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Fri Oct-08-10 10:41 PM
Response to Reply #24 |
| 55. I love the way my man Mike Gravel stands out there |
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in a category all by himself.  I'm not in the same quandrant as he is, but I really like the old guy. |
| -Where do you fall on the Political Compass? |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 07:55 PM |
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The last time I took such a test... |
JuniperLea |
Oct-08-10 07:56 PM |
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delete |
sakabatou |
Oct-09-10 03:25 AM |
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You think that Gandhi would be fine with letting that house burn |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-08-10 07:57 PM |
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This particular chart is from Australia... |
JuniperLea |
Oct-08-10 07:59 PM |
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It changes from year to year |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-08-10 08:01 PM |
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Did you really have to carry the argument from another thread onto this one? |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 07:59 PM |
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No, but here you go on ghandi |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-08-10 08:02 PM |
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I despise close-mindedness, Left, Right, or Center. Please put me on ignore ("iggy"): thanks. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Oct-08-10 11:25 PM |
#66 |
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Oh, dear. Didn't you create this OP from a post you made in |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 08:02 PM |
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Why are you apologizing? |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:07 PM |
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Oh, you'd be surprised at which quadrant I fit in. But, I'll let you guess. |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 08:11 PM |
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Here's my results from that test, taken absolutely truthfully |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 08:23 PM |
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Last time I took it I was right on top of the Dalai Lama.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:27 PM |
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Gandhi wouldn't have let the house burn. |
LWolf |
Oct-08-10 08:53 PM |
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Libertarianism is not Anarchism. |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 12:42 AM |
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Gandhi was an Anarchist |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Oct-09-10 10:42 AM |
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There's certainly more than one definition. |
LWolf |
Oct-09-10 12:56 PM |
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It certainly diminishes its usefulness |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 01:00 PM |
#105 |
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It's not at all misleading, if you read the explanation of the compass. |
LWolf |
Oct-09-10 02:55 PM |
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Yeah, sure because everyone reads every page of the site. |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 03:02 PM |
#116 |
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Anybody who wants to know what positions on the compass mean |
LWolf |
Oct-09-10 03:47 PM |
#118 |
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Gandhi was anti-authoritarian. |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 12:23 AM |
#75 |
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Yah, I saw that in the other thread. The thing about Libertarians, |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 07:59 PM |
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BWAAHAHAHA! |
JuniperLea |
Oct-08-10 08:01 PM |
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But, North Korea's very open about it, I understand.... |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 08:13 PM |
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I've been with PCs since about DOS 3.0 or something.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:02 PM |
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So, you're a libertarian? Just not a successful Linux consultant. |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 08:05 PM |
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I must admit you have an awesome talent for snark.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:09 PM |
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Oh, I'm a man of many traits, as you'll discover. |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 08:12 PM |
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Then why is it that your talent for snark is the only one you reveal here? |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:14 PM |
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Go look at my journal, fumesucker. |
MineralMan |
Oct-08-10 08:24 PM |
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I judge by your posts that I read right here on GD.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:30 PM |
#33 |
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You're slightly more leftist and I'm slightly more libertarian |
MrScorpio |
Oct-08-10 10:40 PM |
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I'm one box to the left of you. |
alfredo |
Oct-09-10 11:01 AM |
#102 |
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Where does that put Mac users? |
lumberjack_jeff |
Oct-08-10 08:26 PM |
#31 |
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Similar to another one before |
TheBigotBasher |
Oct-08-10 08:08 PM |
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None of the above - I am a person not a convenient item that can be boxed to please others |
stray cat |
Oct-08-10 08:10 PM |
#14 |
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Another master of snark shows up on the thread.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:15 PM |
#21 |
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Actually this "test" shows up on DU at least once a year... |
Touchdown |
Oct-09-10 02:19 AM |
#84 |
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Sorry, but we all end up in a box in the end. |
HuckleB |
Oct-08-10 08:19 PM |
#23 |
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To be precise, some of us end up in an urn.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:22 PM |
