openly] gay and own a major corporation, which necessarily moves you rightward.
Exactly. And you can be openly gay and a white supremacist, and you can be openly gay and pro-gun, you can be openly gay and a Christian nationalist.
You can be an openly gay, white supremacist, pro-gun, Christian nationalist. You could have 99.99% republican values, but spend your weekends furthering LGBTQ rights. The class structures that subsume indenty aren’t as stringent as you present them to be.
Like without even looking it up I bet there are trans Republican groups, do you disagree?