There are some folks out there who may be unsure if they are moderates or not, and it is for those people that I will be posting these questions. Being a moderate means not being a blind partisan or an easy hypocrite. If you find yourself thinking that taking hypocritical positions is inevitable in political matters, you are probably a blind partisan of one stripe or another. The following will illustrate, hopefully.
Question 1:
Note your impression to the following statements:
A) Strom Thurmond's segregationist and racist past should have precluded him from any influence or position of power. The Republicans should feel ashamed to call him one of their own.
B) Robert Byrd's time in the KKK should have precluded him from any influence or position of power. The Democrats should feel ashamed to call him one of their own.
C) Bill Clinton's marching against his country as a younger man proves that he didn't have the judgment needed to be President of the United States.
D) George Bush's arrest for drunk driving as a younger man proves that he didn't have the judgment needed to be President of the United States.
Results:
If you find yourself agreeing with A & D, but making excuses for B & C you are a blind partisan (and in this case a hypocrite.)
If you find yourself agreeing with B & C, but making excuses for A & D you are a blind partisan (and in this case a hypocrite.)
If you find yourself agreeing with all of them you are not a blind partisan (or a hypocrite.)
If you find yourself disagreeing with all of them you are not a blind partisan (or a hypocrite.)
If you find yourself agreeing with A & B AND disagreeing with C & D you are not a blind partisan (or a hypocrite.)
If you find yourself disagreeing with A & B AND agreeing with C & D you are not a blind partisan (or a hypocrite.)
If your impressions do not fit any of the above categories, you are an iconoclast, which is a form of idiosyncratic ideology. You'd do best to get over yourself.
2 comments:
How discouraging - all this time I have been characterizing myself as a hard core bleeding heart liberal. Now, this test comes along and tells me I have my eyes wide open and am not a hypocrite. Think what you've done to my self image!
Thanks - it's was interesting and fun reading about the various types
Don't worry, you can still be a bleeding heart liberal. You're just not a partisan liberal.
It's a much healthier place to be.
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