What specific "right" issues do you think are louder or more outspoken? I take no offense, as I'm a conservative person myself in most respects, but GAF seems far more middle/slightly Left leaning to me.
Sorry, but have a look at the headlining on the politics subforum. The hate for "mainstream media", "regressive liberals" and "transgender activists" is pretty prominent there. At least judging by the active discussions and active posters in the politics section, it is far from middle/slightly left.
Yes, just not far-left like you. I also primarily use NeoGaf as a GAMING forum. So why would I need to bring up "left leaning issues"? Though given who and what you tend to defend, I am probably not "left-leaning" enough for you so therefore you consider me "right-leaning".
Though I do classify myself as far-left leaning, because I am on fiscal, ecological and social security issues, in terms of social justice issues, I do not think I am
far left-leaning. At least by the discussion standards in US centric forums:
- I do not think misgendering should be illegal (but I think it is rude)
- I do not think trans women should be allowed in female sports competitions; it is a differentiation by sex, not by hormone level
- I am not in favour of affirmative action outside of very minor things (preferantial treatment if same formal qualification is reached, foregoing some softer criteria that are much harder to match for disabled people)
- I am not a fan of social media hate campaigns or throwing out people over allegations that reach back 30 or more years (outside of rape and murder and in these cases, it should be a matter of the courts, not the twitter brigade)
- I am very much for separation of artist and art. If a douchebag made a good game / movie / book, then it is a good game / movie / book. Why is it important what the person thinks, personally, as long as he does not try to indoctrinate me?
- I am against genderisation of language. Instead, a more precise understanding of language should be promoted that helps removing over interpretations (e.g. in German there is such a thing as a generic masculine. Words such as "Student" - with the obvious meaning - are male, grammatically. It should be promoted to understand that in almost all contexts, "Student" does not mean "male student", but "student [of any gender]".
That hardly qualifies as far left by the standards of current political discourse. I am opposed to racism, sexism and the various phobiae, yes, but in most cases I am not in favour of legal action against such behaviour.