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Re: Proof : Scott A is a left leaning libertarian
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:45:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Low writes:
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> > Economic Left/Right: -5.51
> > Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.71
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> > I'd really like to see some USian stats...
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> All right, I wasn't going to admit it but...
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> Economic Left/Right: 0.20
> Authoritarian/Libertarian: -8.17 (yes, that's an eight)
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> I guess you all know where I stand on the right to express oneself by burning
> the American flag.
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> Maggie C. (yeah, I do own some land)
My goodness this is a slanted little quiz! It borrows from the "worlds
smallest political quiz" a bit, but with questions like:
"In a civilised society, one must always have people above to obey and
people below to command." it's hard to see how you're going to get
meaningful results. I think the authors of this one really let their biases
show through.
BTW:
Economic Left/Right: 6.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.93
and I give it zero credence. I like the WSPQ axes better.
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| (...) Sure: just look at the further reading list. OTOH, it's a reactive test: I think they explicitly state that some questions are biased. To take the same poorly phrased example, I suppose anyone with elitist or corporatist tendencies would (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Proof : Scott A is a left leaning libertarian
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| (...) All right, I wasn't going to admit it but... Economic Left/Right: 0.20 Authoritarian/Libertarian: -8.17 (yes, that's an eight) I guess you all know where I stand on the right to express oneself by burning the American flag. Maggie C. (yeah, I (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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