Comments on: I'm an "upbeat"? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/ Tue, 21 May 2013 21:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: somnilista, FCD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2988 somnilista, FCD Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:48:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/30/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2988 The Political Compass test has some questions to which the answers might be influenced by recent events; i.e. scores might vary over time. For example: <i>Our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism.</i> I certainly agree with that much more than I would have 7 years ago. Economic Left/Right: -3.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03 Nearest neighbor: Gandhi I don't understand what the astrology question was doing in there. -------------- Pew test: <i>Most elected officials don't care what people like me think</i> - I'm an atheist. I believe that most politicians do not care what atheists think, and there is plenty of actual data to back that up. I'm a "Liberal." Whoop-a-dee. The Political Compass test has some questions to which the answers might be influenced by recent events; i.e. scores might vary over time. For example: Our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism. I certainly agree with that much more than I would have 7 years ago.

Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03
Nearest neighbor: Gandhi
I don’t understand what the astrology question was doing in there.

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Pew test: Most elected officials don’t care what people like me think – I’m an atheist. I believe that most politicians do not care what atheists think, and there is plenty of actual data to back that up.

I’m a “Liberal.” Whoop-a-dee.

]]> By: razib http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2987 razib Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:22:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/30/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2987 itz all good 8=) itz all good 8=)

]]> By: dcmichelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2986 dcmichelle Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:21:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/30/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2986 I was joking -- sheesh... :) :) :) :) :) :) I was joking — sheesh… :) :) :) :) :) :)

]]> By: razib http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2985 razib Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:58:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/30/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2985 if you are joking, use a smiley face, and if you aren't, read a bit more outside politics outside your own ghetto, since the "socially liberal & fiscally conservative" combo isn't that exotic. if you are joking, use a smiley face, and if you aren’t, read a bit more outside politics outside your own ghetto, since the “socially liberal & fiscally conservative” combo isn’t that exotic.

]]> By: dcmichelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2984 dcmichelle Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:40:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/30/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2984 "Economic Left/Right: 2.13 (I'm fiscally conservative) Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38 (I'm socially liberal)" So, you want the social programs, but don't want to pay for 'em? “Economic Left/Right: 2.13 (I’m fiscally conservative)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38 (I’m socially liberal)”
So, you want the social programs, but don’t want to pay for ‘em?

]]> By: Irrelephant http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2983 Irrelephant Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:28:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/30/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2983 Thanks for the links; I didn't know that Political Compass test. I seem to be a bit extreme (arond -7 in both axes) but at least the other people in the quadrant are nice chaps like Mandela, Gandhi and the Dalai Lama. I guess I'd be a radical leftist in the US, though in my home country (Chile) and current country (France) I pass as moderate left. The compass seems to be quite universal, only the location of the "center" is country-dependent, imho. Thanks for the links; I didn’t know that Political Compass test. I seem to be a bit extreme (arond -7 in both axes) but at least the other people in the quadrant are nice chaps like Mandela, Gandhi and the Dalai Lama. I guess I’d be a radical leftist in the US, though in my home country (Chile) and current country (France) I pass as moderate left. The compass seems to be quite universal, only the location of the “center” is country-dependent, imho.

]]> By: John Emerson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2982 John Emerson Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:17:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2006/08/30/im-an-upbeat/#comment-2982 I think that the particulars of the Bush administration have made a lot of people politically homeless. His cheap politicking, catering to the stupidest religionists, fiscal weirdness, and military rashness are hard for many conservatives and most libertarians to stomach. You really have to support a speculative go-for-broke holy war in order to support him. I think that the particulars of the Bush administration have made a lot of people politically homeless. His cheap politicking, catering to the stupidest religionists, fiscal weirdness, and military rashness are hard for many conservatives and most libertarians to stomach. You really have to support a speculative go-for-broke holy war in order to support him.

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