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Old 03-16-2014, 12:06 PM   #151 (permalink)
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Generally the boundaries between social and economic conservatism in the UK are a bit less easily defined than in the US, for example a number of moderate left British parties play on nationalism as one of their draws and our currently ruling Conservative Party is actually willing to pass a gay marriage bill to appease their allies, although they have some traditionalists in their ranks that are attempting to block it. As a whole though I'd say that the left is more liberal than the right, although every major party in this country is realistically firmly on the right anyway.
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Old 03-16-2014, 01:15 PM   #152 (permalink)
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The only differences would come from the whole left and right.

Isn't it the opposite in the UK compared to the US?

Like people on the right are more liberal and people on the left are more conservative.
As he responded to my post, and I live in Germany,
it's still the same way round as in America.
Left is more attached to liberal values,
Right more attached to conservative values.

I'm not sure about the UK, either, but I don't think so,
as the words "left" and "right" are dated back to the french national assembly from 1789, where the people in the assembly where divided in "la coté gauche" (the left side) and "la coté droite" (the right side). The left side brought out revolutionary and republican ideas, as the right side stook to monarchy, as it was, in there eyes, the most wise idea.
I think it's the same in all of Europe, and in America
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Old 03-16-2014, 04:11 PM   #153 (permalink)
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The only differences would come from the whole left and right.

Isn't it the opposite in the UK compared to the US?

Like people on the right are more liberal and people on the left are more conservative.
No, those on the right are more conservative and those on the left are more liberal in general. But compared to American politics the whole spectrum here has a more leftward overall slant. For example our Conservative party the right wing is not like your Republicans but more like your Democrats. The last time our Conservative party was anything like the Republicans was back in the 1980s.
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Old 03-02-2015, 12:54 PM   #154 (permalink)
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Bumped because I want to.

Found out about the site just recently, pretty cool indicator. This is what I got:

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Old 03-02-2015, 01:06 PM   #155 (permalink)
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We're in the same ballpark.

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Old 03-02-2015, 01:11 PM   #156 (permalink)
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Bumped because I want to.

Found out about the site just recently, pretty cool indicator. This is what I got:

I took this a while ago, and I think I got almost the exact same result.
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Old 03-02-2015, 01:26 PM   #157 (permalink)
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I've taken this before but tried it again to see where I stand, just out of curiosity. Looks like I'm off the charts?

It's extremely hard to take this seriously, the questions are so ridiculously loaded it's not even funny. Also, the lack of a middle ground, or at least the ability to skip a question leads me to believe there is no real basis to its methodology.
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Old 03-02-2015, 01:41 PM   #158 (permalink)
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I've taken this before but tried it again to see where I stand, just out of curiosity. Looks like I'm off the charts?

It's extremely hard to take this seriously, the questions are so ridiculously loaded it's not even funny. Also, the lack of a middle ground, or at least the ability to skip a question leads me to believe there is no real basis to its methodology.
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Old 03-02-2015, 02:19 PM   #160 (permalink)
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Interesting to see that all four of you got left-wing results, considering that both major parties in the US (well, Obama and Mitt Romney, at least) are on pretty much the compete opposite end.

But yeah, it's still an internet test.
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