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I don't support torture, I was be snarky about a half-assed hypothetical question from another poster.

I might be called conservative in your neck of the woods but in the US I couldn't be called conservative. I can't because I support HCR, equal rights for LGBT folks, abortion rights and the complete separation of church and state. I am fiercely anti-gun control because personal liberty is very important to me. I believe people have the right to say what they please, worship as they please, what goes on between two consenting adults is none of my business and a person should have the right to carry/own a firearm if they so choose. I am in favor of a vast reduction in our drug laws and I want big companies held accountable for their actions. I want manufacturing brought back to America. I would not be welcomed in the conservative movement.

I might stick out a little on DU because I don't agreeing on one issue means you have to agree on all of them. I don't support the DP in all cases but I believe that in many cases the DP is an appropriate response. I always find it interesting that anti-DP folks who accuse me of bloodlust often say things like "He should suffer in prison for the rest of his life."

I think it's difficult sometimes to sum-up a philosophy in a forum post. The world is rarely black and white and I try not have that POV.

Would I call myself a liberal? Yes. Would others? maybe not.