Left/Center-Left/Center-Right/Right

[Person Man]

Abortion- CL
Affirmative Action- C
Artwork Funding- C
Assault Weapons Ban- R
Campaign Finance Reform- L
Capital Punishment- L
Concealed Carry- R
D.C. Statehood- L
Defense Funding- C
Environment- CL
Euthanasia- CL
Faith Based Initiatives- C
Farm Subsidies- CR
Flag Burning Amendment- L
Gay Adoption- L
Gay Marriage- L
Medicare/Medicaid- L
Minimum Wage- L
School Vouchers- C
Racial Profiling- CL
United Nations- CL
War on Iraq- CL

[Person Man]

...and you are not a fundie? Lol.


Although, I always thought that "right" meant maintain policy and "left" meant change it and "hard right" meant to repeal a policy.


Abortion - right (maintain policy)
Affirmative Action- Center-left (tweak policy)
Artwork Funding- center (slightly tweak policy)
Assault Weapons Ban- right (maintain policy)
Campaign Finance Reform- (left- change policY)
Capital Punishment- (left- change policy)
Concealed Carry- (center- continue to change policy)
D.C. Statehood (left- change policy)
Defense Funding (center- tweak policy)
Environment (center- tweak policy)
Euthanasia (left- change policy)
Faith Based Initiatives (center-right- allow changes that have been made of late, but maintain policy thereafter)
Farm Subsidies- (left- change policy)
Flag Burning Amendment (right- maintain policy)
Gay Adoption (left- change policy)
Gay Marriage (center-right- maintain policy from drastic change while tweaking it)
Medicare/Medicaid (left- change policy)
Minimum Wage (center- continue to tweak policy)
School Vouchers (center- tweak policy)
Racial Profiling (left- change policy)
United Nations (center-right- tweak policy whilst be vigilant from radical departure)
War on Iraq (left- change policy)
 
So I guess I am 10-9-5, slightly left of center, but not by much.

[Person Man]

...and you are not a fundie? Lol.


Although, I always thought that "right" meant maintain policy and "left" meant change it and "hard right" meant to repeal a policy.


Abortion - right (maintain policy)
Affirmative Action- Center-left (tweak policy)
Artwork Funding- center (slightly tweak policy)
Assault Weapons Ban- right (maintain policy)
Campaign Finance Reform- (left- change policY)
Capital Punishment- (left- change policy)
Concealed Carry- (center- continue to change policy)
D.C. Statehood (left- change policy)
Defense Funding (center- tweak policy)
Environment (center- tweak policy)
Euthanasia (left- change policy)
Faith Based Initiatives (center-right- allow changes that have been made of late, but maintain policy thereafter)
Farm Subsidies- (left- change policy)
Flag Burning Amendment (right- maintain policy)
Gay Adoption (left- change policy)
Gay Marriage (center-right- maintain policy from drastic change while tweaking it)
Medicare/Medicaid (left- change policy)
Minimum Wage (center- continue to tweak policy)
School Vouchers (center- tweak policy)
Racial Profiling (left- change policy)
United Nations (center-right- tweak policy whilst be vigilant from radical departure)
War on Iraq (left- change policy)
 
So I guess I am 10-9-5, slightly left of center, but not by much.

If my answers make me a fundie, by your standards your a communist, but I suggest instead you just stop trolling the boards

Vodka, comrade?

[Person Man]

Abortion- Center - I treat it as a medical matter, not a right to life or right to choise. Both the far right and far left have taken this issue way out of hand.
Affirmative Action- Right - Reverse racism.
Artwork Funding- Right - We have more important thing to fund than the arts.
Assault Weapons Ban- Right - I fully support lawful and responsible gun owners.
Campaign Finance Reform- Right - Money is a form of free speech - like it or not.
Capital Punishment- Center - We need to make our prisions tougher (hard labor, chain gangs, etc).
Concealed Carry-  Right - See Assault Weapons Ban.
D.C. Statehood- Center - Place it as a city in Maryland.
Defense Funding- Right - Enough said.
Environment- Center - Provide tax cuts for people who use hybrid vehicles and expland research into alternative fuels.
Euthanasia- Left - No issue with it.
Faith Based Initiatives- Center-left - It has gone way out of hand.
Farm Subsidies- Center - Only to a certain degree. Not a government hand off.
Flag Burning Amendment- Right - I have punch a nut who burned a flag and would do it again!
Gay Adoption- Center Left - I really don't care, just keep it out of my bussiness.
Gay Marriage- Center Left - See above.
Medicare/Medicaid- Right - Unless we cut it now, we are going to destroy the economy.  
Minimum Wage- Center Right - Slight raise but not as much as what Congress wants.
School Vouchers- Center - Parents have the right to select schools but government shouldn't foot the bill.
Racial Profiling- Left - Need to explain this more.
United Nations- Center Right - It needs massive reform.
War on Iraq- Center - Cut and run is not the answer. Set benchmarks and hold feet to the fire.

