Rank ET's P&R posters on the political spectrum

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tsing Tao, Sep 18, 2012.

  1. pspr

    pspr

    That's an interesting observation.

    I like to think of the political spectrum as a nearly straight line starting at the extreme liberal left and socialist believers on the left side moving through the democrats, to the moderates to the republicans to the hard right conservative strict religious believers at the far right.

    But I see libertarianism and Ron Paul as not fitting so much on my straight line but like a branch that swings down (or up) at an angle from the straight line. They just don't fit at a particular place on my straight line from liberal to conservative.

    There are probably others that don't fit well trying to put them on that line either. They're like little offshoots that make categorizing and understanding them that much more complicated.
     
    #11     Sep 18, 2012
  2. that's what you made this for: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=241493&highlight=test

    of course non of these are totally accurate but it gives a general sense i think.
     
    #12     Sep 18, 2012
  3. Am surprised to see you place me about the same as the "Where are you on the political spectrum?" questionnaire.

    While I don't resonate with the far Right, I positively HATE/FEAR the Entitlement/Leftist/Socialist/Communist agenda of Odumbo, Pelosi, Reid, Hillary.
     
    #13     Sep 18, 2012
  4. Brass

    Brass

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    #14     Sep 18, 2012
  5. pspr

    pspr

    #15     Sep 18, 2012
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Ah, you're right. I forgot to put those guys in there. I'll add you, Mav, yannis and denner. The others don't make enough contribution for me to guess....

    Free Thinker
    Brass
    AK 47
    Ricter
    bigarrow
    mrbill
    L-Kabong
    RCG Trader
    BSAM
    CaptainObvious
    Optional
    hughb
    Tsing Tao
    achilles28
    Grandluxe
    ChkitOut
    PiggyBank
    JamesL
    Scataphagos
    Eight
    denner
    jem
    377OHMS
    wildchild
    Yannis
    AAAintheBeltway
    LEAPup
    Max E. Pad
    Mav
    Lucrum
    PHOENIX TRADING
    peilthetraveler
    pspr



    nutmeg (on a list all his own for randomness)
     
    #16     Sep 18, 2012
  7. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Heh...I AM in the middle on a lot of views. Most of the reason I don't post on a lot of the threads is because I could go either way. I just read and shrug.

    If this list was just based on fiscal conservatism, I'd be off the page on the bottom. But it's social views as well, and I am a social liberal in most cases.

    You guys can make your own lists if you don't agree with mine!
     
    #17     Sep 18, 2012
  8. well futurecurrents certainly does 'contribute' if i must call it that.. and he is way out left, maybe beyond FT and brass.

    Thanks for the additions though.. interesting placement for me.
     
    #18     Sep 18, 2012
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I see you as a libertarian more than anything. You don't like the system telling you how you should be or what you should do, but you don't go out of your way to tell others what they should do either.
     
    #19     Sep 18, 2012
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Maybe because I have him on ignore, I don't see much of his stuff. I also have AK 47 on ignore and Free Thinker (both bozos, if you ask me) but I've seen enough of their posts to know where they stand.
     
    #20     Sep 18, 2012