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[Free Palestine]

Moderate Republican, not inflammatory by any means.

[Supersonic]

Unless you've done an absolute 180 degree turn on your views since you joined the forum, you appear be a social libertarian and an economic moderate. Supporting the legalisation of marijuana, leaving abortion and same sex marriage to the states, yada-yada. You're probably wary of government infringing on second amendment rights. On top of all this is a nice dose of anti-zionism/support for Palestine.

Oh, and as your signature quite rightly points out, you're not a liberal.

[Free Palestine]

Unless you've done an absolute 180 degree turn on your views since you joined the forum, you appear be a social libertarian and an economic moderate. Supporting the legalisation of marijuana, leaving abortion and same sex marriage to the states, yada-yada. You're probably wary of government infringing on second amendment rights. On top of all this is a nice dose of anti-zionism/support for Palestine.

Oh, and as your signature quite rightly points out, you're not a liberal.

I actually have done a 180 degree turn.  I'm now a card-carrying (well, not really) commie.

I don't think it was that much of a drastic turn, really.  I've always had a bit of distaste for society and capitalism -- now I just realize and embrace it.

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[fezzyfestoon]

From what little I can gather out of less than 600 posts, he seems to me like the archetype of the young Forum Republican. There's a silly amount of faith in the government coupled with a disappointing level of social restraint. I suspect a few jolts to the left on that front within the next few years. Being associated with the Republicans from a British perspective lends a lot to the idea of an infatuation with the right, one that also could potentially give way to a disappointment-based flirtation with libertarianism or even the left at some point.

[Free Palestine]

Always seemed kind of centrist-ish, but I never really noticed enough to be able to squarely describe his ideology, even though I've been here a while.

[Goldwater]

Anti-government, anti-Zionism, anti-capitalism, & anti-society.

[TJ in Oregon]

I'm assuming Goldwater Republican is socially moderate, perhaps even liberal, and generally in favor of a smaller government approach to domestic issues. He is, however, not a libertarian in any real sense because his foreign policy views are probably closer to Rudy Giuliani's than Ron Paul's. I can't add much more detail to this vague framework since I haven't interacted with him all that much in issue-based discussion since he joined the forum.

[The Mikado]

Somehow we went through an entire page without anyone actually doing me despite both Yelnoc and me pointing out the error.  I hold you to blame for this, Progressive Realist.

Getting back on track: TJ is very much a traditionalist RCC intellectual, and part of a rich thought tradition.  Is more instinctively conservative than ideologically, being skeptical of mad rushes towards changes in policy.  His background in the hard sciences and obvious smarts make him deeply skeptical of demagogues.

[Torie]

Oh The Mikado is somewhere on the center left (more left on social issues than otherwise perhaps), but seems rather detached, and not all into doing battle on some of the main issues of the day - at least the ones that interest me. He seems more of an intellectual who enjoys tossing brickbats at the established order from all directions. Part of my struggling here, is that The Mikado has never really mixed it up with me, and I don't think that is because he considers me the embodiment of Aristotelian perfection.

Anyway, that might be why folks skip you Mikado. You're too tough - the shadow in Plato's cave.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Torie seems to be an old school Eisenhower Republican.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Kal is very similar to the American progressive, but twice as ballsy, and would get a whole lot more done.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Compassionate conservative libertarian. Strikes me as the sort who would be very reasonable in elected office, a la Heller.

Thanks, but...that is not likely. I am a very erratic person.

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[Dr. Cynic]

Townsend strikes me as a true "moderate". I don't think he's extreme on any issue really. He also seems like a decent sort.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

The Doc seems to be a progressive FDR Dem, a New Dealer.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

As his PM score would suggest, he's a rather moderate Democrat. A Clintonite, if you will.

[後援会]

Libertarian-leaning Republican. Seems a lot older than he actually is. Has a lot of the social views common to younger progressives but seems to be suspicious towards central planning and social engineering/coercion and acknowledges how markets work. One could say being libertarian-leaning, but not wacky.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Moderate, maybe even libertarian-leaning, Republican or Independent.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Conservative Republican who believes he would've been more liberal in the past. Big lover of liberal Republican Governors in the 1960's, of note George Romney, Nelson Rockefeller, Tom McCall, and William Scranton. Not sure about the type of candidate he'd support today, but as I said earlier, seems to identify as conservative.

[LastVoter]

To put it nicely, a young republican with somewhat undeveloped views who likes to toy with absurd ideas.

[Oakvale]

True Leftist (TM) mercifully gifted with self-awareness.

[後援会]

Haven't seen many posts, so forgive me if I'm wrong, but seems like your typical European mainstream social Democrat or left-liberal type. Which isn't a bad thing - the typical European left-liberal or social democratic party is perfectly rational. Can't tell age, though I'd wager at least a young adult. Seems to get most information about America from disaffected leftist-types, which seems to be the international norm.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Conservative Republican who believes he would've been more liberal in the past. Big lover of liberal Republican Governors in the 1960's, of note George Romney, Nelson Rockefeller, Tom McCall, and William Scranton. Not sure about the type of candidate he'd support today, but as I said earlier, seems to identify as conservative.

LOL

As for loving "liberal Republican governors", the reason in two words (say it with me): Civil rights.

[windjammer]

Oldiesfreak: a fairly conservative who seems to advocate for civil rights. The problem is that the base of his party is now in the South.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Left-winger who is rather comfortable with government authority despite possessing a token amount of social liberalism. Has few problems with the criminalization of various substances, government surveillance, and seems to feel the same regarding a type of civic or governmental morality. In a word, nanny-statist.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Conservative with some libertarian leanings and a populist demeanor.