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Poll: left wing or right wing?

Left Wing or Right Wing?


  • Total voters
    33
  • Poll closed .

Eddi

Agnostic
Premium Member
Are you left wing or right wing?

You cannot sit on the fence and be a centrist you have to choose between either being a lefty or a righty :D

Personally I'm confident that I'm on the left.....
 

Exaltist Ethan

Bridging the Gap Between Believers and Skeptics
I'm more in the center, but since you didn't offer a choice for that, I guess I'll side with right-wing. I realize that this forums is filled with atheist left-wingers and I'm fine with that. In fact, many Earthseed shapers are left-wing too. While I do believe God is change I believe change needs to happen slowly, and that there's already a lot of good things about my country that I don't want to lose either. My religious affiliation is by no means a reflection of my political affiliation. My ISideWith results peg me at about 70% Libertarian, 60% Republican and 40% Democrat.
 

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
I've never been a centerist, though until recently I was generally happy and open to reasonable compromise because it is a wise way to accommodate human diversity.

Then we had a psychopathic narcissist of a "president" who is about as far from a public servant as one can possibly get. And then we had the big lie and an insurrection, plus the undermining of democracy that entails. And then we had half of our people stripped of the most fundamental and basic of all human rights - the right to bodily autonomy. That's the one line you never, ever cross with me. Ever. No more being nice, no more compromising. War was declared against my life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Not having it.
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
It's too hard to fly with only one wing, so I'm an independent.:)

However, I do lean left on probably most issues.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Old libertarian claim....
"I'm to the left of Kennedy, & to the right of Reagan."
Everything depends upon the issue, & what is the
most libertarian policy available.
 

crossfire

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic ☿
Premium Member
Economic conservative, social liberal. This would currently put me closer to the left than to the right here in the US.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
Well, if you're a bird, or an airplane, depending on only one wing is pretty sure to be a disaster.

I'm sure we've all got sufficient brain-power to be a little more complex then just one side or the other. I mean, it may be that you think government has a place in working towards the betterment of individuals in need (that's generally "left wing"), but you might also think that government has no place in telling a business how to run itself (more on the "right wing" side). Can't you be both?

And it can get much more complex than that -- our worlds (America, Canada, Mexico -- or a combo -- Europe, with or without Britain -- and on and on) face multiple problems that need to be addressed. And I don't think you can get there by deciding "I can only be A or B, and nothing else."

I know it seems complicated, sometimes, but I can consider multiple issues, and decide on each of them individually, without committing myself to one "side" and have to accept that side's answers to every question.

We're all smarter than that, if we want to be, and if we give it a little effort.
 

Heyo

Veteran Member
You cannot sit on the fence and be a centrist you have to choose between either being a lefty or a righty :D.
Don't tell me what I can and cannot do. I didn't vote. Ha!

And I'm pretty far left according to the political compass.
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
The question presents a bit of a conundrum. Which Left, Right or center? Over the years they've shifted considerably, especially the Right.
 

Mock Turtle

Oh my, did I say that!
Premium Member
Given the two options, I've never had much in common with any right-wing views, so not voting for them. :oops:
 

Jayhawker Soule

-- untitled --
Premium Member
You cannot sit on the fence and be a centrist you have to choose between either being a lefty or a righty
A couple of questions:
  • Who made up that rule?
  • And is the social context the U.S., Europe, Great Britain, or elsewhere?
  • And how do you define those terms?
  • And how would you classify John Doe, adamantly supportive of LGBTQ rights while strongly opposed to liberal immigration policies, or his sister, Jane Doe, an impassioned advocate for socialized medicine while being harshly opposed to abortion in all but the most extreme circumstances?
  • And, finally, why would you presume that the "Political Debates" forum is a reasonable venue for such a poll as opposed to, e.g., "Journal" or "Jokes"?
On second thought, ever mind ...
 
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