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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| 1968: Abortion is a moral right; an embryo has no rights: Strongly Favors topic 1 No one has right to dictate disposition of a woman's body: Strongly Favors topic 1 Morality of birth control is rights of parents to happiness: Favors topic 1 A human potentiality is not the equivalent of an actuality: Favors topic 1 A piece of protoplasm has no human rights: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Defend businessmen like we defend racial minorities: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Preferential treatment by race means racial quotas: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Racial quotas are obviously racist: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Essence of femininity is hero-worship of masculinity: Opposes topic 2 States' rights don't help individual rights: Favors topic 2 Racism is morally evil, but shouldn't be legally forbidden: Opposes topic 2 Property rights have priority over civil rights: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Adults should be completely free to practice homosexuality: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Conservative thinking is a "God, family, tradition swamp: Opposes topic 4 Impossible right to economic security implies slave labor: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Capitalism eliminates poverty: Favors topic 4 I'm an atheist; religion is from man's mind,not supernatural: Opposes topic 4 Christianity causes civil war because it requires altruism: Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Socialized medicine is a violation of individual rights: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| There is no "right" to economic security: Opposes topic 6 |
No opinion on
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Anyone over age 30 should thank smokestacks for longevity: Favors topic 8 Goal of ecologists is to destroy capitalist economy: Strongly Favors topic 8 Reduce pollution & overcrowding by objective laws, not blame: Opposes topic 8 Ecology principle condemns cities & people: Favors topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Too many laws means men can't live without breaking laws: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Let ten guilty go free rather than execute one innocent man: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Ideas can't be crimes; so no such thing as political crime: Opposes topic 9 Crime involves force; no such thing as crime against society: Opposes topic 9 Punishment should be guided by retribution, not reform: Favors topic 9 |
No opinion on
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Compulsory unions raise wages but hurt rest of society: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Soaking the rich reduces investment & doesn't help others: Strongly Opposes topic 11 In a free society, taxation would be voluntary: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| OpEd: defender of immigration, but not a staunch defender: Favors topic 12 Closing border does not improve America's standard of living: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Anti-trust laws become haphazard & apply to anyone: Favors topic 13 Essence of capitalism's foreign policy is free trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 Unhampered, unobstructed operation of the free market: Strongly Favors topic 13 Capitalism and trade encourage peace; statism encourages war: Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Repudiate foreign aid and all international self-immolation: Strongly Favors topic 14 United Nations has delivered half of world to the Communists: Strongly Favors topic 14 Withdraw from UN; sever relations with USSR: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 15:Expand the military
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Capitalism is fundamentally opposed to war: Opposes topic 15 Outlaw use of force both internationally and domestically: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Military draft is the worst violation of individual right: Opposes topic 15 |
No opinion on
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Hypocritical to call for peace but allow dictatorships: Opposes topic 17 Statism needs war; a free country does not: Strongly Favors topic 17 Only governments have power of war and dictatorship: Favors topic 17 Initiating force is evil; but retaliating is imperative: Opposes topic 17 Moral right, but not duty, to invade totalitarian states: Opposes topic 17 Not "Better Red Than Dead": but "Better See The Reds Dead": Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Pollution is a technological problem, not a political one: Opposes topic 18 Energy crises caused by unpredictability of government rules: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| All restrictions on drugs should be removed: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Inflation does not cause growth, but debases the currency: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Inflation is plunder; would be criminal if citizens did it: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |