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The test doesn’t seem to be working properly. From the comments:
I’m laughing so hard because I got conservative when I am in fact quite liberal.
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Same here!
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I got liberal and I’m definitely conservative haha
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This is hilarious because it’s the most false thing I’ve read all day.
Me? I got…
You got: Liberal
You are all about progress and reform. You appreciate respect when it comes to matters of personal beliefs and actions. Above all you are about liberty, and you feel it should be both nurtured and protected.
The correct answer would have been, of course, “absolutely, positively middle-of-the-road.”
That is, unless we’re going to use the word “conservative” to describe ideas that are middle of the road. Which we do. So to reconcile that, we go back to what I had to say about the modern usage of these terms, which is the most sensible thing anybody’s had to say about them anywhere…
What exactly does conservatism seek to conserve? Civilization, the blessings that come from having it, and the definitions that make civilization possible. From what does liberalism seek to liberate us? Those things — starting with the definitions.
Where did the test go wrong? Why is it so inaccurate? Again, to the comments…
Libtards set this thing up.
Yeah, that’s probably it. They let liberals design the test, when the right thing to do would’ve been to purge any liberals from the ranks of the designers before the designing started. I had something to say about that, too, lately…
Liberals have a habit of defining liberalism according to what their opponents believe, and if there is any brand of ignorance on the planet more pervasive and eminent than any other, it is the ignorance liberals have about what motivates their opposition. They don’t have a clue as to what motivates conservatives. And they’re proud of not having a clue. So we shouldn’t believe what liberals have to say about what liberalism is. They don’t know a great deal about that either.
They don’t decide well, and that’s why they don’t govern well. They can’t govern at all, really. When you put them in the position of governing, what you get is Detroit. That’s what this test seems to have become, a little-Detroit.
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Above all you are about liberty, and you feel it should be both nurtured and protected.
Heh heh heh. And this fits with being “are all about progress and reform” how, exactly?
Modern “liberals” — by which I mean Cargo Cult Leftists — are the best possible illustration of the strong form of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. They have an almost sexual fetish for words like “liberty” and “equality,” and so the actual meanings of those words must never, ever be defined, let alone questioned. As a liberal what the Social Justice Utopia would actually look like — will we still have to put cover sheets on our TPS reports? — and they’ll look at you like my dog looks at me when I say “liberals are an illustration of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.”
Sorry for quoting myself yet again, but I made a word for this kind of thing: Swillogism. Liberals like the words “liberty” and “equality.” Liberals like a caste system where the privileges are distributed according to, in order: Fidelity to the liberal caste system; skin color; genital configuration; sexual orientation. Therefore, the caste system IS liberty and equality.
- Severian | 11/24/2014 @ 07:22I like your reply.
I found the test to be really shallow and unhelpful
- Fai Mao | 11/24/2014 @ 16:15