The libertarian party had a nice little
quiz. I took it about 10 years ago, and though my stances have changed from libertarian to liberal, the quiz itself is fulfilling.
Recently on another forum I frequent, someone mentioned this quiz (the political compass). I find this one much harder to digest than the libertarian party's quiz. My score is a -7.88, -4.50. I did not find that odd, but my peers on the opposite aisle were scoring center, dead center. The questions are totally framed, skewed, and slanted; but they mention it in the FAQ as necessary but I don't buy it. I am left with the feeling that I have been hoodwinked by this site and every lame Joe Public that reads and takes this quiz helps codifies their faith of what they believe in, that they are center and I am extreme.
You see the LP's quiz's agenda is front and center, they are libertarian and want to see if you are one too; while the political compass' agenda is hidden and claims so because of neutrality, making me believe its a sham.
I would list each question I have a problem with but the below precludes me, if interested take the quiz to read them yourself.
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So I will paraphrase just one of them, "Do you think museums should get public funds, if it can not be profitable". I laughed at the thought of righties vehemently agreeing with this, and the irony that our public airfare system is propped up much more than any museum. But there are also framed questions that shoot at the opposite side, like when they ask about 'evil unethical multi-national corporations'.
A quick search of Pace News Limited does not help much.
So I turned to the testimonial section. Here is a list of a few of the commentary authors. I tried some investigative googling to find ideologically where some of these authors sat. Of these seven listed commentary authors, the first six were positive and the last one disagreed.
- John Hill, Professor of Law, Indiana University-Indianapolis USA
- Thomas D. Pearson, PhD, Entrpreneurial Economist, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- Judith Faust, School of Social Work , University of Arkansas ,USA
- Mary Louise Williams, Educational Consultant Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Karen Uminski Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, USA
- Jana Paterson, Company President, New York, USA
- Moishe Gonzales, M.D., Ph.D
Moishe Gonzales seems to disagree with this site and runs a lefty blog. Without digging deeper I think I can throw out this piece of garbage propaganda ditto head site.