Have you ever been mistaken for another ideology?

[Donerail]

This'll be an interesting one.


I'm mistaken for a pro-Obama liberal quite often (typically when this happens I just steer the discussions to the topics I'm actually liberal on).

[Marokai Backbeat]

I actually quite dislike it when people call me a "liberal," but it's somewhat understandable since the sad fact is that the vast majority of Americans don't really understand or recognize what Socialism is.

[morgieb]

Not really, though people think I'm further left than I actually am.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Someone once remarked he thought I was the most atheist person in the class if that counts.

[RogueBeaver]

IRL few people realize how conservative I really am. But I don't really fit on the Canuck political spectrum, so understandable.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Yes, because most kids my age think that the terms "Libertarian" and "Liberal" are synonymous

[Antonio the Sixth]

I've been called both a "liberal" and a "socialist" here on the forum. In some way, both are correct, as I hold Social-Democracy to represent the perfect equilibrium between Liberalism and Socialism.

[Hash]

Right-wingers call me a socialist, left-wingers call me a neoliberal/rightist.

[Incipimus iterum]

Ive been called a Liberal Republican and a Libertarian

[Maxwell]

Ive been mistaken for a conservative a couple of times, also more liberal.

[SPC]

Out of context I have probably sounded like both a extreme conservative and an extreme liberal at times, depending on what the topic is. It is especially amusing when I get accused of "liking Bush" when I criticize Obama from the left (which I usually do, since such arguments have not been repeated ad nauseum by hypocrites like Sean Hannity.)

[Redalgo]

Yes - it is the norm for my views to be misgauged by others, especially by those who have not spent much time discussing politics with me in the past.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

People often assume that the fact that I'm a Christian makes me a fundamentalist, so I guess in a way, yes.

[Zioneer]

Yes; whenever I mention that I am Mormon, people always assume I'll be voting for Romney, or that I'm far-right. I'm most definitely not a conservative.

Also, whenever I mention I'm liberal, people assume I'll be voting for Obama. Lolol no. Obama is a pro-corporate stooge just as much as a moderate Republican would be, and he's continued too many neocon military strategies (though I do like that he's encouraging the military to switch to green energy).

Basically, I'm a contradiction of all most people know about Mormons; an uber-leftist (though not quite socialist... yet) Mormon.

[Supersonic]

Yes, I've had people come up to me and say I should be in the Labour Party.

[© tweed]

was mistaken for a Paulite when I first got to Cornell

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

was mistaken for a Paulite when I first got to Cornell

Do elaborate.

[© tweed]

when I first arrived at Cornell in 2008 we had this book discussion crap as part of orientation.  the book was Lincoln at Gettysburg, which I tried to read but couldn't, or at least chose not to.  thankfully the group discussion branched off into manners of more general electoral-politics, the details of which I don't remember, but I do remember a few kids coming up to me after and asking me if I was a Ron Paul supporter.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Only with my stupid friends who hardly know the difference between conservatives and liberals anyway.

It's much more likely that my friends are mistaken about their own ideologies. I know quite a few people who vote NDP even though they're obviously right-wing.

[anvi]

It happens more and more often as time goes by, both on this forum and in other places IRL.  But I don't blame people for that, I'm fairly confused about it myself.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I get confused for a Republican quite often.  It's very disappointing.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

I got mistaken for a moderate by a democrat. Also got mistaken for being part of the coffee party too. Same democrat. She even thought at points I'm a libertarian. Even inspite of my telling her of my pro-life/pro-traditional marriage views.

[Free Palestine]

A lot of people (mostly here) still think I'm a libertarian.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Does it count that I thought Hillary Clinton was a conservative in '08? No? Well, at least I increased my post count.

And Morgan, nobody knows what you are anymore.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

And Morgan, nobody knows what you are anymore.

I know what he is, but I have no desire to accumulate death points, so I'll have to stay quiet.