Where are you on the political spectrum?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-09 09:52pm

Anything is possible given the correct circumstances, but I personally believe that things will remain as they have been, and that our government knows what it's doing.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-09 09:54pm

To put it simply, I have faith in my government, but also personally feel that addtional measures could be taken to better ensure our social and economic stability.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-02-09 09:58pm

And that is where we differ... I have almos no faith in the governments benevolence.

"We love you and care abut you, we need to protect you, so we have torestrict your freedom from searches"

Code for

"I am taking advantage of you while you are emotionally vulnerable, and am taking you freedom away while you will still let me"

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-02-09 10:00pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:our government knows what it's doing

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:To put it simply, I have faith in my government

And to think, I used to believe you had a modicum of sense.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-09 10:02pm

I would prefer to avoid such Orwellian prose, as in my experiance, such a message has never been said.

I do nothing wrong, therefore I have nothing to fear.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-02-09 10:11pm

The first one posted put me as a libertarian centrist, and the Political Compass put me at this:
Economic Left/Right: 2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.33

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-02-09 10:20pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I do nothing wrong, therefore I have nothing to fear.

Actually, if you aren't suspected of doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. But technically, you're right; you aren't from the Middle East, you aren't involved in any major protest groups...you, at least, are probably safe. And I suppose that's all that matters, isn't it?

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-02-09 10:22pm

Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.56

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-02-09 10:22pm

I do nothing wrong, therefore I have nothing to fear.

Problems occur when what is "Wrong" becomes rapidly re-defined. I recently heard about a case in which two Muslim men are being prosecuted for "conspiring to render material aid" to a terrorist organization. What's one of the government's biggest bits of evidence?

They spent a lot of time "training" at a paintball field.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-02-09 10:28pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I would prefer to avoid such Orwellian prose, as in my experiance, such a message has never been said.

I do nothing wrong, therefore I have nothing to fear.

Doing nothing wrong doesn't stop the ATF from kicking down your door thinking that they're raiding your neighbor who has the unlicensed GAU-8 Avenger cannon on a tripod.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-09 10:29pm

Again, perhaps, as many things are possible.

Just be glad that I stopped before I got into law enforcement, immigration, and such...

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-02-09 10:34pm

I got Left Libertarian. 2 dots away from authoritarian.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-02-09 10:41pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Again, perhaps, as many things are possible.

Just be glad that I stopped before I got into law enforcement, immigration, and such...

That could either mean "Don't be silly... I'm the door-kicker, and I know my own house" or "It's my unlicensed GAU-8... bring 'em on!"

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-09 10:53pm

Actually, it was rather unrelated to your little scenerio. Basically that I'd never hear the end of it if I had actually mentioned all of my views and ideas at once.

Besides, those Snoids would never make it past my shotgun traps... :p

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-02-10 06:38am

It's funny how paranoid people can get in respect to their own government

Sporkzen · Post by **Sporkzen** » 2004-02-10 08:37am

Centrist, slightly conservative

Thinkmarble · Post by **Thinkmarble** » 2004-02-10 11:01am

First quiz:
Centrist

Second quiz:

Economic Left/Right: -3.00 (surprisingly high)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31 (expected)

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2004-02-10 11:35am

Left-Liberal. Go me!

fgalkin2 · Post by **fgalkin2** » 2004-02-10 11:38am

Bleeding-heart liberal.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-02-10 01:35pm

Libertarian-leaning Centerist

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2004-02-10 03:46pm

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56

Smack dab in the middle of "Libertarian Left". Figures.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-02-11 11:38am

McC wrote:
GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:A somewhat better political quiz is the Political Compass.
The response of my Libertarian friend:

"I'm terribly sorry, but that entire quiz was BS. I'm only halfway through that quiz of yours, but the questions are strongly biased towards the left. They state a leftist opinion as fact, then ask you if you belive it's true of not."

Among the "agree or disagree" statements on the Political Compass was:

"The freer the market, the freer the people."

I won't call that a leftist opinion.

If anything is wrong with the Political Compass, it's the lack of a "no opinion" option as well as the fact that it doesn't cover one's opinion on gun ownership.

BTW - it's evident that I've become significantly more elitistic recently... the World's Smallest Political Quiz test pegged me as a libertarian... while the Political Compass gave me:

Economic Left/Right: 1.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.62

[Bruce Dickinson]
Back on the right wing, on the right wing, back on the right-wing again.
[/Bruce Dickinson]

However, it must be stressed that I neither view myself as libertarian, conservative, socialist or even centrist.

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2004-02-11 05:00pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:I meant, why do you consider yourself a fascist?
Well, let's see...

For one, I'm pro corporate and support business and industrial interests. I believe that social assistance and welfare programmes should be eliminated, and that labour unions have long outlived their usefulness, and only get in the way of the economic interests of both the corporation and the average worker. I am a believer in the class divisions of society, feeling that they are integral to maintaining order and stability, and additionally give people something to strive for. I am pro taxation, but do not believe that the wealthy should be punished by paying most of the nation's taxes, nor do I hold any hostility toward those that have more money than I. I believe that the primary purpose of criminal incarceration is punishment rather than rehabilitation, and support the use of the death penalty in regards to serious crimes. I do not believe that the government is becoming more and more like a Big Brother or that we are transitioning into a system like 1984's English Socialism with our increasing security methods and measures, as I feel that the only ones that have anything to fear are paranoid for a reason. I do not support socialist or anarchistic ideals that are damaging to society, etc...

That's good for a start.

I would laugh if you were a janitor or clerk somewhere

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-11 05:04pm

Never employed, actually. And so what if I was?

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