tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post338630779315777016..comments2023-04-17T04:32:29.391-07:00Comments on Zealous Convert: Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08769437717108181870noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-16804166385925675972008-04-21T12:13:00.000-07:002008-04-21T12:13:00.000-07:00I don't think you're liberal, either. I do, thoug...I don't think you're liberal, either. I do, though, think (though I may be wrong) that you're more liberal than I.<BR/><BR/>So I managed to score 12 points more liberal than you. You averaged a response of 2.35, while I averaged 2.95. There's a small enough margin there that a preference for 2 over 3 on less than half the questions would pull your score down. I scored a lot of 3's because I didn't see the scale as a very effective one-to-five spectrum on many questions, but the 3 position generally had an appropriately balanced view.<BR/><BR/>Which is to say, I think it's the quiz's fault - not mine. On their scale, an average of 3.25 is enough to classify as liberal while a 2.6 score is the cutoff for conservative.-Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998205576045100941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-70294970764776853302008-04-21T08:59:00.000-07:002008-04-21T08:59:00.000-07:00Yeah, I took it again and scored 47, still conserv...Yeah, I took it again and scored 47, still conservative.<BR/><BR/>It would be interesting to take this quiz as a group and discuss differences.<BR/><BR/>When I think of Left and Right, I don't think strictly of politics. I think of "liberal" and "conservative," which represent a spectrum in any discipline. I guess there's probably overlap between disciplines, where Republicans tend to be theological and economic conservatives simultaneously.<BR/><BR/>I don't really think of myself as liberal, and my wife (who is actually liberal) definitely doesn't think of me that way. I tend more toward playing devil's advocate, so when I start hearing about market solutions I like to poke at some of the underlying assumptions, and when I hear leftist rhetoric, I tend to ask 'what about market solutions?' So, yes, I'm just into being a pain.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315517523670046591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-12326844847504500242008-04-21T08:41:00.000-07:002008-04-21T08:41:00.000-07:00It feels rather odd to be the most moderate score ...It feels rather odd to be the most moderate score of the three. I did a qick pass-through again, and scored the same (I probably had more 3s this time, and fewer 2/4s, but they must have offset).<BR/><BR/>59. If you answer every question with a 3, you'd be 60. I'm a tick towards conservatism away from a down-the-line #3 reading.<BR/><BR/>So how did I fall so much more evenly moderate in this reading than two reasonable men who are politically more liberal than I? If nothing else, this confirms Ben's observation that left/right aren't such hot labels to be applied universally to politics and religion.-Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998205576045100941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-37958217157671900802008-04-20T22:22:00.000-07:002008-04-20T22:22:00.000-07:00Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is ver...Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is very interesting, congratulations :-). I will add in my blogroll =). If possible gives a last there on my blog, it is about the <A HREF="http://wireless-brasil.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Wireless</A>, I hope you enjoy. The address is http://wireless-brasil.blogspot.com. A hug.<A HREF="8158515857" REL="nofollow"></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-54805261913064866832008-04-20T18:14:00.000-07:002008-04-20T18:14:00.000-07:00I'm a moderate....just barely. 55 when the lowest...I'm a moderate....just barely. 55 when the lowest possible score for a moderate is 53.<BR/><BR/>Really, I was all over the map on my answers. Showing that (a) I'm wildly inconsistent and/or (b) I hadn't thought through some of those issues. (Seriously, tattoos had never even occurred to me as a Biblical issue. I was just kinda winging it in my answer and can't even remember what I put.)Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344649128973165027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-50321264644333126362008-04-18T12:08:00.000-07:002008-04-18T12:08:00.000-07:00I'm sure I got off on a bad foot when I said the B...I'm sure I got off on a bad foot when I said the Bible arose from God-inspired authors in a community setting. It didn't perfectly describe how I would describe myself, but it was the closest.<BR/><BR/>When it got to tattoos,the Sabbath, and meat sacrificed to idols, any points I gained with a literal reading of Hosea were obliterated.-Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998205576045100941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-15854964838110346022008-04-17T21:55:00.000-07:002008-04-17T21:55:00.000-07:00I'm sorry, Dave, but I really feel like I'm going ...I'm sorry, Dave, but I really feel like I'm going to have to report you to E-Free headquarters...Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315517523670046591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-9754335337042165772008-04-17T17:14:00.000-07:002008-04-17T17:14:00.000-07:00While I'm staunchly moderate.You stuffy old wind-s...While I'm staunchly moderate.<BR/><BR/>You stuffy old wind-sock, you. Free your mind! Or... something.-Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998205576045100941noreply@blogger.com