[Samirol]

There hasn't been one of these threads in a long time, and it is always interesting to see where people stand

www.politicalcompass.org

this is me: economic: -8.88 social: -8.82

I think curtix and I are going to be radically far apart

And here are some other famous people's stances

Kill Wagner

Election:

Primaries:

The shifts after the primaries is interesting

 

[ohio]

Primaries:

Well that can't be correct. We all know that Obama is a rabid Socialist and the most liberal member of the Senate!

 

[ohio]

I'm a little surprised at my latest results.

Makes me seem like a pretty avowed libertarian...

 

[skinny mike]

i've taken this a handful of times over the past few years and it's really interesting to see how my opinions have evolved. i've become slightly more conservative about the economy lately.

 

[Defenestrated]

Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85

Sounds about right.

 

[Straya]

My god I'm a fkn Hippie

 

[manimal]

hmmm, a little closer to the middle than i imagined i'd be

 

[RenegadeRick]

hmmm, a little closer to the middle than i imagined i'd be

funny... me too.

 

[valve bouncer]

 

[Silver]

I seem to have moved a little left and a little up. Anyone want to dredge up the old thread?

 

[Samirol]

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71802
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77262

 

[manimal]

I seem to have moved a little left and a little up. Anyone want to dredge up the old thread?

crap...i thought i was starting to persuade you

 

[kidwoo]

I'm here to balance some shlt out among all you whiny socialist feel good hippy fvcks. (who are probably also faggots who want abortions)

 

[Silver]

crap...i thought i was starting to persuade you

Hey, I moved a little...

Did you notice that you're both lower and further to the left than Barack Obama?

 

[Samirol]

Hey, I moved a little...

Did you notice that you're both lower and further to the left than Barack Obama?

I think the test drags you lower and to the left than what you really are

 

[Secret Squirrel]

I think the test drags you lower and to the left than what you really are

That's what she said...

 

[sanjuro]

I didn't realize what a liberal faggot I was.

 

[manimal]

I didn't realize what a liberal faggot I was.

hmm, that's strange. i knew all along

 

[Defenestrated]

I'm gonna go ahead and stereotype the squares then.

Red: Commie
Green: Hippy
Blue: Fascist pig
Purple: HEY GUYZ LETS DEREGULATE!

 

[sanjuro]

Boy there were some loaded statements:

A same sex couple in a stable, loving relationship, should not be excluded from the possibility of child adoption.

The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist.

Abortion, when the woman's life is not threatened, should always be illegal.

Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.

 

[kidwoo]

Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.

Everybody knows you people can't drive for shlt.


I don't care how well you play stringed bow instruments.

 

[Samirol]

Boy there were some loaded statements:

A same sex couple in a stable, loving relationship, should not be excluded from the possibility of child adoption.

The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist.

Abortion, when the woman's life is not threatened, should always be illegal.

Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.

That's the point, they have the loaded statements, then you either agree or disagree with them. It isn't a perfect test.

If I had to define centrist using the test, I would probably do something like this. I've noticed consistent down and to the left bias.

 

[sanjuro]

Everybody knows you people can't drive for shlt.


I don't care how well you play stringed bow instruments.

You better take off your Asian made clothing and donate it to the goodwill.

 

[kidwoo]

You better take off your Asian made clothing and donate it to the goodwill.

Nobody said your kind couldn't make wonderful synthetic nipple enhancing tops.

On that I offer you a 'brah voh'

 

[X3pilot]

 

[J-Dubs]

Pretty much where I thought I'd be, but I do agree that the test seemed to skew to the left.

 

[manimal]

some of the questions made you either extremely left or right by your answer, no middle ground.

 

[Samirol]

some of the questions made you either extremely left or right by your answer, no middle ground.

From their FAQ

Most of them are slanted ! Some right-wingers accuse us of a leftward slant. Some left-wingers accuse us of a rightward slant. But it's important to realise that this isn't a survey, and these aren't questions. They're propositions - an altogether different proposition. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate. That's how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass.

Some of the propositions are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.

and there is a pretty consistent down and left bias

 

[Westy]

Hey, I moved a little...

Did you notice that you're both lower and further to the left than Barack Obama?

Manimal is a bigger Commie that Barack!

I can't help but to think some of his statements reactions from being near that stinking hippie hole of Asheville. It is the only place I have seen restaraunts let filthy street kids bus tables for the uneaten food. I think it is great that they don't let the food go to waste but I prefer my restaurant workers to have been showered within the last month and preferably not be on meth.

 

[stosh]

Is it me or do all the questions in the "test" sound like they're slanted to the left?

 

[Westy]

Is it me or do all the questions in the "test" sound like they're slanted to the left?

Maybe that is because your answers are slanted to the left?

 

[Samirol]

Is it me or do all the questions in the "test" sound like they're slanted to the left?

they are propositions or positions, then you either disagree or agree, they are supposed to be biased

 

[stosh]

Maybe that is because your answers are slanted to the left?

Strongly Agree

 

[Skookum]

Is it me or do all the questions in the "test" sound like they're slanted to the left?

Not really, they don't seem loaded. They are pretty limiting in some respects. In that i would consider answering differently if there were circumstances explained that justified a change. There are quite a few questions i could see myself retracting, while there are an equal amount i chose without much contemplation.

If you are to argue anything would it not be the grid?

anyways i don;t think i;ve moved much since the last one which i find interesting as i feel i'm in a relatively different place.

 

[blue]

 

[rockwool]

How the heck do I post that picture without using imageshack or such?
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-8.62&soc=-8.21


On the leftward slantedness of the questions, I've heard that people generally are more to the left in their values than what they vote. Probably has got something to do with how we are affected by those politicians that get media time.

 

[blue]

I vote for Marxists on a local level...

'cause they have a shot.

 

[rockwool]

I voted Trotskists for the last two elections on local level.