The one on far right said there should be a law against this with enforced sterilisation. This was affirmed with much head nodding by the one on the extreme right.
This then led to who and what else should be prohibited in order to bring order to the world. Clearly those who do not agree with them should be first on the list to be banned along with freedom of speech, leaving fact-free fear mongering unchallenged, while preventing the media reporting on such matters.
Of course, there were some people they both hated as a matter of principle - Jewish people, heathens and gays for example, although they did acknowledge that looking around the bar they could not identify any, which was cool as it would have meant having to denounce and shout at them (two denouncing shouters are braver than one) and then abandoning either their drinks or principles and leaving the bar.
It's hard to practise prejudice when the object of your hatred looks a lot like you. This was obviously some grand conspiracy as they both knew that such people are now everywhere unravelling the moral fibre of the nation.
The question of religious freedom was discussed. Particularly as their views on religion were fundamentally the same. Non-believers were not worthy of any consideration and easy to identify as they were always a different skin colour, wore different clothes and were clearly morally suspect. For example, homosexuality - an issue they both felt strongly about - was all wrong and there was some discussion about how this could be stamped out.
Using violence was deemed okay to deal with those who did not agree with them. Both discreetly displayed their ownership of guns to protect their families from criminals and child abuse. They felt that the hypocrisy of those pointing out that there were such offenders amongst their own number was hurtful as their sinning was different in a way unbelievers could not understand.
They both agreed the world needed strong leaders who would act to stop the moral rot undermining society and that the use of force, torture and violence was acceptable on the path towards greatness and prosperity. There was nothing like a good martyr provided it did not have to be them. The two men then raised their glasses in a toast to success before leaving. One went out the back and headed off to a Righteous White meeting while the other went home to catch the latest beheading on the ISIS website. Both left thinking they should have shot each other but for the fact they had far too much in common.
-Terry Sarten is a writer, musician, social worker and satirista - feedback: tgs@inspire.net.nz
