PowderdToastMan Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Ive noticed that there are some good political debates that seem to persist here and i am curious... where would you say you land on this chart? feel free to include why Edit* take myrmaad's quiz she found here and post your findings too http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Currently the closest people to the edges are me and ita *update - and late in the evening, BlackBaron2 comes in with a score nice and on the edge like ita's and mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 (edited) That chart is inaccurate. It has Islamists on there without any other religious political ideology. Obama has the exact same government control as Bush did. Putting democrats for government control and republicans not for government control shows a clear bias. Putting "Bums" and "Hobos" on there makes no sense at all. Putting social conservatives so low also does not make sense. Putting Unions on a similar level to social conservatives makes no sense. Saying that "Hippies" are a similar level to the Tea Party makes no sense. Sorry but almost everything on this chart seems incorrect to me. The below would be better for scaling then the chart you posted IMO. No offense or anything. http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/axeswithnames.gif http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/internationalchart.gif Edited September 16, 2011 by marharth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Excellent post Marharth. Here's a good quiz to help:http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Here's my result: http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-8.00&soc=-4.87 Here's another I found amusing: My result:http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz_result?e=30&i=50_30.gif&p=50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderdToastMan Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 no the chart is accurate. Just because its missing something that you think should be added to it for perspective doesnt make it "inaccurate." the charts you added are very narrow and do not account for many aspects. sorry bro and because it "makes no sense" to you is not a good answer. , upon reading your postnothing seems to make any sense to you. I would be happy to explain why hobo and bums are where they are at etc. but instead of saying why its wrong with reasons, you say it makes no sense to you - so it must be wrong? Edit* and islamists are on there because they have a political ideology, but thats enough about religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpellAndShield Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Libertarian/Classical Liberal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 no the chart is accurate. Just because its missing something that you think should be added to it for perspective doesnt make it "inaccurate." the charts you added are very narrow and do not account for many aspects. sorry bro and because it "makes no sense" to you is not a good answer. I would be happy to explain why hobo and bums are where they are at etc. but instead of saying why its wrong with reasons, you say it makes no sense to you - so it must be wrong? Edit* and islamists are on there because they have a political ideology, but thats enough about religion.There are other political ideologies similar to that. I would suggest everyone to take the quiz myrmaad posted for exact results. Let me explain in my detail why I think the chart is inaccuarate. By definition a Bum is just a lazy person. You can not determine anything just based on if someone is lazy or not. A Hobo is a term for a homeless person, and you also can't determine what they believe by them being homeless. Social conservatives are not very moderate in the USA. Even the right wing on this forum are not social conservatives. I was going to start a topic about this, I might still do it later. Democrats do not believe in government control, and republicans don't either. Democrats may have some policies that have government control, but it is same for Republicans. No big party in the USA believes in government control. Unions don't have a complete view of government control. A Union is just a group that attempts to get fair rights with people in power. That does not determine the entirety of their political views. Being a hippie was a subculture moment. You didn't necessarily have to believe in any political ideology to be a hippie. It had to do with sex, drugs, and peace. Not much more then that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderdToastMan Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Ok Myrmaad, i got my results check it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywaste Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 JEEZ, lets just do those tests and not over split hairs :biggrin: Here's my result for Myr's compass test (Did that one a few years back, think I was pretty similar back then) http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3563/pcgraphpngl.png And as for powdered's, I'd placed myself somewhere around the E in "Less" Nice thread :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderdToastMan Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 @marharth If you are curious the chart author handles some of your incorrect assumptions like the hippie and the hobo thing here: http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=1644Some things on that site are potentially nsfw, but the post is safe. But to say that democrats dont want more government control than republicans? that is the very thing that makes them different. It is the most iimportant and significant aspect of what seperates the two parties. Maybe this might clear up a bit. Part 1 http://bigjournalism.com/jhudnall/2010/02/11/the-new-fascists-part-1-a-political-primer/Part 2 http://bigjournalism.com/jhudnall/2010/02/19/the-new-fascists-foundation-part-2/Part 3 http://bigjournalism.com/jhudnall/2010/02/28/the-new-fascists-execution-part-3/Part 4 http://bigjournalism.com/jhudnall/2010/03/07/the-marching-minions-part-4/Part 5 http://bigjournalism.com/jhudnall/2010/03/13/the-new-fascists-the-synthesis-part-5/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 (edited) http://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac177/Aurielius/pcgraphpngphp.pngTurned out to be a moderate, so fairly accurate. Edited September 17, 2011 by Aurielius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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