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View Poll Results: How would you describe your political ideology?
Tea Party or right of Tea Party 9 14.06%
Less conservative than Tea Party 4 6.25%
Moderate conservative 14 21.88%
Moderate 13 20.31%
Moderate liberal 13 20.31%
Less liberal than SJW 3 4.69%
SJW or left of SJW 8 12.50%
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-19-2015, 04:11 PM
 
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I am trying to gauge the ideology demographics of the Politics and Other Controversies forum. Considering the posts I have seen and the number of Donald Trump threads on the front page, I suspect that we are a very polarized bunch. I have my theories, and I am sure you do as well.

Mick
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Old 08-19-2015, 04:19 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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What is SJW?
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Old 08-19-2015, 04:44 PM
 
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What is SJW?
Social Justice Warrior, the conservative's favorite term to describe bleeding liberals. Think Occupy Wall Street, BLM, Bernie Sanders (kidding).

Mick
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Old 08-19-2015, 05:17 PM
 
Location: On a Long Island in NY
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I selected moderate conservative of course some of our more extreme members would label me a "RINO".
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Old 08-19-2015, 05:25 PM
 
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The fallacy of this poll is that it assumes that everyone is between the mythical "Conservative" and the mythical "Liberal". Yet ask what these two terms means, and nobody can define it.
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Old 08-19-2015, 06:05 PM
 
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The fallacy of this poll is that it assumes that everyone is between the mythical "Conservative" and the mythical "Liberal". Yet ask what these two terms means, and nobody can define it.
It's a self-identification, the terms will clearly mean something different to each person. I don't think it's a problem, as polls ask the respondents to self-identify their ideology.

Mick
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Old 08-19-2015, 06:28 PM
 
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There are two very different factions of the Tea Party.
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Old 08-19-2015, 06:34 PM
 
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There are two very different factions of the Tea Party.
Really? Educate me, please.

Mick
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Old 08-20-2015, 05:22 AM
 
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There are two very different factions of the Tea Party.
Earl Grey and Lipton?

I thought that there were a number of different factions within the Tea Party, not just two.

Are they at peace with each other, or are they fighting each other?

Mick
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Old 08-20-2015, 05:29 AM
 
Location: St. Louis
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The fallacy of this poll is that it assumes that everyone is between the mythical "Conservative" and the mythical "Liberal". Yet ask what these two terms means, and nobody can define it.
It doesn't account for extreme libertarians or anarcho-capitalists, who might be on the far right side of the spectrum because they advocate for no government at all, but on certain individual agreements would side with most progressives over conservatives (right to abortion, anti-war, etc.).
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