I hate labels
May 11th, 2005 by Larry D. Burton
Okay, I’m a sucker for these quizes. However, this one had me disagreeing with both answers they gave for about half the questions. Here’s my results.
Your Political Profile |
| Overall: 80% Conservative, 20% Liberal |
| Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal |
| Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal |
| Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal |
| Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal |
| Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal |
I had a problem with the second question:
2. Immigration policies
- Should be less strict. Immigrants enhance this country.
- Should be more strict. Too many people enter illegally.
My true answer would have been “Should be less strict. Too many people enter the country illegally.”
I also had a problem with number 3:
3. Gay marriage
- Should be legal and given the same rights as heterosexual marriage.
- Should not be legal. Marriage is between a man and a woman.
Marriage is between a man and a woman. That’s the definition. I have no problem with homosexual couples having a similar, or even exactly identical relationship recognized by the state. Let’s not be changing definitions.
Now look at number 7:
7. Carrying a gun is:
- Taking responsibility for one’s own defense, and admirable
- Dangerous and sketchy
To me, both of those statements could be true, depending on who is carrying the gun. Someone who has gone through the training, the first answer is true. For someone who has never been instructed in firearm safety the second is true.
Now on to number 16:
16. Abortion should be…
- Completely legal and available
- Restricted, discouraged, or illegal
Completely legal and available for a woman? Yes.
Restricted? Yes. An abortion should be restricted to being performed by a licensed doctor, preferably an OB/GYN. An abortion should be restricted to medical emergencies, such as a threat to the mother’s health, at some point not far past the second trimester. Also I don’t think minors should be allowed to just walk into a clinic and get an abortion. They can’t just walk into a tattoo parlor and get a tattoo can they?
Discouraged? Come on now. How many of you would encourage anyone to get an abortion? Generally speaking abortions should be discouraged.
Illegal? It should be illegal for an unlicensed person to perform abortions. Certain procedures possibly should be illegal.
Anyway, you see what I’m getting at. None of the above questions were clear cut enough to use the given answers.
Maybe I need to come up with my own poll.
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I agree with you on the limitations of the questions, Larry. I understand that the quiz is a blunt tool for evaluating beliefs, and meant as a diversion, not a serious dissection of where we stand. I took it, and my results (surprise, surprise!) came out much more liberal than yours. I posted it on my blog, too.
Again, I must say how much I feel for you and your family after that horrific crime. I am not the most regular of churchgoers, but you all were in my prayers.
Oh, and I meant to say also that your choice of music the last few posts was wonderful, David Allan Coe, Steve Earle and Emmy Lou Harris. All favorites of mine. Good stuff.
Felix, I thought a while today about how to modify the quiz questions to better reflect one’s true view but then I realized I had no idea of how to score it.
I’ve been in a country sort of mood here lately and the country being played on the radio just isn’t getting it.
Oh, and you don’t know how much those prayers have meant to me and my family. Thank you.