Governor Cuomo: ‘Extreme Conservatives Have No Place In New York’

[Poppa_Dock]

The truth is that dissenting and opposing views are healthy for life in general. It forces you to think and defend your beliefs, and it provides a system of checks. The problem we have in America is that there is no proper and procedural dissent, only sabotage. One party sabotaging the other to win. This is not a proper debate and not proper dissent.

true. The basically argue like a lawyer.

 

[88m3]

They got me breh

Sounds like you and Sean Hannity were about to go fishing together, friend.

 

[superunknown23]

Sounds like you and Sean Hannity were about to go fishing together, friend.

very brokeback mountain

 

[KingpinOG]

I just read the full transcript and he was speaking about elections. I stand corrected and I took it out of context from the article posted.

Who cares if Cuomo was talking about politicians? Who is he to say that people who are pro-life, pro-second amendment, and pro-traditional marriage have no place in the political arena in New York? And since when does being pro-life, pro-second amendment, and pro-traditional marriage make someone an extremist? Were President Obama and Hilary Clinton extremists two years ago when they were against gay marriage? How is being pro-life extreme when damn near half the country identifies themselves as pro-life?

This is just another case of liberals being intolerant of opposing viewpoints. It is also another case of liberals deeming any viewpoint that they disagree with as being extreme. It is hard to have a society that is both civil and bipartisan when you demonize anyone with a different viewpoint. The only extremists are people like Cuomo who oppose diversity of thought.

 

[KingpinOG]

So when are the reeducation camps comings? i thought inclusiveness and diversity was the progressive dream?

Holding different political views in a free democracy has no place in a free democracy!!!!!

I think that many left wingers live in bubbles and are not used to having their beliefs challenged. They would rather demonize or silence opponents rather than debate them substantively.

Just look at the all the morons who post on Higher Learning.

 

[Odyssey]

Don't buy into the Right narrative here. The context of the statement was a discussion about the empirical odds of an extreme right-wing candidate achieving higher elected office in the state. Cuomo was just describing their highly improbable chance at winning in the current political climate with the phrase "extreme conservatives have no place in New York," drawing on the state's decades of history and the far Right's continued losses here. The Right latched onto it as if he was taking a moral stance on the existence and acceptance of people who hold far Right views in the state, and are using that deliberate distortion to generate outrage and controversy. This should be a non-story.

The funny thing about your observation is that their is no major presence of "extreme right wing conservatism" left in the states. Sure, there are small pockets of people that are attracted to far right political philosophy, however, these people have no major public support in the USA, or anywhere else in the west. Cuomo is acting like Golden Dawn is about to set up shop in NYC and become a major force. The Tea Party, as much as the progressive and liberal media want to paint them as "Extreme conservatives" are actually closer to Ron Paul Libertarianism, or Lockean Classical Liberalism. Of course, presenting the tea party as if they all might wake up one day and put on a Swastika armband is a great way to discredit their populist beliefs that have widespread appeal outside of Liberal, costal pockets.

The bigger issue here is the history of the bourgeois, progressive lefts hostile cultural and political war against mid-western and southern working class white people. Every policy, weather social or economic shows a deep seated hatred by the left of the more traditional, conservative, christian whites in this country. Others have noted that the United States is effectively two countries, and i don't see any reason to continue to allow the left, who has more access to the media, and a much larger academic influence to continue their hostile war of cultural imperialism and displacement of these people. Secession is the best course of action at this point.

I would honestly love to hear who Mr.Cuomo considers to be a "right wing extremist" in New York. Donald Trump? I wonder if Cuomo realizes how utterly defeated conservative political thought is in the West. People who vote conservative probably only do so because they don't want to pay more taxes, their brains are still effectively Liberal though.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I think that many left wingers live in bubbles and are not used to having their beliefs challenged. They would rather demonize or silence opponents rather than debate them substantively.

Just look at the all the morons who post on Higher Learning.

Blue balls flaring up, Skippy?