View Poll Results: Are you on the political right or left?
Right and American 19 16.67%
Left and American 21 18.42%
Right and Non-American 18 15.79%
Left and Non-American 44 38.60%
Bananas can bend both ways. 12 10.53%
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Old April 25, 2003, 19:38   #1
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Are you on the left or on the right?
There was a discussion on another thread about whether Poly was left or right centric. How would you identify your political position if you had to give an either or answer.
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Old April 25, 2003, 19:41   #2
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What does left and what does right imply politically?

Does that give you a hint?

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Poly is left to the rightists and right to the leftists .

But it really is left .
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Old April 25, 2003, 19:47   #4
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I'm left. Or at least I hope so. I don't think I could live with myself if I was right-wing.
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Could someone help me here, by telling me which one I am now? I, honestly, don't know anymore.
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Ask yourself if you were in power would you ... and when you start to think about you in power you know you're right wing
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Paul and other lefties, why don't you try to argue the rightist point of view just for a lark? In fact, it might be fun to switch ideology for a day, where we all have to switch and argue politics from the opposite point of view.
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I'd say I'm almost smack in the center, but maybe ever so slightly to the left (though I really do emphasize EVER SO SLIGHTLY). I'm about as likely to embrace communism, in any form, as I am to become a hyper-patriotic right-wing American.

As for 'poly, I'd say there's a good mix of left and right extremes, but the overall skew is most likely a little more left than I am.
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I get to do that nearly every post, since the lefties think I'm a rightie and the righties think I'm a lefty.
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Right.. or center right would be more accurate.
And I'am American after all, Chile is the continent called America

But I know what you mean so I put "Right/Non American"
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I might be wut the republicans would be if they didnt have to get into bed w/ the xtians.
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I am not American. European. From Spain. I am right wing.
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My question hasn't been answered, Is conservative considered left or right?

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conservative is right. liberal is left.
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Well, I'm American... South American. And leftist.
How should I vote?
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not necessarily, communist are really conservatives, they don't change besides the world change
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conservative is right. liberal is left.
Thank you, I am slightly left of center. I never have and never will vote a party line.

I'm either a conservative Democrat or a liberal Rupublican.

Not sure which.

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Paul and other lefties, why don't you try to argue the rightist point of view just for a lark? In fact, it might be fun to switch ideology for a day, where we all have to switch and argue politics from the opposite point of view.
Oh geez, no one here needs that New-Age psychological touchie-feeling stuff. What are you, Ned, some kind of hippie?? Do you play frizzzzzbie??

(How's that?? Did I sound like some intolerant right-wing conservative?)
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yah chilean they get around that now by splitting it up two ways. economically and socially. but I dont think the poll was about ne of that.
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Already? It has been four months. And nothing you can do about it.
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I'm told I'm far-left but I just think of it as common sense. Me and Rush Limbaugh.
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moderate left social, moderate right economic.

however, it's through a wierd synthesis. anybody can get married. they just have to stay that way. corporations can do anything they want. they just ought to be fine upstanding individuals.
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however, it's through a wierd synthesis. anybody can get married. they just have to stay that way. corporations can do anything they want. they just ought to be fine upstanding individuals.
In a perfect world, maybe
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I am near the center, but orange thinks I am a right wing extremist radical. So I voted right to make him happy.
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well, the way you post certainly isn't towards the centre.
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I have never voted for a democrat for president so I'm definitely on the right. There are some social issues that find me on the left mainly because of some libertarian tendencies. Sometimes I tell people I'm so far right, I show up back around on the left. Usually these are areas where I think the government should just butt out of our lives.
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