Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by The New Centrist (not verified) on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 14:28.
Thanks for the link, Bill. But I need to admit the New Centrist is a one-man operation. I’d like to devote more time to blogging but other responsibilities keep me away. As to debating the (de)merits of the centrist label I’m certainly open to discussion. It’s largely a way to identify myself as someone who has left the radical left but not embraced neo-conservatism ala David Horowitz. I’m a moderate who is very critical of utopian solutions for complex problems, whether they come from the radical left or radical right. On domestic issues I’m largely liberal (pro-union, pro-choice, support immigrant rights, etc.) even libertarian in some respects (gun ownership).
In that test I’m in the lower left quadrant slightly to the left on the x axis and almost touching the line of the y axis but not quite. That places me in the “libertarian left” category but just barely. I’m not sure where I would position myself on your chart.
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Thanks for the link!
Thanks for the link, Bill. But I need to admit the New Centrist is a one-man operation. I’d like to devote more time to blogging but other responsibilities keep me away. As to debating the (de)merits of the centrist label I’m certainly open to discussion. It’s largely a way to identify myself as someone who has left the radical left but not embraced neo-conservatism ala David Horowitz. I’m a moderate who is very critical of utopian solutions for complex problems, whether they come from the radical left or radical right. On domestic issues I’m largely liberal (pro-union, pro-choice, support immigrant rights, etc.) even libertarian in some respects (gun ownership).
BTW, there is a similar test to one you posted that includes the libertarian-totalitarian axis at http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
In that test I’m in the lower left quadrant slightly to the left on the x axis and almost touching the line of the y axis but not quite. That places me in the “libertarian left” category but just barely. I’m not sure where I would position myself on your chart.