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[kirant]

This must be making the rounds on the internet recently...I've had this forwarded to me a couple times and shown up on Facebook at least once:

http://slackhalla.or...ialattitude.php

My results:

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Radicalism 85.75 Socialism 18.75 Tenderness 50

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These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear laissez-faire capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a centrist with few strong opinions. This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

The libertarian comment is an oddity, as I have always felt strongly about pumping health care, education, and holding more expansive, progressive prison systems which focus on rehabilitation over punishment...I suspect that it may be because I hold two polarizing views: one of an expansive social system in a few aspects, but also one of a fairly libertarian private industry.

Kind of curious to see where the rest of the forum falls on this.

[Ristau]

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Radicalism 77.5 Socialism 50 Tenderness 34.375

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These scores indicate that you are a tough-minded moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a liberated atheist. It appears that you are cynical towards religion, and have a suspicious and unsympathetic attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with few strong opinions. This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

[Rujio]

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Radicalism 85.75 Socialism 31.25 Tenderness 43.75

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These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with few strong opinions. This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

Not sure what to make of the libertarian bit. I'm not old enough to vote yet so I haven't extensively explored my political ideologies.

[YakYak]

38) The world would be a much better place if people weren't so sure of what they believed.

Hypothetical strawman: Agree Strongly

38a) Are you sure?

[SmashedFish]

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Radicalism 74.75 Socialism 31.25 Tenderness 68.75 These scores indicate that you are a tender-minded moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a devoted egalitarian with several strong opinions.

Huh... I would have mentally rated myself higher on religion and humanity, and I wouldn't say that I have too many strong opinions. I dunno, though. I guess this test was designed for someone who didn't vote in the middle for a lot of the questions. To be honest, I felt that a lot of the questions were on issues that didn't concern me, or were on xenophobia. At least they got egalitarianism right.

[bblues]

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Radicalism 74.75 Socialism 50 Tenderness 84.375 These scores indicate that you are a very tender-minded moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a devoted egalitarian with several strong opinions. This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

I'd probably say it's a fair assessment, I appear to be quite the middle ground.

[Elwood]

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Radicalism 11.5 Socialism 25 Tenderness 59.375

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These scores indicate that you are a conservative; this is the political profile one might associate with a sincere clergyman. It appears that you are accepting of religion, and have a generally optimistic attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as right-wing. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with many strong opinions. This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

[Cero]

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Radicalism 66.5 Socialism 43.75 Tenderness 46.875 These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with several strong opinions.

[Snow]

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Radicalism 77.5 Socialism 43.75 Tenderness 62.5 These scores indicate that you are a tender-minded moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with several strong opinions. This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

Same as bb, the egalitarian part is on the mark, not sure about the rest.

[acceptance]

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Radicalism  77.5 Socialism  56.25 Tenderness  59.375 These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a centrist with many strong opinions.

[YakYak]

Prediction: Everyone who has posted in this thread is 25 or younger, Elwood is a Christian, and just about everyone else voted for Obama if they were old enough to do so.

[bblues]

QUOTE (YakYak @ Aug 26 2013, 07:54 PM)

Prediction: Everyone who has posted in this thread is 25 or younger, Elwood is a Christian, and just about everyone else voted for Obama if they were old enough to do so.

Yes.
I'm not Elwood.
No, I'm British and vote Labour.

[YakYak]

Okay, voted for Obama or their national left-wing canidate.

[SmashedFish]

1. Yup
2. Yup
3. I would've if I could vote

[bblues]

I'll be honest, there isn't a party I'd put 100% of my vote for anymore.

Lib Dems never get any votes, and prove to the current leadership are only bothered about getting anywhere in power, even if it's nowhere. Conservatives I just don't agree with most of the time. Current Labour are basically unions/weak leadership. New Labour I liked. Parties like the Greens have some good policies. **** the BNP and UKIP.

Basically, I vote for Labour because I shared the most with them under Brown/Blair. As for locals, well, I'll take a read and see who I agree with more. Next election? I think I'm ****ed.

[Seraphinox]

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Radicalism 85.75 Socialism 75 Tenderness 53.125

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These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general. Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing. To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with many strong opinions. This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

Das me

[acceptance]

I am indeed under the age of 25.
I am Elwood, but sadly not a Christian. :/
I cant vote, therefore; My opinion doesnt mean shit.

[Ristau]

Lol'd at Bblue's comment about not being Elwood (because his name is Christian, in case you don't get it).

[Holy Kensai]

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5)  Soft drugs, like marijuana, should be legal.

It's not a soft drug, do your research.

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7)  When it comes to abortion I am pro-choice.

Yes. I believe both males and females should have a choice. Not just one gender making the decision for both.

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12)  Blood sports, like fox hunting, are cruel and should be forbidden.

Double barreled question. What if I believe they are cruel, but we don't have the right to forbid stuff?

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14)  Jews and Muslims are as valuable citizens as any other group.

Double barreled also.

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21)  People are born either smart or stupid, education changes little about this.

This was proven false in the 50s.

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23)  It would be wonderful if we could improve humanity using genetic manipulation.

The problem is who gets to decide what improve means.

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24)  The sight of young men with long hair is unpleasant.

Anyone who answers true to this is an idiot who doesn't understand their own body. Long hair is natural, and the vast majority of the population is attracted to it, known or not. This is due to evolution. Short hair means infertile.

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25)  People should have faith in what they believe.

What? Faith is belief without proof. So. Obviously.

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32)  You can't trust people who have flip-flopped on what they believe.

Uses slang, which alienates people who do not come from the same region.

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36)  We should be wary of any efforts to improve human nature.

Poor wording forces you to disagree.

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39)  The government should spend more money on social welfare and education.

Yes. Make random drug tests mandatory for welfare recipients. Then pay teachers what doctors make, and fire all the old ones.

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43)  The death penalty is barbaric and should not be used on anyone.

Buzzword barbaric. Very intense, forces you to agree.

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44)  Eugenics is tantamount to Nazism, and both ideologies are severely flawed.

Buzzword, double barreled. Also ignorant. The NAZI party did utilize eugenics, and got the policy from the United States.

Questions also repeat a few times.

[kirant]

^ I agree the questions aren't well written, but I actually disagree with some of the conclusions met; a few of the "forced to dis/agree" questions you mention I actually took the opposite stance on. For example, though I'm progressive, I think we should be wary about efforts of improvement. They need to pass scrutiny and much more before being tested in large scale and adopted. As such, there is a need to be wary or else we may adopt a worse solution than what we currently have. First start by pointing out all pros, cons, and work with samples before adopting it as a whole. I also fell in support of the death penalty (though for different reasons than punishment).

QUOTE (YakYak @ Aug 26 2013, 12:30 PM)

Okay, voted for Obama or their national left-wing canidate.

Under 25? Yes
Voted for my left-wing candidate? No. I voted the other side (Conservative Party). Actually, I tend to vote for the right wing parties. If I was American though, I would have vote Obama...if that makes you sleep better tonight.