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True. |
HuckleB |
Oct-08-10 08:23 PM |
#28 |
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But parts of us can live on in others. |
Touchdown |
Oct-09-10 02:28 AM |
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Southwest of the Dalai Lama. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Oct-08-10 08:12 PM |
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Left wing libertarian here. |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Oct-08-10 08:12 PM |
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I'm debating whether or not to count this thread as a fire thread. |
HuckleB |
Oct-08-10 08:18 PM |
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Many Democrats but not that many Democratic politicians.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:21 PM |
#24 |
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Hmm. Very interesting. |
HuckleB |
Oct-08-10 08:22 PM |
#26 |
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Yep.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:23 PM |
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I love the way my man Mike Gravel stands out there |
Blue_In_AK |
Oct-08-10 10:41 PM |
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The whole bottom of that graph is pretty damn lonely but you're correct.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 10:43 PM |
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i took this test a couple years ago. fuck no, i am not gonna say where i fell |
seabeyond |
Oct-08-10 08:32 PM |
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Oh, you're such a tease.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:47 PM |
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Slightly more libertarian and left than Ghandi. Even I'm surprised, nt |
blondeatlast |
Oct-08-10 08:34 PM |
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left libertarian. |
LWolf |
Oct-08-10 08:42 PM |
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I agree about American politicians.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:45 PM |
#37 |
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Because the Democratic Party is not "left wing," |
LWolf |
Oct-08-10 08:56 PM |
#42 |
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You may be right.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 09:01 PM |
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I've never understood it, either. |
LWolf |
Oct-09-10 10:07 AM |
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Economic Left/Right: -9.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.08 |
Lyric |
Oct-08-10 08:49 PM |
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... |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 08:53 PM |
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I'm right next to the Dalai Lama. Yes--- the folks here who think "libertarian" means "doody head" |
Warren DeMontague |
Oct-08-10 08:57 PM |
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You're correct about control freaks and moralistic hand wringers.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 09:03 PM |
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Economic Left/Right: -7.75, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.03 |
Odin2005 |
Oct-08-10 09:05 PM |
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I think that test is misleading - the political compass not only has more points |
grahamhgreen |
Oct-08-10 09:17 PM |
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There may be an infinite number of dimensions on the actual political compass.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 09:22 PM |
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Needs a green to free-market polluter z axis |
grahamhgreen |
Oct-09-10 10:49 AM |
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Economic Left/Right: -8.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.26 |
TBF |
Oct-08-10 09:18 PM |
#48 |
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I've taken this test several times. |
Blue_In_AK |
Oct-08-10 10:33 PM |
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Interesting that not a single poster has yet landed in the upper right quadrant.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 10:36 PM |
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Yes, I always found that fascinating, as well. |
Blue_In_AK |
Oct-08-10 10:53 PM |
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I'm lower lefter than Gandhi, dammit |
MrScorpio |
Oct-08-10 10:36 PM |
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No wonder you come across as such a purist.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 10:45 PM |
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I am a commie... |
RevCommie |
Oct-08-10 10:40 PM |
#53 |
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Prove it |
MrScorpio |
Oct-08-10 10:43 PM |
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I usually end up near Ghandi. |
applegrove |
Oct-08-10 10:43 PM |
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-6.00, -7,90 |
Lucian |
Oct-08-10 10:59 PM |
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Economic Left/Right: -6.50, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49 nt |
Zing Zing Zingbah |
Oct-08-10 11:00 PM |
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I'm a Communist-Anarchist on that scale...... |
marmar |
Oct-08-10 11:08 PM |
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Economic Left/Right: 0.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.49 |
Kaleva |
Oct-08-10 11:13 PM |
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I have to say you're the first poster to get a positive score on either axis.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 11:49 PM |
#69 |
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This test has been posted here at DU many times and.... |
Kaleva |
Oct-09-10 11:30 PM |
#124 |
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Economic Left/Right: -7.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03 |
Codeine |
Oct-08-10 11:16 PM |
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-6.12, -4.51. If someone has a freeper account, I'd love to see how those users end up. nt |
the redcoat |
Oct-08-10 11:38 PM |
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I'm not sure the scale goes that far to the authoritarian right.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-08-10 11:47 PM |
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I like this one. Came out even lower and lefter than last time, I think. Gandhi, you fascist! |
DirkGently |
Oct-09-10 12:04 AM |
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I love this test, and I don't mind taking it AGAIN. |
johnaries |
Oct-09-10 12:05 AM |
