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Again, I think many of the questions are horrid starting with the very first:

If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.

There's no middle ground.

Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.

Who is "our". The human race? What race are we comparing it to? An alien race? Or are they race baiting and trying get whites to admit their prejudices and vice-versa?

It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product.

It's a consumer driven market and people want bottled water. So what? Are they saying that all water should be free? Guess what? Unless you drink out of the lake or stream even tap water costs money.

I retook the test and put a little more thought into it this go around.

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[h=2]Economic Left/Right: 5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
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My point of this entire post was to expose what is really going on. The left and right are both taking us towards Authoritarian principals and away from Personal liberty. So while we as a nation are polarized and fight against each other they continue to erode our liberties and take us closer to Fascism/Communism and further away from what made our country great.
 
Scat is in denial right now due to being extremely close to Obama. I mean 2 points to the north and they are the same. I think he also didn't realize that while the wool was pulled over his eyes his republican cronies passed the Patriot Act, National Defense 2012, ect. I just hope people wake up to this before it is to late.
 
My point of this entire post was to expose what is really going on. The left and right are both taking us towards Authoritarian principals and away from Personal liberty. So while we as a nation are polarized and fight against each other they continue to erode our liberties and take us closer to Fascism/Communism and further away from what made our country great.

I've been calling this the sea-saw to hell. Each party makes promises and takes a baby-step forward according to their social philosophy, while taking two giant steps back, then the other party comes in and takes a baby step forward to "fix" what they other party did while taking two giant steps back. Rinse and repeat.
 
Both parties want more power and more control. So while we are polarized by the media and the left vs right stuff both parties continue to erode our liberty and move our country closer to Authoritarianism. I don't think the people in power really care if it is a fascist/corperatism type government or a socialist/communist type government. What they want is the power, control, and money.
 
My point of this entire post was to expose what is really going on. The left and right are both taking us towards Authoritarian principals and away from Personal liberty. So while we as a nation are polarized and fight against each other they continue to erode our liberties and take us closer to Fascism/Communism and further away from what made our country great.

I wasn't laughing at you.
 
Shocking that Scat Hannity was so far to the right.

You say that as if it's a bad thing and I should be embarrassed. I'm bothered that I didn't show more right. Then I started to think about it. This test is designed to purposely skew the results and push people to the left. For example:

Abortion, when the woman's life is not threatened, should always be illegal.

I happen to think that rape and incest should be included as legitimate reasons for abortion. The fact that they were not included in the question caused me to choose "disagree" to the question which automatically pushes me to the left.

Scat is in denial right now due to being extremely close to Obama. I mean 2 points to the north and they are the same. I think he also didn't realize that while the wool was pulled over his eyes his republican cronies passed the Patriot Act, National Defense 2012, ect. I just hope people wake up to this before it is to late.

Denial? About what? Where our leaders stand according to this test? I doubt any of them took it. Someone has plugged in answers for them and then ranked them accordingly. If President Obama were to take this test personally and anonymously I suspect his ranking would be far different than shown.

Regarding my Republican cronies, according to the test I am nothing like them so how can they be my cronies?

Just admit to everyone already that you are a rabid Ron Paul supporter and this thread was more about drumming up support for him as well as justifying your position that he would make a great president. I'm curious however what you think about his stance on separation of church and state?
 
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You say that as if it's a bad thing and I should be embarrassed. I'm bothered that I didn't show more right. Then I started to think about it. This test is designed to purposely skew the results and push people to the left. For example:

Abortion, when the woman's life is not threatened, should always be illegal.

I happen to think that rape and incest should be included as legitimate reasons for abortion. The fact that they were not included in the question caused me to choose "disagree" to the question which automatically pushes me to the left.



Denial? About what? Where our leaders stand according to this test? I doubt any of them took it. Someone has plugged in answers for them and then ranked them accordingly. If President Obama were to take this test personally and anonymously I suspect his ranking would be far different than shown.

Regarding my Republican cronies, according to the test I am nothing like them so how can they be my cronies?

