So I was talking with my therapist about a writing assignment she had me do, and I wrote my opinions on some things. She said that they were heavy handed, strict, compassionate, and fascist. However she is heavily liberal, and opposed to weapons in the home, and seems to think that people who own guns could blow any moment. For example she said one of the reasons is that the gun becomes and option in domestic arguments, and that your morel likely to shoot family. I told her that areas with the most gun restrictions have the most gun crime but she didn’t believe me. But here are the opinions I wrote. These are not yet complete and would need more programs to go alongside them. She said by themselves they are fascist but would be less fascist if there were support networks. Here they are:/
Welfare:
1. Aid is capped at 3 years if the Receiver is not disabled. If the Receiver is disabled,
in that case they can be put on more permanent social security.
2. Cap aid at 2 children. Additional children born on welfare will not be covered.
However if the recipient had more before he/she started receiving aid they will be covered.
3. A program will be run for job placement in needed sectors, in jobs that also cover the cost of living.
Any one refusing to join the program will have benefits cut.
Illegal Immigration:
1. Check records for that persons name and if they pay taxes.
2. Check if they speak English.
3. Send illegal aliens currently in custody back to their home country.
4. Send border states militias to the border on armed patrol.
5. Complete fences along Mexican border.
6. Round up and deport known illegal aliens.
7. Make English de jure, along side its current de facto status, the official language in the U.S.
8. Encourage states to institute laws similar to Arizona’s SB1070.
Gun control:
1. Eliminate gun free zones. They are easy slaughter zones for killers and an armed citizenry is the best defense against criminals.
2. Eliminate waiting periods for gun purchases.
3. Remove bogus assault weapons laws, which outlaw such features as barrel shrouds,
pistol grips, large magazines, flash suppressors, and short barrels, all of which are very useful for a citizen defending themselves.
4. Eliminate bogus air gun laws, as these are absurdly restrictive. In D.C for example they are virtually banned,
despite the fact that the injury rate from air guns is quite low.
In D.C, air guns cannot be shipped to or from D.C limiting purchase inside D.C,
except for the fact that there are no stores which sell them inside D.C;
in addition, air guns can be used to teach good habits and gun safety, as well as hunting vermin and for fun.
5. Reform city gun laws, returning to D.C again, allow open and concealed carry laws, similar to Virginia’s.
6. Expand Castle Doctrine to other States and cities, such as D.C
DC voting rights:
1. DC residential areas should be ceded to Maryland, while keeping federal areas in their own jurisdiction.
The residential area could be called Washington, Maryland, while the governmentall area would simply be the Federal District run directly by Congress.
So what she said is that the welfare portion would create a hugely impoverished underclass, and she in general doesn’t agree with any of them.
Do You Think This Is Fascist?
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i wouldn’t use the term “fascist” because you’re not advocating a political system based on the idolization of one person as the absolute ultimate authority…
but your opinions are pretty far to the right. not to the extreme of “lunatic fringe” (i reserve that for the religious nutcases who currently run the GOP) but far right nevertheless.
i won’t criticize your therapist, but i think i understand where she’s coming from. people with right-wing views are too often very rigid and structured in their thought processes (just look at Proud Teapartier up there) and are usually unwilling to bend or compromise… which tends to render therapy completely ineffective.
the ability to empathize, to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand their point of view, is crucial to any form of behavior modification – which is what most therapy aims for these days. you need to understand that there are shades of grey and the world isn’t completely black and white. for example, do you understand and accept that in most cases, poor people are poor through no fault or shortcoming of their own?
for instance, under item #1 on your welfare list, you would cap benefits at 3 years (it’s currently capped at 2 years, but whatever – and item #3 is already in place as well). okay, fine. what happens when the expiration date comes and the economy still sucks and there are no jobs to be had within commuting distance? would you be willing to pick up the tab for relocating an entire family and giving them the assistance they’d need to get started again?
or would you simply say “the limit is the limit and you’re sh*t out of luck”?
in other words, exactly HOW rigid is your thinking? how much are you willing to negotiate?
or are these opinions your “ideals”?… the way you think things SHOULD be and the goals we should strive for even if our efforts fall short?
sounds like you’ve got more to discuss with your therapist… one thing i’ve noticed, though – and i’ve been to a number of shrinks – if they can tell that your therapy isn’t going to go anywhere, they’ll cut you loose and encourage you to find someone else, so they can focus their efforts on helping someone they can have a positive effect upon.
in other words, i doubt she’ll rip you off just to keep your money rolling in.
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