What are your politically unpopular views?

[Excessive Hyperbole]

1. I'm passionately pro-life but also believe in exceptions. My pro-life position is a mixture of Jewish considerations and secular considerations.

2. Parents should have the final say on whether their child decides to transition - and this cuts both ways. Both parties want to support parents when the parents agree with their party but it can't work that way. Either Parents have agency over their young children or the government does - and I most certainly prefer that parents have that agency. (Obviously, in cases of abuse or neglect - there are legal avenues to save children from those situations).

3. America should and must remain the world's leading superpower and hegemonic power. American leadership and Pax Americana has been the most democratic and empowering force for good on the international stage in modern history. A world where China or Russia are the leading hegemon is a world that would live in darkness.

4. Capitalism is still clearly the best economic system that has helped liberate millions onto millions of people from a deep and painful level of poverty that existed in preceding generations. At the same time, Capitalism's got some serious flaws that are causing anxiety among middle class and working class people. I think its fair to debate how capitalism should operate in society but it is extremist, dangerous and suicidal for people to talk about replacing capitalism as an economic system.

5. LGBT Communities (especially in America) need to normalize settling down with one partner, having families and/or raising children. A lot of LGBT party culture was born out of necessity during a time period for even kissing the same gender could get someone fired from their jobs and/or thrown in jail. However, in most western countries there has been tangible progress for LGBT people and its time to move away from hyper-individualism and towards creating a balance of individual-collective structures that create meaningful connections and families. The longer LGBT culture prioritizes perpetual singledom, the easier is for the religious right to demonize and exclude LGBT people from social, cultural and religious life.

6. Secular and Religious communities need to create a new "normal" and pluralism. Both Secular and Religious communities - in America and other parts of the world - have been increasingly polarized from each other. The two poles will never have a warm and fuzzy relationship - there are too many natural tensions that exist - however, there needs to be a healthy dose of political pluralism between the two groups. A healthy democracy protects both the rights of religious people/communities and secular people/communities - without infringing on the political rights of the other. I oppose religious coercion from the government and from poliical forces in society. I also oppose secular coercion from the government and from political forces in society.

7. Securing Democracy requires compromise and political pluralism. In places like America, people increasingly have distorted personal overton windows and are unable to communicate or discuss politics civilly with people they don't agree with. This is, in itself, a major threat to democracy. Geographic, cultural, racial, ethnic, gender and religious polarization threatens to destroy democracy in diverse societies and countries. If there's no national purpose and/or no respect for political pluralism - a society will eventually fall apart.  Demonizing political opponents, political self-segregation, creating us vs them political dynamics are all eating at the fiber of our country. The reality is - we need to find ways to compromise on basic things - like existing in spaces with people we don't agree with and understanding that our divisions aren't destiny, especially those based on identity.