Political Compass Thread

[J. J.]

look in his signature, JJ

I was going by the chart.  My mirror would be down and to the left.

[Platypus]

as is he!

[WMS]

My Quadrant is better...

scoffs at Al and WMS's quadrant of populist evil (al appears to be my mirror)...

and my quadrant would probably be the Liberal Dems...at least my end of it. (my octant?)

Pfft. You're in the soulless quadrant of libertarianism where they eat babies and the like. ;-P

Wipes mouth.

Little Tykes are delicious.

Nimby pimby populist!

Yaaarr  :-p

A pack o' pirates, that's all you libertarians really are...

[WMS]

I like how you get three different avatar colors here on the Forum in that quadrant, reflective of the U.S. political situation.

We'd all be in Labour in the U.K., wouldn't we?

Probably :-)

And as for my last post before I go to work:

Would Labour be happy with all of us in this quadrant? If so, which faction of Labour (details are always appreciated, since I don't know much more than Old and New Labour) would we go into?

Most Labour voters would fit into that quadrant. As far as Party factions go... there are a hell of a lot of them. I think you'd fit best into one of the more moderate Christian Socialist factions.

Thanks for the response...I've wondered about that. Any links to the more moderate Christian Socialists?

I was wondering if you would ask about that. As you can see in my post above, I think you and others in your quandrant would be a little offended by the not very wide selection of examples they chose to represent it.

Yes, you would be right about the example selection! About the only one of those that even sounds ok is the current Pope. I think the Political Compass doesn't like those of us in the upper left quadrant too much.

[WMS]

Thanks for the response...I've wondered about that. Any links to the more moderate Christian Socialists?

Probably a majority of Labour M.P's (and almost all of the Cabinet in fact) identify themselves as Christian Socialists, so there's a huge variation in political viewpoints... (everything from far left to Blair himself)

One of the annoying things about U.K politics is that use of the internet hasn't had anything near the effect it has in the U.S... I'll find some more sits out in a bit... in the meantime...

www.labour.org.uk (official party site, has links to affliated Unions and Organisations etc)
www.christiansocialist.org.uk (the main christian socialist organisation. Membership extremely varied. Tends to be somewhat pacifist (note: genuinely pacifist not the whole trendy "anti-war" thing. There's a difference) although not all the members are. Nice people as a rule)
www.frankfield.co.uk (the only M.P's adress I can remember right now... he's an independent minded old git and one of my favourite M.P's)

Thanks for the links Al! I'll take a look at them and see what they have to offer...

[Gabu]

My Quadrant is better...

scoffs at Al and WMS's quadrant of populist evil (al appears to be my mirror)...

and my quadrant would probably be the Liberal Dems...at least my end of it. (my octant?)

Pfft. You're in the soulless quadrant of libertarianism where they eat babies and the like. ;-P

Wipes mouth.

Little Tykes are delicious.

Nimby pimby populist!

Yaaarr  :-p

A pack o' pirates, that's all you libertarians really are...

YARRRRRRRRR, ALL YE LANDLUBBERS KNOW THAT TH' TRUE PIRATE BE A POPULIST!

[J. J.]

My Quadrant is better...

scoffs at Al and WMS's quadrant of populist evil (al appears to be my mirror)...

and my quadrant would probably be the Liberal Dems...at least my end of it. (my octant?)

Pfft. You're in the soulless quadrant of libertarianism where they eat babies and the like. ;-P

Wipes mouth.

Little Tykes are delicious.

Nimby pimby populist!

Yaaarr  :-p

A pack o' pirates, that's all you libertarians really are...

YARRRRRRRRR, ALL YE LANDLUBBERS KNOW THAT TH' TRUE PIRATE BE A POPULIST!

Gabu, that comment is just completely wrong.  How dare you use that language!

It should be:

YARRRRRRRRR, AVAST THERE ALL YE LANDLUBBERS.  KNOW THAT TH' TRUE PIRATE BE A POPULIST!  AAAYYYYEE!

[Gabu]

My Quadrant is better...

scoffs at Al and WMS's quadrant of populist evil (al appears to be my mirror)...

and my quadrant would probably be the Liberal Dems...at least my end of it. (my octant?)