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I can sympathize. |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 12:21 AM |
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Going by the graph Obama is a right of center moderate authoritarian.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 12:26 AM |
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I understand the concept of progress. |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 12:34 AM |
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Believe it or not but a lot of us who disagree with you a lot understand the concept of progress too |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 12:49 AM |
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No, we're on a new course. After 30 years of deregulation Obama is re-regulating |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 01:10 AM |
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Perspective.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 01:39 AM |
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Perspective is good. |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 02:05 AM |
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How many "revolutions" are actually successful? |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 02:25 AM |
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I don't believe experience is put to good use |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 02:46 AM |
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But Obama is opposed to the latest civil rights campaign.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 08:04 AM |
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Ok, change the subject if you want. Obama supports extending all the legal rights |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 12:11 PM |
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"The civil rights marchers were not asking for full legal equality on all issues." |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 01:11 PM |
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Look up what they were marching for in Birmingham. |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 01:17 PM |
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The Birmingham marchers were not marching for separate but equal.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 01:29 PM |
#111 |
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Obama supports full equal rights |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 02:16 PM |
#112 |
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Obama supports separate but equal... |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 04:05 PM |
#119 |
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Rome may not have been built in a day... |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 12:24 AM |
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Same range as usual. : -8.12 -8.72 |
Radical Activist |
Oct-09-10 12:13 AM |
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Further Left |
JonLP24 |
Oct-09-10 12:16 AM |
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Economic Left/Right: -7.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31 |
sakabatou |
Oct-09-10 03:27 AM |
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I stayed on the chart (barely) without falling off the left edge! |
NorthCarolina |
Oct-09-10 08:21 AM |
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Economic Left/Right: -8.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.87 |
ipaint |
Oct-09-10 08:34 AM |
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-6.12, -4.36.... it seems I am more moderate than most DUers (but not all) |
Motown_Johnny |
Oct-09-10 09:30 AM |
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Bogus |
blindpig |
Oct-09-10 09:55 AM |
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then what do you think the opposite of Authoritarian is? |
Motown_Johnny |
Oct-09-10 10:02 AM |
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The premise of the compass is bogus |
blindpig |
Oct-09-10 10:33 AM |
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You are confusing the big L Libertarian party with small libertarianism.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 01:14 PM |
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Left-Libertarian - AKA Anarchist. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Oct-09-10 10:40 AM |
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I always come up to the left of Gandhi. |
dkofos |
Oct-09-10 10:43 AM |
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I'm a progressive social democrat |
lunatica |
Oct-09-10 01:24 PM |
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while always fun these test aren't too worthwhile |
SargeUNN |
Oct-09-10 01:27 PM |
#110 |
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Southeast of Gandhi. Economic Left/Right: -1.88 | Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54 |
LLStarks |
Oct-09-10 02:30 PM |
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It lets you play with the states too... |
rrneck |
Oct-09-10 02:49 PM |
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I'm just to the left of Ghandi. |
MrSlayer |
Oct-09-10 03:05 PM |
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Economic Left/Right: -5.88, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56 |
Rhiannon12866 |
Oct-09-10 04:40 PM |
#120 |
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'Libertarian' is used in different ways |
LeftishBrit |
Oct-09-10 05:58 PM |
#121 |
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You are correct.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-09-10 07:07 PM |
#122 |
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I don't think it's mainly been ruined by the left.. |
LeftishBrit |
Oct-10-10 06:27 AM |
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That's big l Libertarianism.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-10-10 08:24 AM |
#128 |
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True - but at least in the UK, right-wingers sometimes use 'libertarian' approvingly |
LeftishBrit |
Oct-10-10 10:29 AM |
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-10.00, -8.26: Liberté, égalité, fraternité. |
Iterate |
Oct-09-10 07:14 PM |
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Be sure to show this to all the teabaggers who call themselves "Christians" |
Yeshuah Ben Joseph |
Oct-09-10 11:48 PM |
#125 |
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Wish I could say |
canetoad |
Oct-10-10 04:55 AM |
#126 |
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that thayr tayst iz wroten buy thaym thyer enterlekshool liebrul eyeleetist. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-10-10 09:02 AM |
#129 |
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