[Bobboau]

or it could simply be that your so far in one direction people in the center appear to be exttreemists

[Deepblue]

Originally posted by Kazan
conservatives are mere louder, more offenseive, and more bigoted -- therefore more memorable.  Conservative groups take advantage of this and try and trick people into subscribing to conservative groupthink

Ouch.

According to this test, I am a leftist authoritarian, while in reality I am between centrist, liberatarian, and right wing conservative.

[Rictor]

Well, I wasn't reffering to my own idealogical measure, but rather to the test's scale. And from the people here, there hasn't been too many that have tested as Conservative, mostly Left or Centrist.

Though ofcourse, such a small and unscientific test is hardly an accurate measure.

[kode]

Originally posted by Kazan


ok killing 55 million political dissenters is just fine according yto your statement

yep.

[Ulala]

w00t, looks like I'm unique.

"Your Personal Self-Government Score is 30%.
Your Economic Self-Government Score is 60%.

Scores falling on the centrist border are counted as centrist."

Centrist, borderline conservative.. go me.. lol.

[IPAndrews]

All hail Ghostavo - or else.

[karajorma]

Try the one that Petrarch posted. It's a lot better. Interstingly I ended up more liberal and left wing than Ghandi

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I wonder if it's possible to be far-right, but extremely libertarian.

[Stryke 9]

In reality? No.

In terms of the bull**** political terminology this thing uses? Sure, you just gotta be more of a survivalist than a hippie.

[Bobboau]

the one Petrarch posted, the questions seem a bit biased, wich I think would make most people come out more libral than they actualy are, but maybe that's just me, or maybe there suposed to be that way, so only people from an extreem would answer in certan ways on some questions.

but none the less, my results come out prety much the same
/*not makeing a screen and uploading it*/
Economic Left/Right: -0.50 (to the left)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00 (to libertarian)

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Bobboau
the one Petrarch posted, the questions seem a bit biased, wich I think would make most people come out more libral than they actualy are, but maybe that's just me, or maybe there suposed to be that way, so only people from an extreem would answer in certan ways on some questions.

That's cause you're on the left. In the FAQ they also say people on the far right also complained that the questions were biased in the rights favour. I guess it just depends on where you stand

If you thought the questions about, for instance racial intolerance, were extreme they explain the reasoning behind that in the FAQ. You can't find out how extreme people are unless you ask extreme questions. Seems like a fair point to me. There has to be a way to tell apart people on the christian right from someone like Torquemada. If you only asked moderate questions their results would be the same!

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Kazan
conservatives are mere louder, more offenseive, and more bigoted

Surely that depends a lot on your perspective...

I think that once the conservatives on this board saw that everybody was posting liberal, they decided to refrain because they figured it'd instigate a flame war.  They're probably right.

Nevertheless,

*dons flame suit*

[Bobboau]

no, I thought they sounded biased tward the left. if anything my being on the left would make the questions sound biased tward the right. the questions on racal tolorence I didn't think sounded biased, becase anyone with even a slight racal bias is an moron, I was talking about ones like...
"Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified."
"Those with the ability to pay should have the right to higher standards of medical care."
"What's good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us." (nothing in particular, just the general tone of it)

but as I said it could just be me, I could just be picking ones out that stick out to me while lots of others I just agree with so much I don't even see.

[Sandwich]

I don't understand half the economic and political jargon used well enough to answer the questions, having been out of the English-speaking political and economic scene for about 15 years now.

EDIT: I think I should be where Goob is, more or less. Me != liberal.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Bobboau
no, I thought they sounded biased tward the left. if anything my being on the left would make the questions sound biased tward the right. the questions on racal tolorence I didn't think sounded biased, becase anyone with even a slight racal bias is an moron, I was talking about ones like...
"Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified."
"Those with the ability to pay should have the right to higher standards of medical care."
"What's good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us." (nothing in particular, just the general tone of it)

but as I said it could just be me, I could just be picking ones out that stick out to me while lots of others I just agree with so much I don't even see.

Like I said. They got just as many letters claiming they were biased to the right. Read their FAQ. It's quite interesting

As for the question about Military Action that defies international law. I came out as left wing as they come without being a communist yet still agreed with the comment  The bias you see is not as clear cut as you may believe

[Bobboau]

well that one was becase it was a libral talking point that was hammered into us for the last year or two

[karajorma]

Here's the bit I mean

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.

Incidentally, our test is not another internet personality classification tool. The essence of our site is the model for political analysis. The test is simply a demonstration of it.

[mikhael]

Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64

I'm sitting right next to the Dalai Lama. I've been married to this woman for WAY too long. I used to far more centrist.

[Fractux]

Your Personal Self-Government Score is 40%.
Your Economic Self-Government Score is 10%.

Left-authoritarians are also called socialists



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Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

Left - Libertarian....

Well I guess it kind of evens out a bit...

[phreak]

more of the same for me