Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Sam
Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -3.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38 Last time I did this I was Gandhi. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM, G Money wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I particularly e

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread G Money
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I particularly enjoyed the question that went something like, "Women should > be able to work, but their primary job is homemaker" > That one almost threw me for a loop.because just thinking about m

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
true On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > Problem I have with the test is that it allows no neutral responses. > Everything is done on an even likert scale. There were more than a few > questions where I had to choose a dislike or a like, when in reality my > preference wa

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Larry Lyons
Problem I have with the test is that it allows no neutral responses. Everything is done on an even likert scale. There were more than a few questions where I had to choose a dislike or a like, when in reality my preference was neither. >The test is an improvement over the current screaming on t

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread William Bowen
Economic Left/Right: -5.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74 There's a lot more "support-the-arts" questions this go round, too. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
hah, I posted that because I couldn't find the picture I was talking about and the thumbnail is close. I just actually watched the clip and even the reporter as an illegal smile. That's awesome. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Dana wrote: > http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/s

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=7397461 On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Dana wrote: > The test is an improvement over the current screaming on talk shows > but it does have some biases. For instance, I am pretty sure my score > was skewed left by  support  for

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
yeah... I liked that too.ANd wondered how it was scored. I don't need to tell you what I said, I am sure, lol. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > I particularly enjoyed the question that went something like, "Women should > be able to work, but their primary job is h

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Kris Sisk
I'm not sure that thing's entirely accurate. Either that or I've operated for my entire adult life with not quite accurate views of my own political ideas. Economic Left/Right: -4.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64 I'd be curious to see where Obama falls on this chart. ~~

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I particularly enjoyed the question that went something like, "Women should be able to work, but their primary job is homemaker" I wonder if you click "strongly agree", your score goes instantly to "troglodyte" On Apr 22, 2010, at 11:57 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:47 A

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
before i lose the scores: Economic Left/Right: -7.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41 On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dana wrote: > yeah exactly and I said no, thinking that charitable programs have > holes and can run out of money. But this does not mean I think welfare > programs are

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
yeah exactly and I said no, thinking that charitable programs have holes and can run out of money. But this does not mean I think welfare programs are grand, and like you I am sure that was the dichotomy that they set up. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:57 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread G Money
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > Think I'm the right track if I'm between Nelson Mandela and the Dalia Lama > Economic Left/Right: -7.75 > Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36 > As usual with these things, some of the questions can b

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Dana
The test is an improvement over the current screaming on talk shows but it does have some biases. For instance, I am pretty sure my score was skewed left by support for legalization of marijuana. But I am in California, where it's being seriously considered as a method to balance the budget, in

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Casey Dougall
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > > >> > >> http://www.politicalcompass.org/test. I think it is a bit flawed > though. > >> my results show me to be a slightly left leaning authoritarian. > >> Personally I view myself more of a moderate conservative, > Think I'm the

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread G Money
-.38 - 4.31 Just about dead center economically (yep!), slightly more socially liberal (yep!) Independent through and throughYEP! Good test ;) On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Economic Left/Right: -4.38 > Social Libertarian/Aut

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Economic Left/Right: -4.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33 me too. Kinda surprised at how far left economically I'm rated, but the social libertarian rating doesn't surprise me. On Apr 22, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Sandra Clark wrote: > > Pretty close to Gandhi > Economic Left/Right: -4.38

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Scott Stroz
For a brief time I was a registered Democrat, but that was for similar reasons - mostly related to my father running for township committee where we lived. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Justin Scott wrote: > >> I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would: >> 2) Register as a democ

RE: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Justin Scott
> I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would: > 2) Register as a democrat or a republican. I temporarily registered Republican so that I could vote for Ron Paul in the Republican Primary in Florida (we're a closed-primary state, so you have to be registered in the party to vote in the

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Sandra Clark
Pretty close to Gandhi Economic Left/Right: -4.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77 On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > http://www.politicalcompass.org/test. I think it is a bit flawed though. > my results show me to be a slightly left leaning authoritarian. > Persona

