Summarize Previous Poster's Political Beliefs

[Yelnoc]

Alright, knock it off with the pictures.

And solarstorm, sorry pal but you're too new to be posting in this thread.

[Oakvale]

In his own way, Yelnoc is one of the most left-wing people on the forum.

Despite this, everyone still assumes he's a moderate hero of some stripe, probably solely due to the fact that he until recently had an I-GA avatar, which means people assume he's an Evan Bayh fan. While Yelnoc would like to see the capitalist system destroyed and replaced, he's still figuring out the best system with which to replace it - that's probably a good thing, since it means he might avoid falling into Stalinism or something. Within the context of the system as it exists he's left of center, but not ridiculously so, which leads to an interesting contrast - if he accepts the current political and cultural paradigm he's just a left-leaning liberal, if he rejects it he's a... syndicalist? He's an interesting guy, and I enjoy talking to him and losing to him in chess.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Oakvale strikes me as a fairly typical example of the liberal 'hipster' (not really the best word here, but the alternatives are worse. But I think most people know what I mean here) type. Though, thankfully however, his opinions are better thought-out and more coherent than most of his persuasion.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Gully Foyle is one of the most respected members of this forum. It is kind of hard for me to do him, since I am not "in the know". Many references towards him, Tweed, BRTD, and what have you confuse me, as I still consider myself a "newbie" after a year..

Gully Foyle seems to be your standard left leaning intellectual, minus the stereotypical arrogance often associated with them.

[Lambsbread]

ChairmanSanchez is a textbook Constitutional Conservative. He blends the best aspects of Libertarianism, Conservatism and plain ole Constitutionalism. As a Ron Paul supporter, he defied the stereotype that all Paulites are neanderthals that only do what their leader tells them to do. He argues his point in a rational fashion, and has gained a fair amount of respect for it. He's very fiscally conservative and relatively Libertarian on social issues.

[Oakvale]

He's undergone a much-maligned shift from your run-of-the-mill Ron Paul enthusiast teenager - goldbuggery, paranoia and small government! -  to budding Young Republican, with the appropriate slate of standard-issue American conservative stances,  although to be fair he's very young so his ideological identity is in something of a state of flux. His  - commendable, much of the time - enthusiasm often puts us at odds, and his new-found set of Republican values can lead to unfortunate cases of political tin-ear from my perspective - posting a grinning emoticon in the Aurora massacre thread in response to an article stating that support for gun control was shrinking kind of jarred me, for example - but at least he's sincere, something some of us doubted when he first shifted from supporting Paul to Romney.

I will say he's quite certainly the only person in the country that listens to the kind of music he does and hopes Mitt Romney will be the next President.

[opebo]

A kind of poster-boy for the Decent Moderate - or 'american liberal', his beliefs are based upon what I perceive to be an excellent character.

[Free Palestine]

Libertine who supports horrible autocrats.

[Goldwater]

An anarchist that hates governments & private property.

[morgieb]

Name sums it up - although he believes in personal liberties, he is kinda hawkish.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

My general impression of him is that he's a standard social democrat/progresisve in the bobo mold.

[courts]

My general impression of him is that he's a standard social democrat/progresisve in the bobo david brooks ate my dog mold.

[Marokai Backbeat]

A careful balancing act of a hatred for most of our culture that inspires a certain authoritarian conservatism opposed by an increased understanding as he has matured that we all need the basics in life that informs a small but growing socialist side. Contemptuous and confused but always understandable and eloquent.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Standard American Progressive, with a lot of influence from European Social Democracy.

[RogueBeaver]

Libertarianish Republican, Paul fan.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Blue Tory with a primary interest in (I think?) fiscal/economic matters. Can come across as a somewhat bloodless or heartless technocrat, like many of this ilk, but I think he does care and he's thoughtful about his positions and preferences, even if from my perspective a lot of his preferred policies are less than helpful.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Nathan is the embodiment of the American Progressive. He is a perfect fit for Vermont, really. Nathan could also be placed as a Social Democrat, as well, I guess. Solid Left, none the less.

[Supersonic]

A typical paleoconservative.

Big time right wing, 'Paulish', views on the economy mixed with generally conservative social stances, although the latter are tempered due to his overall small government, libertarian ideology.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Moderate Republican. Fairly standard economic views, somewhat more left-wing on social.

[Free Palestine]

I don't really know much about 'im.  Seems to be a liberal, at least.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Formerly a libertarian, now an anarchist of highly liberal and distinctly secularist social leanings.

[Free Palestine]

Formerly a libertarian, now an anarchist of highly liberal and distinctly secularist social leanings.

I'm not a liberal, bro.

Anyways...

Nathan: Somewhat moderate liberal, but has some views that make him seem a bit more to the left.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Left wing Libertarian who loves Israel

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Formerly a libertarian, now an anarchist of highly liberal and distinctly secularist social leanings.

I'm not a liberal, bro.

I was describing your views on social policy specifically.

*skip*

[Simfan34]

A libertarian paleoconservative.