Must be Europeans with their messed up politics.

When you assume you understand the politics of a country you aren't in...

I feel like something like this happens on the coasts. Maybe with respect to the heartlands?

Nah, Hollywood's pretty enlightened.

I've had Europeans tell me that democrats in the US are right wing for them.

Which is crazy to me.

I've had spaniards insist to me that Bernie Sanders is just about moderate.

And Americans are stupid for not signing up immediately.

...Considering how well Spain is run, he didn't convince me to join the Bernie Train

Also got a long lecture on how Americans didn't understand how important national unity was and how the US needed to unite under a socialist banner.

Bear in mind this was just over a year ago. Simultaneously in Catalan...

It's crazy how delusional some people are.

Yep

To be honest, right wing us would come off as left wing in Malaysia

This is interesting.

I had someone from Malaysia tell me she thought the Americans were all to her right.

Like want no racial quotas?

Check

Want reduced taxes?

Check

Less beauracracy and lessening the power of the nobles (we call them "datuks" and "datos").

Check

Then what's the "right wing" in Malaysia?

Pro racial quotas and AA

For the majority, aka the bumiputeras

Pro islam, want more sharia law.

We talking caning for premarital relationships, and the more fanatical are okay with child marriage

The "left" here do not care for relligion in politics, and even the most relligious party in the "left wing" coalition wants freedom of relligion and want to reduce the influence of islam in law.

We call that faction Amanah and the leader used to be the lead of Malaysia's current islamic law party (PAS)

fascinating.

Dont ask malaysians about us politics.

THey think the repubs is full of "far right" and compare them to child marriage advocates.

Thats cause our "right wing" is bloody messed up.

I'm unsurprised honestly. Hollywood tries to portray the American right in the most unsavory terms they can and that's the message that leaves American shores.

Its not that part.

I wouldnt call that inaccurate but its effect isnt that.

We have the left here who dislike the right cause their example of rightwing is really bad.

And the actual far right who look at pride parades and tolerance in other countries and use that as an excuse to not allow left policies

Movies? Most people just watch marvel superhero films here. They just watch what is fun.

Like if I started saying I like what Trump is doing in the Malaysia reddit, I would be called far right.

But if you went point by point without mentioning parties or names you'd be left?