Whats your political sign?

[TBoneTX 46,284]

Unclear whether their concept of NeoCon equates with that of the larger world.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

25 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

For me personally abortion isn't an issue at all, women's choice always no matter the circumstance. I was just referring to how almost any issue can change depending on the circumstance for me.

 

For instance, one of the questions was: Should we spend more money on the military? Well I don't know, does the military need it or is it just boosting up fire power that does not need to be boosted? It all depends on the circumstances.

cept that wasnt the question this was---"Military spending is a waste of money." ?  That is an absurd question, because Military spending at some level is necessary, without a doubt and only an imbecile would argue otherwise. 

 

Now how much we should spend , what % of GDP and should we have a military that is strong enough to project power all over the world is a reasonable debate.

[Teddy B 17,252]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

cept that wasnt the question this was---"Military spending is a waste of money." ?  That is an absurd question, because Military spending at some level is necessary, without a doubt and only an imbecile would argue otherwise. 

 

Now how much we should spend , what % of GDP and should we have a military that is strong enough to project power all over the world is a reasonable debate.

It was the question on one of those quiz's there were 4 altogether. But yes, that question is absurd because it is necessary.

Edited June 20, 2017 by Teddy B

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Just now, Teddy B said:

It was the question on one of those quiz's there were 4 altogether.

Oh ok. So there are four different versions. You sure 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

49 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Yup about as MOR as one can get

 

8values

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Results

Economic Axis: Centrist

49.4%

50.6%

Diplomatic Axis: Balanced

48.4%

51.6%

Civil Axis: Moderate

60.0%

40.0%

Societal Axis: Progressive

38.0%

62.0%

Closest Match: Liberalism

 

 

 

Closest Match: Liberalism

 

Funny , that looks identical to my results

[Dashinka 24,889]

Here is what I got on the quadrant quiz.

 

Your Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: 3.5 
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

 

[Teddy B 17,252]

1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Oh ok. So there are four different versions. You sure 

I'm pretty sure, but I don't remember what I ate for breakfast, so........................................

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

Lets take this one 

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chloea23/make-a-sandwich-and-well-tell-you-which-shrek-cha-3178e?utm_term=.ibpRmzWEL#.odQ4YoQkL

Make A Sandwich And We'll Tell You Which "Shrek" Character You Are

Sandwiches have layers.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

2 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

I'm pretty sure, but I don't remember what I ate for breakfast, so........................................

Yes I got that also 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

2 minutes ago, ccneat said:

Lets take this one 

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chloea23/make-a-sandwich-and-well-tell-you-which-shrek-cha-3178e?utm_term=.ibpRmzWEL#.odQ4YoQkL

Make A Sandwich And We'll Tell You Which "Shrek" Character You Are

Sandwiches have layers.

[bcking 3,157]

There are multiple problems with all of these quizzes. Questions are vague and poorly written. Being forced to 'agree or disagree' with statements, without clarifying anything makes things very limiting. 

 

To me the biggest problem is we all know the reason for taking the quiz. They don't try to blind or mask the reason for the questions, and most questions were quite obviously related to one of the 4 axes. We all knew going in it was going to give us a "layout" of our ideology. That makes it incredibly easy to manipulate. I did my best to answer honestly (though I felt like I hit neutral quite a bit, despite my results). However I could just as easily go back again and answer the questions in a way to intentional seem "middle of the ground".

 

There is also a lot of published data out there about the use of 4 point vs 5 point likert scales. It is well known that when you ask questions with a 5 point scale (with a neutral answer in the middle) you are far more likely to end up with a narrower range of responses. More people will just end up in the "middle" because they don't want to make a decision either way, and they know they are being "asked" for a reason and don't want to be seen as responsibility for anything. 

 

It would be interesting to go back and force everyone to not choose neutral, then see what we get. Even I went with neutral on quite a few (i tried not to).

 

Edited June 20, 2017 by bcking

[bcking 3,157]

http://bestpoliticalquiz.com/quizresults.php

- This one is even worse. Far less questions, only 3 options for each. If you just click maybe for everything you come up "Libertarian" instead of just "Non-committal".

 

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

- I like this one a little more because it takes out the "middle" question. Still a lot of questions through that I would have preferred to just "throw out" (Not answer middle, but not have it count to my result) since it was so vague I felt like it was skewing my result.

 

Interesting for this one I was further left on the economic scale than the social scale. I typically see myself as further left on social issues (though I know I'm also left on economic issues as well).

 

 

[smilesammich 10,727]

26 minutes ago, ccneat said:

Lets take this one 

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chloea23/make-a-sandwich-and-well-tell-you-which-shrek-cha-3178e?utm_term=.ibpRmzWEL#.odQ4YoQkL

Make A Sandwich And We'll Tell You Which "Shrek" Character You Are

Sandwiches have layers.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

Well that was a no brainer