Political leanings test

[tenaya]

Gakked from obelix:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

This was interesting because even though I'm a registered Republican, I find myself defending Obama and taking s strong Dem stance at work because, frankly, the Republican pov I find batshit crazy on so many levels. Fiscal responsibility, the rights of states above federal laws and letting people get the hell along with their lives without government interference was what the Republicans used to stand for. Those days are long gone. Now, their blindness in the face of facts can only be attributed to greed and stupidity as far as I can see. And religion? Don't get me started. I've heard so many pro Prop 8 arguments at work where the fundamental basis for their pov is "Don't you believe in the Bible?" Uh, no. Particularly when it's used to promote hatred, intolerance and inequality. If this is a cause that makes you proud to be religious, to feel that this cause is worthy of all your effort--that god will be proud of you for hating and ridiculing your fellow humans--you've sold me on not subscribing to religion, period.

So, my results were in the green, two down and five to the left.

Comments

[obelix]

Most of the political parties are firmly in the blue area (we have a couple that are in the green here but not nearly enough left to match my convictions). It's really hard to reconcile :-(

Please don't get me started on religion. I personally believe that religion needs to get out of schools, business, government and have their non-profit status revoked permanently. Religion is personal and should stay that way ;-) Ooops! My left leaning anarchist self just peeked through!

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

I wonder about that purple area...what sort of people are those?

Religion is very personal. Totally agree there.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

I ended up a bit further left than I expected to, based on how right I appeared on a different poll (although most have me almost dead center--zats_clear has accused me of being a unicorn since I'm politically a moderate "centrist").

I get pissed off at the idiocy of the Republican disdain. I get annoyed at the Democrat presumptions...and I hear both here on lj and within friends and family. I tend to want to play devil's advocate when I hear proselitization from either side. Which is why I don't tend to talk about politics much.

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Democrats. I've been waiting for them to somehow lose this election when it should have been a sure thing. There's just something about them (in general) that makes me want to give them a good shake.

One thing that really annoys me is that Republican smirk. It seems to say that if I'm not on with their secret handshake and know all that they know, I'm woefully stupid and naive and quite laughable. That smirk is beginning to make my hackles rise.

I was gonna not comment on politics but the folks at work have gotten me all worked up. *g*

[geminia905.livejournal.com]

I've been awake for like 31 hours now, so none of the explanation is really being retained. *g*

I'm 3 down, 2 from the left in the green.

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

The explanation was kinda hard for me, too. I thought it was just me. *g*