Political ideology – Blogpost #2

The most common political ideologies in America are, conservative, liberal, libertarian, and centrist. Conservative ideologies, for the most part, are people who believe in reason, and logic, they favor a smaller government, and desire for stronger individual liberties. Did you know that Larry The Cable Guy is a conservative?! Liberal Ideologies, want to have a stronger, powerful government, and desire for there to be less power to the people(freedom of individual rights). Did you know that Leonardo DiCaprio is a liberal?! One thing that Conservatives and Liberals have in common is that they both desire to have a better society. As you may or may not know, a nickname that is often used to refer to the government is “The Big Brother,” because they like to watch over a lot of the things that we do. Libertarian Ideologies, believe that the government should protect the people from outside danger, that the economy and social value of the people shouldn’t be controlled, and support lower taxes, and no regulations on business. Did you know that Clint Eastwood is a libertarian?! Centrist ideologies, are “in between” both sides and like to agree a little bit with both sides, and don’t want any major political changes. Most americans are centrist. Did you know that Benito Mussolini was a centrist?! I feel like the centrist ideologies make the most sense to me because they agree with both sides. I personally am more of a centrist because I don’t really want to take part in elections, but if someone comes to me asking about what I think, I would do my best to explain my opinions on the subject, and I very often agree with both sides of conversations. One of the majorly discussed issues that is still being argued about today is Gay marrige. Though most people, and practically every religion doesn’t think it’s right, or even so much as “un-holy” for gay, or lesbian couples to get married I feel that if that is what two people want to do then so be it. I have nothing against two guys getting married, or two girls getting married, it is their choice as thier own person. So many tragedies, and other unexplainable events can always occur because of people owning guns. One example of this is the case of “Zimmerman vs. Treyvon Martin,” Zimmerman was a neighborhood watchman, and Treyvon was a young black 17 year old. Zimmerman saw Treyvon as “suspicious” so he got out of the car to go closer and “scope the scene,” even though police officers told him not to. Zimmerman claimed that after following Treyvon for looking suspicious, Treyvon attacked him and tried to take his gun, and hit him multiple times. Zimmerman ended up shooting and killing Treyvon in “self defense.” This is a huge reason why gun laws, and the 2nd amendment are questioned to this day. I do, and don’t agree with the debates about gun laws. Some people want nothing to do with guns all together, but I think that is unjust for the rest of us who own and use guns properly. I personally think that it’s a matter of who’s hands the guns end up in, and that gun rights should not be taken away, even though I can see the point that people are trying to get across.

I feel that the song President gas by the Psychedelic Furs can relate to political Ideologies because it talks about government, voting, and a president.

Political Ideology is the consent pattern of opinion on political issues that stem from a basic underlying set of beliefs. A person’s political ideologies are one of the main reasons that will affect the way that they choose to vote in an election. Ideology is also known as theory, this means that (when discussing politics,) a person explains their theory or theories/beliefs on a certain event of politics. Everyone has their own opinion, which results in their political ideas/beliefs. Sometimes religious choices/opinions can affect someone’s political ideologies simply because that can be a standard that they believe in. For example, in the 2012 presidential election between Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney, a lot of people chose to vote for Barack Obama because Mitt Romney is mormon. I guess that made them think that if they elected someone as president who believes in religion, then he might do something that requires people to do religious things.