Just admit to everyone already that you are a rabid Ron Paul supporter and this thread was more about drumming up support for him as well as justifying your position that he would make a great president. I'm curious however what you think about his stance on separation of church and state?

You crack me up. I am a Ron Paul supporter but I am far from a rabid Ron Paul supporter. I love his ideas on a constitutional government, free markets, and only declared wars. But some of his stuff is just to far right for me. As far as church and state I looked up his position. "Paul believes that prayer in public schools should not be prohibited at the federal or state level, nor should it be made compulsory to engage in.[141][142]

In a December 2003 article entitled "Christmas in Secular America", Paul wrote:


The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Founders' political views were strongly informed by their religious beliefs. Certainly the drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, both replete with references to God, would be aghast at the federal government's hostility to religion. The establishment clause of the First Amendment was simply intended to forbid the creation of an official state church like the Church of England, not to drive religion out of public life. The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance. Throughout our nation's history, churches have done what no government can ever do, namely teach morality and civility. Moral and civil individuals are largely governed by their own sense of right and wrong, and hence have little need for external government. This is the real reason the collectivist Left hates religion: Churches as institutions compete with the state for the people's allegiance, and many devout people put their faith in God before putting their faith in the state. Knowing this, the secularists wage an ongoing war against religion, chipping away bit by bit at our nation's Christian heritage. Christmas itself may soon be a casualty of that war."[143]

In 2005, Paul introduced the We the People Act, which would have removed "any claim involving the laws, regulations, or policies of any State or unit of local government relating to the free exercise or establishment of religion" from the jurisdiction of federal courts.[144] If made law, this provision would purportedly permit state, county, and local governments to decide whether to allow displays of religious text and imagery, but would not interfere with the application of relevant federal law.[citation needed]

Paul has sponsored a constitutional amendment which would allow students to pray privately in public schools, but would not allow anyone to be forced to pray against their will or allow the state to compose any type of prayer or officially sanction any prayer to be said in schools.[145]"

I have to say I don't think I disagree with any of that.
 
In 2005, Paul introduced the We the People Act, which would have removed "any claim involving the laws, regulations, or policies of any State or unit of local government relating to the free exercise or establishment of religion" from the jurisdiction of federal courts.[144] If made law, this provision would purportedly permit state, county, and local governments to decide whether to allow displays of religious text and imagery, but would not interfere with the application of relevant federal law.[citation needed]

Paul has sponsored a constitutional amendment which would allow students to pray privately in public schools, but would not allow anyone to be forced to pray against their will or allow the state to compose any type of prayer or officially sanction any prayer to be said in schools.[145]"

I have to say I don't think I disagree with any of that.

So, in 2005, Paul decdided to try to subvert the 14th Amendment. Interesting.

Students are already allowed to pray privately in public schools. They are allowed to form Bible clubs as long as there is any extracurricular club at all. They are allowed to organize prayer events on school property. The ACLU, among others, regularly engages schools on behalf of these students. What's not allowed is for there to be teachers or other schools officials leading these events. Would you want a Muslim teacher directing their kindergarten class to a prayer mat? If not, then is it permissible for a Christian teacher to ofer up a prayer?

Some of our Founding Fathers were influenced by religious beliefs. However, if you read what they wrote about the Constitution and the government (for example, in the Federalist papers), they never attribute their vision of government to their religion, and strongly preach on the importance of not allowing the government to be controlled by religion. There were twelve of the original thirteen colonies with varying degrees of official religions, yet the national government 's interaction with religion was modeled after the one state that had none. Jefferson, who wrote the "separation" letter was a founding father. Madison, who was the initial author of the Constitution, went so far as to opposed the existence of Congressional chaplins. There was no view of a Christian state in their minds. In fact, the Constitution was attacked some some of the founders contemporaries for being too hostile to religion.
 
Curious to where you make the jump from "official religions" to "no view of a Christian state". Is "Christian" a religion now?
 
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