NEW YORK TIMES - EUROPE MORE RIGHT WING? (IMPRESSIVE STATS CHARTS!)
Take a look at these charts where it appears that there are more "right wingers" in Hungary than any other European country and then ask yourself when it comes to values and ethics what does "RIGHT WING" really mean?
I think the terms "LEFT WING" or "RIGHT WING" are subjective and those who might not have changed their values and ethics at all, and who were basically like just about everyone else in their neighborhood, city, state, or country, might be considered RIGHT WING TODAY but have been considered MODERATE or even LIBERAL A DECADE OR TWO AGO.
For instance, do you believe ideally that first you get married and then you have children?
To me this is the case in point. Because you ask yourself, what about sex? What about contraception? What about abortion? Is it OK to have unmarried sex when you're engaged to be married? What if you don't try it? What if you don't like it? What happens if you become pregnant and then are not married or deserted by the father? Will he prove to be responsible and admirable?
Consider that what is personal to us always political too. It's an ongoing battle of sorts. We effect the bigger picture as individuals and the bigger picture effects us.
That's why participatory Democracy is so important.
When thousands of people have children they are not responsible for, then who supports them? And for how long? And if a certain ethnic group or religion lives in such a way that you don't agree with their way of life but are forced to support their way of life financially, then what?
I'm using this example because I was raised to marry first, then have children, and the reason given to me was religious. At this time in my life the same value is not so religious but pragmatic. I've lived long enough to see how single mothers with children who have been abandoned by the men who made them pregnant struggle.
My neighbor down the street and I just had a long talk about this the other day. She is in with her mother who is very unhappy with her but also interfering in her raising her son. I witnessed and overheard this repeatedly; the mother is giving mixed signals to the child, putting her down for her daughter's mothering skills in front of him and all the neighbors, and going against her when she tells her mother "Now is his time for a nap!" It doesn't help that this is yet another child who I call "Atomic!" He's the size of a five year old at age 2 so people look at him expecting him to be more mature than he is. He's cranky! He's not obedient! But the mother is putting her down saying the child cries because he "has no friends." At age 2 do we have to be popular among 2 year olds? There is only one other on the street and he's growing up in a Moslem family.
She wants to live separate but can't find an affordable place. So I thought perhaps I could introduce her to another woman in a similar situation and they could work out an affordable living situation. So far they are both tentative about this.
She tearfully told me about a three month trip to the state of Georgia where the father of her child, her ex, now lives. It's so much more affordable than Southern California, the weather isn't too bad, the winters are not severe usually, and she even thinks she could find a job more quickly, maybe even someday be able to afford a small house on her own. Her son would get to know his father, who wants that. It would be "good bye" to her controlling mother.
However, while she was visiting two things happened that upset her. She went to a pharmacy to fill a prescription for herself and one for her son and learned her medical insurance would not pay in that state. She also noticed that people were staring at her as she walked aside the father of her son, who is not White. Can she really live with that kind of scrutiny? Here in California it's generally more acceptable to have a mixed race child or date or marry someone of another race. (In particular, it seems like Jewish men are marrying Asian women, even importing them from China for marriage.)
I personally could never tell a pregnant young woman she must have an abortion but am pro-choice. What if she had no mother to take her in or lived in a state that will not help her at all? Would Southern California become like India, where there are so many people begging and living in the streets - living and dying there? Or dare I say Romania not too long ago: I know of a group of people here who all adopted orphans from Romania who get together with their adopted children and are hoping that somehow these children will also get to know their Romanian heritage. Many of these parents are single but of a professional, higher income group. In their case the misfortune of a single mother in Romania was their good fortune.
So when I see news that parts of Europe are threatened by immigrants who do not share values and ethnics I think that people must look at all of it closely, and personally, and they must also look upon "the stranger" with their spiritual or religious values!
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