What are some Atlas "cardinal sins"?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I just realized there are some things that regular Atlas posters of any political inclination never tolerate and will jump on any noob for doing. Two good examples are:

-Unironically talking about "Reagan Democrats".
-Citing Political Compass charts.

Oh and obviously insisting on blue for Democrats/red for Republicans.

So what are some others?

[Antonio the Sixth]

As far as I understand it, sins are capital, while virtues are cardinal.

Anyway, there's also making a poll about yourself.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

As far as I understand it, sins are capital, while virtues are cardinal.

Anyway, there's also making a poll about yourself.

Dagnabbit, that's what I was gonna put down.

One possibility could be starting an "opinion of" thread without the conventional, forum-approved options.

[Wells]

Probably anything that would get you banned would be a capital sin.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

claiming that hispanic is a race on the u.s. census

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Not understanding who has the real power in the Cave, after his coup.

[Phony Moderate]

As far as I understand it, sins are capital, while virtues are cardinal.

Anyway, there's also making a poll about yourself.

Dagnabbit, that's what I was gonna put down.

One possibility could be starting an "opinion of" thread without the conventional, forum-approved options.

As well as putting 'HP' above 'FF' in the poll options.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Approval of Andrew Cuomo

As an extension to political compass: neither the "Eisenhower was a socialist" nor the "Obama would be UKIP in Britain, and David Cameron would be a Trotskyite" arguments fly here, thankfully.p

Oh yeah, and a lot of typical "populist" political bashing (why don't we get congressmen's salaries!!!?) gets mocked pretty forcefully.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Interrupting a previous poster thread without adding "Skip".

[Kingpoleon]

Why? Are you trying to find one you haven't broken?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Why? Are you trying to find one you haven't broken?

Cite where I've mentioned Reagan Democrats except to debunk that they still exist or posted a Political Compass chart for any reason but to laugh at it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oh yeah, and a lot of typical "populist" political bashing (why don't we get congressmen's salaries!!!?) gets mocked pretty forcefully.

On a semi-related note unscientific election analysis that gets pushed by some types who don't understand politics well (such as "Why is California being called now when there are still 2 million votes left to count?" that some Sanders die hard were pushing right after the California primary.")

Or "I think *candidate* can win *state*, he just held a rally there that had HUGE turnout/I was just there and met tons of supporters for him!" type stuff.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Also, taking polls with decimals seriously.

[This account no longer in use.]

Also, taking polls with decimals seriously.

I've never understood this one. Why is that?

[Mike Thick]

StatesPoll-esque unskewing of polls is probably one of the top five, at least.

[RINO Tom]

1. Calling random swing states safe D/R.
2. Overreacting to early polls/election returns.
3. Unskewing polls.

Nah, I know an angry man who does that in about 80% of posts.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Also, taking polls with decimals seriously.

I've never understood this one. Why is that?

Because random sampling error makes decimals utterly meaningless, and, if a polling firm doesn't realize that, chances are it has no clue what it's doing.

[MT Treasurer]

1. Calling random swing states safe D/R.
2. Overreacting to early polls/election returns.
3. Unskewing polls.

Nah, I know an angry man who does that in about 80% of posts.

Obviously I'm talking about competitive states like PA, IA, CO, OH, FL, WI, etc.

[This account no longer in use.]

Similarly to TNVolunteer's first point, calling safe states "POTENTIAL SLEEPER SWING STATES" or whatever. Happening this year with Utah.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Closing my joke-polls :I

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

As far as I understand it, sins are capital, while virtues are cardinal.

Anyway, there's also making a poll about yourself.

Dagnabbit, that's what I was gonna put down.

One possibility could be starting an "opinion of" thread without the conventional, forum-approved options.

Not necessarily, depending on how you define "about yourself".

[Crumpets]

Hosting pictures on imgur.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Also, taking polls with decimals seriously.

I've never understood this one. Why is that?

Because random sampling error makes decimals utterly meaningless, and, if a polling firm doesn't realize that, chances are it has no clue what it's doing.

On a related note, acting like subsamples of polls are particularly trustworthy no matter what the size. I remember once StatesPoll tried to extrapolate Trump's percentage of the black vote nationally based on a sample of about 80 from a poll from a single state.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Not putting "the" in front of a demographic: the blacks, the gays, the olds, etc

[Antonio the Sixth]

Not putting "the" in front of a demographic: the blacks, the gays, the olds, etc

Ugh no, compliance to awful gimmicks is not mandatory yet, thank Dave.