Esquire/NBC: The New American Center

[ringthree]

Scientists proved water wet.

News at 11.

[Ashmada]

Did the test. Got bleeding heart. Was dissappoint not to find "politicians with those views/opposite views" thingy. Read the conclusions about the center.

I've got one thing to tell you, USA: your "center" is pretty damn right-wing.



Still puzzled as to how some of those issues are "right vs left" rifts, abortion chief of them. Here, both the left (socialists & ecologists) and the right (economic liberals) voted it, only the center-right (theocrats) opposed it.

[Kaslo]

I got minivan moderate, which is funny considering people claim I'm a liberal--well an Oklahoma liberal, I guess that is a moderate.

[Tyrath]

Still puzzled as to how some of those issues are "right vs left" rifts, abortion chief of them. Here, both the left (socialists & ecologists) and the right (economic liberals) voted it, only the center-right (theocrats) opposed it.

Because here in the USA the "right" has basically been taken over by those theocrats.

[Callisto]

^
What passes for 'right' in many other countries is simple fiscal conservatism, here being center of right just means you aren't actively campaigning to have all the gays rounded up onto an island then have the island nuked.

[ronin sparthos]

Why stop at the gays? It goes far beyond that.

[Howie Roary]

your middle is our right, and we don't have a tea party or anything like it thankfully, but as for the left we have a lot more left variations than seem to be available to you guys

it's disturbing to watch active hate from elected politicians

[quannum]

our current democrat party is the republican party of the 1980s

[Howie Roary]

is tea party worse than Greece's Golden Dawn?

[Correction]

Not yet. Give them time for Todd Kincannon to keep pushing the definition of 'extremist' so far right that internment camps for gays and liberals become the 'moderate conservative' stances to campaign on.

[Kuya]

is tea party worse than Greece's Golden Dawn?

Give it a minute.

[Kuya]

Science Says NBC's Hope for the 'American Center' Is Wrong

Pretty much. Some people like to think of themselves as middle ground or center because it has an air of intelligence or maturity to it. In reality, they either lean left or right or they're apathetic and busy watching miley twerk. The moderate is like a unicorn or the 50/50 bisexual.

[ringthree]

Pretty much. Some people like to think of themselves as middle ground or center because it has an air of intelligence or maturity to it. In reality, they either lean left or right or they're apathetic and busy watching miley twerk. The moderate is like a unicorn or the 50/50 bisexual.

I will take a pragmatic over a moderate 100 times out of 100.

[ronin sparthos]

You're implying that pragmatism can't be abused the same way dogmatic stances are. I'd much rather see what the solutions are and then make my choice, regardless of the philosophical trappings of the individual.

[Synbios]

So apparently I'm a right wing nut job. I selected that I don't believe in government intrusion and all that jazz, but at the same time I fully support abortion, gay marriage and am an atheist. Go figure.

[Eurell]

So apparently I'm a right wing nut job. I selected that I don't believe in government intrusion and all that jazz,\

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But yeah, im a bleeding heart apparently. Idgi

[BaneTheBrawler]

take a placement test with results like "bleeding heart liberal" and "right wing nut"


surprised that results aren't very accurate

Spoiler: show

the fuck did you expect