Pfft. You're in the soulless quadrant of libertarianism where they eat babies and the like. ;-P

Wipes mouth.

Little Tykes are delicious.

Nimby pimby populist!

Yaaarr  :-p

A pack o' pirates, that's all you libertarians really are...

YARRRRRRRRR, ALL YE LANDLUBBERS KNOW THAT TH' TRUE PIRATE BE A POPULIST!

Gabu, that comment is just completely wrong.  How dare you use that language!

It should be:

YARRRRRRRRR, AVAST THERE ALL YE LANDLUBBERS.  KNOW THAT TH' TRUE PIRATE BE A POPULIST!  AAAYYYYEE!

I'm sorry, I'll try to brush up on my Piratese for next time.

[7,052,770]

look in his signature, JJ

I was going by the chart.  My mirror would be down and to the left.

I am...if I were on the chart, I would be

[J. J.]

look in his signature, JJ

I was going by the chart.  My mirror would be down and to the left.

I am...if I were on the chart, I would be

Yes, I see that now.  Why do I generally get along with you?

[Gabu]

look in his signature, JJ

I was going by the chart.  My mirror would be down and to the left.

I am...if I were on the chart, I would be

Yes, I see that now.  Why do I generally get along with you?

It seems like everyone gets along with his or her nemesis.

[Sarnstrom]

Here's mine:
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

[dazzleman]

My latest scores:

Economic Left/Right  1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian  1.44

As I've stated earlier, the questions are worded in a biased and absolutist fashion.  Because I am more inclined to see nuances, the wording forced me to answer in a more "liberal" way than I normally would, if there were more breathing room, and make me appear less conservative than I really am, in my opinion.

[bullmoose88]

Amazing to see most of the democrats are more socially conservative than I am.

[Nation]

It looks like King's my ideological mirror. Ahhhhh!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Amazing to see most of the democrats are more socially conservative than I am.

and we have the same social score.

I wonder what opebo has for the social scale though.

[TeePee4Prez]

Amazing to see most of the democrats are more socially conservative than I am.

Yeah for a while, you had me and BRTD beat!  Guess that didn't last long.  Still, you give the GOP a lot more credibility because you're not an evangelical nutjob.

[Joe Republic]

My scores are in my signature.

Any sign of an update?  Might be pretty crowded by now.

[Jens]

Well, took it just for the fun of it.
E: -6.75
S: -7.49

I guess it all depends on your mood, since there is so little room for nuances ;-)

[??????????]

Well, took it just for the fun of it.
E: -6.75
S: -7.49

I guess it all depends on your mood, since there is so little room for nuances ;-)

Disgustingly liberal!

[Jens]

Well, took it just for the fun of it.
E: -6.75
S: -7.49

I guess it all depends on your mood, since there is so little room for nuances ;-)

Disgustingly liberal!

Are you surprised! I do live in the Socialist Model Country

[ATFFL]

Well, took it just for the fun of it.
E: -6.75
S: -7.49

I guess it all depends on your mood, since there is so little room for nuances ;-)

Disgustingly liberal!

Are you surprised! I do live in the Socialist Model Country

Yes, that would be Rhode Isalnd.

(Yes, I know you are not really from there.  You did a good job picking the right US state.)

[??????????]

Well, took it just for the fun of it.
E: -6.75
S: -7.49

I guess it all depends on your mood, since there is so little room for nuances ;-)

Disgustingly liberal!

Are you surprised! I do live in the Socialist Model Country

No, it is very sad really to be honest.

[TeePee4Prez]

Well, took it just for the fun of it.
E: -6.75
S: -7.49

I guess it all depends on your mood, since there is so little room for nuances ;-)

Disgustingly liberal!

Are you surprised! I do live in the Socialist Model Country

No, it is very sad really to be honest.

Yes and I can easily say some of your views are quite hideous.  Don't go there pal!

[??????????]

Well, took it just for the fun of it.
E: -6.75
S: -7.49

I guess it all depends on your mood, since there is so little room for nuances ;-)

Disgustingly liberal!

Are you surprised! I do live in the Socialist Model Country

No, it is very sad really to be honest.

Yes and I can easily say some of your views are quite hideous.  Don't go there pal!

My views are pretty moderate.