[whateveracct]

Do you deny that those ideals stem from hate for others & systemic harm to the various suspect classes you mention?

A common argument I hear is that since right-wing leaders aren't explicitly being racist or sexist or whatever, that we should give them the benefit of the doubt, be charitable. Maybe we're misunderstanding them.

But bad actors subsist on the benefit of the doubt. And the American right-wing has a strong case for being a bad actor against a large swath (arguably the majority) or the American people.

[toasterlovin]

It sounds like you're of the opinion that the only reason for holding right wing views is, essentially, that someone is evil. If that's the case, then you have a truly tragic misunderstanding about the world. This site is not really a great place to dig into this stuff, but if you ever want to talk to a right wing person about what we believe and why, feel free to send me and email and we can have a video or phone call. I won't bite, promise.

I am [e-mail].

andreigheorghe, that invitation extends to you, too.

[whateveracct]

I don't think normal people with right wing views are evil. It's just people.

But the right wing as institutionalized in American government has made their bigotry pretty clear in their implemented policies and rhetoric.