School yard politics who would be who

[JohnKleeb]

I consider myself at school just a regular guy wear casual clothes mostly have a few good friends etc but political wise I am far leftist as you can tell lol. So whos who in school yard politics Ive always wondered about this. I would say popular preps are like the GOP I think no offense to DUers who were popular in school.

[leftist_rebel1569]

1. ummm...

lot of skaters are anarchists, liberals, or both. I put myself in the regular category, and I'm quite left-leaning.

[JohnKleeb]

3. I would agree

My best bud whos about your age is a skater and is left leaning he even voted for Nader we make fun of Bush and to piss off our right wing friends sing like Communists it was immature but when some stupid right wing girl now shes not our friend a friend of a friend's sister says Nazism is better than Communism. She brought up China yeah and they have became more right communist than good old communist. So hes a lefty and we enjoy bashing Bush I need to call him btw just a rant.

[Christian73]

2. Well, I alternated

between being a blue haired anarchist weirdo and being a somewhat conservative looking preppy in high school, depending on the year.

Now, I probably look like a preppy because I have to dress up for my job.

[KCDem]

4. I think of myself as very mainstream:

anti death penalty, pro Brady bill, pro choice, anti big corporation, pro living wage... wait, that isn't mainstream?

I've been battling this whole image thing lately. I dress normal. I parent my kids in a normal way (I vaccinate, I use disposable diapers, I believe in public schooling, etc.). So all of my super-liberal, alternative friends, when they first meet me, think I'm not like them. Yet, all of my suburbanite friends, once they get to know the real me, think I'm a freak.

Don't assume that people who dress preppy are conservative. And don't assume that people who are hippies/freethinkers at 17 will stay that way. I was one of the top 5 choices for prom queen in a class of almost 600 students... liberal freak that I am.

[JohnKleeb]

8. I am sorry if I offended you and thats cool you were almost prom queen

now I agree Horowitz is a classic example of a liberal going conservative classic.

[KCDem]

10. hell, you didn't offend me!!!

Not at all! (i would say that I don't offend easily, but I do. But your thread didn't at all).

This is a question I've been grappling with lately. I want to think of myself as funky, out there. But, when it comes down to it... I'm not. I'm exceptionally normal. Happens when you have kids. Believe me, if my kids ever want to dye their hair random colors... I have no problems with that. But, lots of "liberal" moms homeschool; some don't vaccinate. Guess I've chosen the more mainstream options... but I'm still liberal as anything.

It's ok to try to typecast people. Your thread reminded me of one during the whole Dixie Chicks scandal. One poster from TX (can't remember who... sorry!) wrote that he went to Target and bought a DC CD. The nose-pierced checkout boy said "um, lots of people are returning this CD based on what they said about the Pres." DUer said "yeah, that's exactly why I'm buying it." Checkout boy said: "Cool, I agree with you. You just look like the OTHER type."

It's very easy to typecast. I went to an anti-Bush rally last week, and there was one guy in particular who did NOT look like a Dem. Guess that's what's great about our party--we're inclusive. We don't just include the "freaks", but also the "normal" types. :hi:

[Ein]

5. Punks tend to be the far-left in my area.

and Jam Band heads, we inter-socialized. I've always thought of them (me included, though I didn't wear the leather jacket uniform) as the hippies of the ridalin era.

Jocks and Dorks - were GOP when I was in high school

Goths and other cliques - independants.

I miss the days.

[KCDem]

11. so, where do the geeks fit in?

My husband, Geek grand central--big Dem. And most geeks I knew (past tense) are as well.


But, the current geeks my husband works with... Repugs.

I think everything depends on the area.

[rucky]

6. Don't Forget The Nerdy Know-It-Alls on the Debate Team...

...who got picked on by the Preps. They're the GOPers who go on to run for office. there's some psychology for ya.

[JohnKleeb]

7. The "nerds" are the leftist intellcutals imo

[rucky]

9. Yeah...that was me

The difference is the debate-team nerds acutally wanted the preppies to like them.

[goobergunch]

22. That would be me...

I'm taking 4 AP classes next year :scared: and got a 5 on my AP Calculus AB test. :evilgrin:

I was going to join the Academic Competition team, but they had too many "author" questions and not enough science/political questions for my taste.

[Syn_Dem]

12. Well at my school...

I guess there's my faction, the normal dudes but who posess an above average intellect (of course making us left-leaning), i'm the political freak of us all but when we do its clear that most of my friends are left leaning. Now...I go to a private school (flame all you want) and all the little daddy's boys and girls are OVERWHELMINGLY GOP, its sickining, there really arent any punks or skaters at my school, we have an enforced dress code :puke: So i guess its 60% GOP, 20% left of center, and 20% really liberal.

[JohnKleeb]

13. you go to private I pity you man

no offense but public is better anyday but glad to see there are leftys there.

[goobergunch]

23. Sounds familiar...

Now...I go to a private school (flame all you want) and all the little daddy's boys and girls are OVERWHELMINGLY GOP, its sickining, there really arent any punks or skaters at my school, we have an enforced dress code :puke: So i guess its 60% GOP, 20% left of center, and 20% really liberal.

Enforced dress code...I feel your pain from experience.

At my school, most of the students are apathetic, but my friends are liberal/anarchistic (which is fine IMHO) and the newspaper (which I'm on) is generally liberal. I think some of the less intelligent people support * just to tick me off, though...

[Exultant Democracy]

14. Ha, I guess this is just another

don’t generalize situations. I am about as left as you can get, but I was also captian of the track team for two years in high school. When I went to college I joined a fraternity and all the other prep stuff. I don’t really think I’m an exception either, almost every member of my fraternity is pretty left wing, and most of my buddies from highschool were left wing too.

[JohnKleeb]

15. sorry I guess it depends on where you live

[Exultant Democracy]

17. yeah, North East is pretty liberal

[JohnKleeb]

18. lol that explains it Leviathan

When you are here in olde Virginia.

[Exultant Democracy]

20. it's funny I must live in opposite land

the people who were seen as "outcasts" in high school were the guys who drove pickup trucks with confederate flags on the mud flaps. The punks and skaters were always among the cooler people.

[JohnKleeb]

21. I wouldnt call them out casts

No these popular people arent confederate sympathizers/.

[JohnKleeb]

16. one thing this is not everyone

some popular people may be left and some "nerds" may be right my point is majority wise. That is all.

[sasquatch]

19. I'm the unpopular mentaly unstable jock

can't stand anybody after a while just want to go to class play football and wrestle.

[JanMichael]

24. Now or then?

Then: Half Jock-Half Dork.

Three Letters: Baseball, Soccer, Wrestling. Few Dates though...

Now: Moderately Cool Radical.