What is your political alignment?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-06-25 09:06pm

Do you tend more towards the left or the right?

I have extremist views on virtually everything. I'm extremely conservative on, say, gun ownership and control, whereas I am extremly liberal on policing. All my views average out to about the middle. Ergo, I am an extreme centrist (kind of a contradiction of terms, isn't it?)

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-06-25 09:17pm

Centrist. It just fits my overall philosophy in life - that attaining a balance is desirable.

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2004-06-25 09:29pm

Gah

....voted for Centrist before I saw Extreme Centrist. I'm with YT3 on the political spectrum – all my views blended together make me a moderate, but on individual issues I'm a hardliner.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-06-25 09:31pm

See the sig. Extreme centrist. (Feel free to add the centrist double agent bit to your sigs if you care to. I've already got a few followers.

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DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-06-25 09:35pm

I'm rather centrist, but I'm sure I'll lean a bit more conservatively soon.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-06-25 09:57pm

Extreme Left wing. Probably shoudl've picked extreme centrist though. 'cause of my views on military spending and the like.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-06-25 10:01pm

somewhat left.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-06-25 10:03pm

European.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-06-25 10:11pm

Well i'm for free healthcare(but not if people abuse of it for no reason at all) i'm for having a strong military,limiting entry in Canada we can't take everyone claiming refugee status for any reason imaginable,i'm for really punishing crimes (death penalty for murderers,rapists and pedophiles,in some case it won't change what they did but it will prevent them to make more victims in the future,i'm pro-choice but abortion must not be use as a replacement for careless idiots who don't use condoms or the pills.

So what does it makes me......left right up down,tell me.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-06-25 10:14pm

Libertarian, so, extreme right wing.

The Morrigan · Post by **The Morrigan** » 2004-06-25 10:21pm

Half-hearted left-leaning moderate. I buy the Big Issue & sign Amnesty International petitions... when I remember.

Vice Admiral · Post by **Vice Admiral** » 2004-06-25 10:31pm

Imperialist,

Conspiring to bringing back the golden days of empire!

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-06-25 10:49pm

Depends on where I'm running for office.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2004-06-25 11:12pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:Libertarian, so, extreme right wing.

When I think 'extreme right wing,' I think more of fascists than I do of libertarians. This is a pretty useless scale....

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-06-25 11:26pm

Next time, please put it in the proper forum.

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2004-06-25 11:28pm

On social policy I’m Libertarian, on Economic policy I’m pretty much centrist (that’s centrist in Britain), on foreign policy I’m decidedly anti-imperialist so I’d say I’m left to far left.

The left/right model is far to simplistic and just doesn’t work; you at least need to differentiate social and economic policy.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-06-25 11:28pm

Seggybop wrote:
Alyrium Denryle wrote:Libertarian, so, extreme right wing.
When I think 'extreme right wing,' I think more of fascists than I do of libertarians. This is a pretty useless scale....

Fascists are actually leftist. More government control of the economy. The only difference between it and communism is that the business had nominal ownership.

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2004-06-25 11:33pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:
Seggybop wrote:
Alyrium Denryle wrote:Libertarian, so, extreme right wing.
When I think 'extreme right wing,' I think more of fascists than I do of libertarians. This is a pretty useless scale....
Fascists are actually leftist. More government control of the economy. The only difference between it and communism is that the business had nominal ownership.

Don’t try and right off everything you dislike as left wing.

Fascists are not leftist they are capitalists and in favour of authoritarian social control they are on the extreme right.

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » 2004-06-26 03:42am

I'm slightly left of centre, although my views do vary a bit, on some issues.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-06-26 03:44am

Extreme left wing.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-06-26 04:34am

I'm a socially liberal Centrist with slight Libertarian leanings. On social issues, I'm as far left as they come. On the more mundane, day-to-day issues I could go either way on a case by case basis. I try not to let party politics sway my decisions, but American politics are so polarized I often find myself on the left side because social issues tend to trump all else in my book; with the possible exception of national defense. However, I'm not conviced that either side has a coherent plan for that.
As far as the size of government goes, I'm generally in favor of limited government, but realize that it isn't right to keep it strictly within the Constitution. I'm opposed to welfare, yet in favor of nationalized healthcare.

All things considered, I'd say the American left suits me well; although I have a real problem with the insane welfare abuse and all-around mamby-pambiness.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-06-26 05:00am

Left-leaning socially, right-leaning economically. Way way way right militarily, center on foreign policy.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-06-26 05:06am

I am centrist. I opposed the Iraq war but supported US troops when the war began since they were the good guys.

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2004-06-26 05:35am

Ignorant

Anyway, everytime I see a poll like that......I

FVCK THE FRENCH FOR STUPID POLITICAL DIVISION THAT SAYS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING USEFUL ABOUT A PERSON'S POLITICS

It would be much better to base political divisions based on values and beliefs in what would work, not the moving circle of left-right division.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-06-26 05:47am

Aly, Libertarians are by definition centrist, because they have very left social views and very right economic views.

Everyone else:
The dichotomy of the political spectrum is really incorrect. There are two axes that must be judged independently of one another. The single-axis system makes it impossible to have any appropriate analysis. for instance, left tends to mean socially liberal but economically unliberal (government spending, regulation, control, etc), whereas right means socially conservative but economically liberal. But holding two opposites, socially liberal and economically liberal, or socially conservative and economically unliberal, are half of each, making both centrist, while being diametric opposites.

the political compass is a far superior system, dividing the political "spectrum" into two axes: social freedoms on the y axis and economic freedoms on the x. Left (on x) being communism, Right (on x) being laissez-faire capitalism. Top (on y) being authoritarian, Bottom (on y) being anarchistic. That makes the Top-Right more Conservative-Republican, the Top-Left more Communist, the Bottom-Right more Ghandi/Green, and the Bottom-Right more Libertarian.

Please use the Political Compass to determine your association, not the Spectrum.

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