I'm trying to come up with a test, 20 questions with clear cut Liberal/Conservative choice, without the nuances. For example:
1. Death penalty
For conservative, Against liberal
2. Pro-Choice/Pro-Life
Liberal: Pro-Chocie , Conservative Pro-Life
Help me come up with a list of 20 questions where if you answer them it will tell you which side you are on.
2007-08-21 06:53:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I took the test:
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.49
The two closest it says I am politically is Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. What does this mean? Am I liberal or conservative!?
I must know which side to choose, because without a label, I am nothing.
2007-08-21 08:17:13 · update #1
Besides Social Issues you have to consider Economic and Foreign Policy Issues:
Do You Support / Are You Against:
3) No Child Left Behind/ Standardized Testing Results determining funding in Public Education
4) Embryonic Stem Cell Research for Cures to Diseases
5) Kyoto Enviromental Protocal
6) Assault Weapons Ban
7) Torturing of Detainees by the United States
8) Wiretapping/Spying on E-mail of U.S. citizens
9) Citizenship Path for Illegals
10) Net Neutrality
11) Same Sex Marriage
12) Universal Single-Payer Healthcare
13) Iran - Military Action
14) Iraq Withdrawal
15) Minimum Wage Increase
16) End NAFTA
2007-08-21 07:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by Richard V 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Generally, authoritarian governments that seek ideological purity (reality is, after all, messy) tend to repress, terrorize, and sometimes even murder (or kill through incompetence) their citizens. There is no way to enforce ideological purity unless the Government becomes authortarian and terrorizes its own citizens into submission, after all. I see this meme you are echoing trotted out a lot lately by those ideological purists on the right. It's as if they are saying "Hitler only killed 11 million, Pinochet only killed 10s of thousands and tortured 10s of thousands more, the junta in Argentina only killed 15,000, but Pol Pot killed 1.7 million, Stalin 20 million, Mao's purges and mismanagement killed as many as 50 million". So what is the argument here? That all the right-wing ideological purists of the 20th century only murdered less than 25 million people, while the left-wing ideological purists of the same century accounted for more than 80 million deaths? So I suppose if you are a right-wing ideological purist you need to kill another 55 million people and torture millions more just to catch up? Is that what you want?
2016-04-01 09:50:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately for people who like clean cut black and white stereotypes - it is possible to be conservative and anti-death penalty.
It is possible to be conservative and pro-choice, the same as it is posslble to be liberal and pro-life.
Conservatives can be anti-war (especially fiscal conservatives).
Liberals can be against new taxes.
Conservatives can be athiests.
Liberals can be religious.
The fact is - the world is all about nuances, the second you remove them you start sounding like coulter, malkin, o'reilly, and limbaugh.
2007-08-21 06:59:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok, I post this with the acknowledgement that it is based on some generalizations and that ALL liberals and ALL conservatives do not fit into the descriptions below.
Please take it that way, and know that I am not being critical of anyone's opinions.
1. Gun control - Liberals pro, conservatives against
2. Illegal Immigration - liberals pro-illegal, conservatives anti-illegal
3. Gay marriage - liberals pro, conservatives against
4. High Taxes - liberals pro, conservatives against
5. School choice - liberals against, conservatives pro
6. Big or limited government - liberals want big, conservatives want limited
7. National Defense/military - liberals want small, conservatives want large
8. Healthcare - liberals want nationalized, conservatives want capitalist market based system
9. Labor Unions - liberals pro, conservatives against
2007-08-21 07:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by ItsJustMe 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
when talking about ideology, it would be interesting if we could make the distinction between an organized set of ideas, and religious beliefs
wasting time on things like gay marriage and abortion is so stupid I don't know where to begin
btw itsjustme - you're wrong about your assertions of lib vs. con ... maybe some of your assertions are traditional(some you just made up) ... but the reality of today doesnt agree with you ... do you have common sense?
2007-08-21 07:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will only work if you are basing it on the stereotypes of conservative and liberal. Because most people aren't so cut and dry.
2007-08-21 07:03:29 · answer #6 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Once you know and concede the facts, most Lib positions on most issues are revealed to be totally untenable. It's not that Libs oppose the Bush tax cuts, it's that they continue to deny that revenue has gone up!
2007-08-21 08:02:00 · answer #7 · answered by truthisback 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you'll never find no nuances. you can come close you you did on some issues but not all.
I know cons who think women can control their bodies and don't believe in murder.
3- equality for all (race, gender, age, sexual orientation, ect)
con against, lib for
4- war
con for, lib against
5- for protecting animals, being humane to all creatures
con against, lib for
6- seperation of church and state
con against, lib for
7- unions
con against, lib for
8- welfare system
con against, lib for
9- humane treatment and rehabhilitation of america citizens who are incarcerated
con against, lib for
10- laws that protect people from themselves
con for, lib against
11- stem cell research
con against, lib for (most cons are okay with certain forms of research)
12- finding terrorists first and handling other foriegn matters later
con against, lib for
13- not interfering in other nations
con against, lib for
14- securing our transportation/trading posts (busses, trains, planes, sea ports, ect) from terrorists and other criminals
con against, lib for
15- preserving the environment
con against, lib for
16- willingness to give up liberty for security
con for, lib against
17 willingness to put personal/group morals into the law despite the fact that it limits freedom and gives more to one group over others
con for, lib against
18- for gun control (including background checks, keeping records, ect)
con against, lib for
19- minimum requirements for jail sentences on certain crimes
con for, lib against
20- universal health care
con against, lib for
2007-08-21 10:12:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might find some of these test questions interesting:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
2007-08-21 07:00:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Big Government vs. limited government
socialized medicine vs. private insurance
More welfare programs vs. less welfare programs
Private school vouchers
Strong defense vs. reducing the military
2007-08-21 06:58:46 · answer #10 · answered by Rich people employ me 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