In politics, hardline refers to the doctrine, policy, and posturing of a government or political body as being absolutist and sometimes authoritarian. The hardline position is often extremist and uncompromising.
The term hardliner can be synonymous with the term "hawk" and is often used in the pejorative sense. It can be used to refer to individuals within a political, special interest, or activist movement of almost any ideology.
A hardliner is someone who sticks to his point rigorously and does not adopt differing ideas quickly, or at all.
Hardline is a political label.
Hardline or hardliner may also refer to:
See also
Hard Line is a 1985 album by the American band The Blasters.
Track listing
All track written by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.
The song Dark Night was later featured in the film From Dusk Till Dawn (1995)
Personnel
Further reading
Podcasts:
Hard Line
by: The BruisersThere's shattered glass on the rocks by the riverbed
Where I used to go to try and clear my head
That's where I found that life is just a game
And that's where I heard the night first call my name
It's a hard line I'll be walking till the end of time
It's a hard line my friend
It's a hard line harder than you know
It's a hard line my friend
The man I am today is not the man I've been
I'm never going back to learn those lessons again
I won't be a face in the crowd that got left behind
Looking for something I'm never going to find
It's a hard line I'll be walking till the end of time
It's a hard line my friend
It's a hard line harder than you know
It's a hard line my friend
You chose your path my friend I chose mine
And maybe we'll meet again at the end of the line
All I've ever got is plenty of hard time
Cause this life I chose is a hard, hard line
It's a hard line I'll be walking till the end of time
It's a hard line my friend
It's a hard line harder than you know
It's a hard line my friend