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Jerry Johnson
Slightly left leaning libertarian. Economic Left/Right: -0.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.08 which labels do not feel comfortable. and boy, have those questions changed over the last 2 years (since the last time I took it). I think they are much better questions now. On Wed, Apr 21, 201

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Medic
Economic Left/Right: -8.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44 Awesomeness/TheSuck: -10.00 On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:20 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Economic left/Right = -6 > Social Libertarian/Authoritarian = -5.54 > > I'm somewhere around Gandhi and the Dalai Lama lol :-) > > ~~

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread G Money
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I find it hysterical that in the last few years I have been called > both a right wing nut job AND a bleeding heart liberal - I guess its > all relative. > > My take on it is, if my views piss off the far right AND the far left, > maybe I

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Vivec
Economic left/Right = -6 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian = -5.54 I'm somewhere around Gandhi and the Dalai Lama lol :-) ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion m

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Maureen
Economic Left/Right: 0.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.33 > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: >> >> http://www.politicalcompass.org/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want?

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-22 Thread Maureen
I've always seen you more as a moderate, and that your make your decisions on the issues, not on rhetoric from either side. I pretty much agree with your stance on the items you listed, except for Bush and Perot. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > The way I usually describe m

RE: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
Economic Left/Right: -7.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82 -Original Message- From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:sor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:07 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'lef

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Economic Left/Right: -2.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.92 -- Michael Dinowitz ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread denstar
Just now I got this: Economic Left/Right: -2.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49 On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > And mine. > > Your political compass > > Economic Left/Right: -2.62 > Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00 > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Larr

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Scott Stroz
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > I think this is a fascinating topic, and one I wish came up more often.  I > pretty much am spot-on with you (I am on the fence with gun control).  Why > do we have to be characterized on one side or the other?  Why do we have to > follow

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Scott Stroz
And mine. Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -2.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00 On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > I guess to start off the cascade, here are mine: > > Your political compass > Economic Left/Right: -4.00 > Social Libertarian/Authorit

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
It shows me a lot further on the libertarian end of the authoritarian scale than I expected. What I find ironic is that before moving to the US, the only political party membership I had was with the Conservative Party. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > http://www.politic

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I guess to start off the cascade, here are mine: Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -4.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15 On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > http://www.politicalcompass.org/ > > > Scott Stroz wrote: >> I got to thinking about this after so

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Bruce Sorge
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test. I think it is a bit flawed though. my results show me to be a slightly left leaning authoritarian. Personally I view myself more of a moderate conservative, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > I never liked the designation of left vs. right. Its a holdover from > the

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I never liked the designation of left vs. right. Its a holdover from the french revolution when the pro revolutionary government would sit on the "Left" side of the legislature while the ones against those in power sat on the "Right". That said I think you should look at a multi dimensional syste

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread denstar
We keep getting lost in what we don't agree on instead of reveling in what we do agree on. Maybe there's something wrong with our morel compass. HeYaaa! -- The actuality of all of material Nature is therefore kept out of action and that of all corporeality along with it, including the actualit

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread denstar
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: ... > So, what would make some one 'right wing' or 'left wing'? I dunno... would one rather be an individual or part of a team? Both? Ahhh! Stereotypes serve a certain purpose, I suppose -- else they wouldn't be -- and yet, in my heart of hea

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Ray Champagne
I think this is a fascinating topic, and one I wish came up more often. I pretty much am spot-on with you (I am on the fence with gun control). Why do we have to be characterized on one side or the other? Why do we have to follow those on the left or the right blindly because of which side of t

Re: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Bruce Sorge
http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Scott Stroz wrote: > I got to thinking about this after something that was posted in another > thread. > > It would not surprise me if the left leaning crowd on this list viewed > me as 'right wing'. It would also not surprise me if the right leaning > crowd vi

RE: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Roberts
I would say center right. -Original Message- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'? I got to thinking about this after something that w

What would qualify one as 'right wing' or 'left wing'?

2010-04-21 Thread Scott Stroz
I got to thinking about this after something that was posted in another thread. It would not surprise me if the left leaning crowd on this list viewed me as 'right wing'. It would also not surprise me if the right leaning crowd viewed me a 'left wing'. I will admit, I am all over the spectrum -