Sounds a little pro-military, but as far to the center as anyone can get.

[Person Man]

Le update:

Abortion - Center; personally right, politically maybe center-left
Affirmative Action - Right
Artwork Funding - Right
Assault Weapons Ban - Right
Campaign Finance Reform - Center-Right
Capital Punishment - Center-Left
Concealed Carry - Right
D.C. Statehood - Right
Defense Funding - Center
Environment - Center-Left
Euthanasia - Center-Left
Faith Based Initiatives - Uneducated
Farm Subsidies -  Right
Flag Burning Amendment -  Left
Gay Adoption - Left
Gay Marriage - Left
Minimum Wage -  Center-Right
School Vouchers - Center-Right
Racial Profiling - Center-Left
United Nations - Center
War on Iraq - Center-Left

Left: 3
Center-Left: 5
Center: 3
Center-Right: 3
Right: 6

Pretty balanced, I suppose, slightly right-of-center on this test.

You seemed to be what has been happening in America of late. You went from a John McCain-like character to someone who is more or less dead center.

[Person Man]

Although, I always thought that "right" meant maintain policy and "left" meant change it and "hard right" meant to repeal a policy.

Not for the purposes of this test.  That would apply to a literal interpretation of the words liberal and conservative, though.

Abortion
Left: Support the right to choose; oppose all or most restrictions
Center-Left: Support the right to choose; support some restrictions such as PBA ban
Center: Keep legal in first trimester, and for emergencies afterwards
Center-Right: Only legal for emergencies, and support most restrictions
Right: Support all commonly proposed restrictions as well as a ban on all abortions except for the woman's life

I was going to go through each of them, but got bored with this already.   Although I will say on D.C. Statehood that leftwing is to support it and rightwing is to keep the status quo of taxation without representation.

So, everything through center would be nominally "pro-choice" on abortion? I guess it makes sense, though that analysis might offend religious republicans, catholics and conservative humanists.

...and it is kinda "dumbing down" the discourse to think of liberal and conservative in this manner because the meanings are blurred. Maybe a progressive to reactionary lexicon would beef up the language and sophistication of our national political discourse.

[Person Man]

Yeah, the makes sense. Do you think there would be a major reaction if there was a major change in abortion jurisprudence. Would that be seen as a last straw by the center or simply accepted as part of change? Many people tell me different things, mostly the former though.

[Person Man]

What I was asking is what would happen if Roe is overturned. Would that cause a reaction? Would that change the debate?

[Person Man]

Abortion - Left
Affirmative Action - Right
Artwork Funding - Center
Assault Weapons Ban - Right
Campaign Finance Reform - Left
Capital Punishment - Left
Concealed Carry - Right
D.C. Statehood - Left
Defense Funding - Left
Environment - Left
Euthanasia - Left
Faith Based Initiatives - Left
Farm Subsidies - Right
Flag Burning Amendment -  Left
Gay Adoption - Left
Gay Marriage - Left
Minimum Wage - Right
School Vouchers - Left
Racial Profiling - Left
United Nations - Left
War on Iraq - Left

Left-Libertarian?

[Person Man]

...and you are not a fundie? Lol.


Although, I always thought that "right" meant maintain policy and "left" meant change it and "hard right" meant to repeal a policy.


Abortion - right (maintain policy)
Affirmative Action- Center-left (tweak policy)
Artwork Funding- center (slightly tweak policy)
Assault Weapons Ban- right (maintain policy)
Campaign Finance Reform- (left- change policY)
Capital Punishment- (left- change policy)
Concealed Carry- (center- continue to change policy)
D.C. Statehood (left- change policy)
Defense Funding (center- tweak policy)
Environment (center- tweak policy)
Euthanasia (left- change policy)
Faith Based Initiatives (center-right- allow changes that have been made of late, but maintain policy thereafter)
Farm Subsidies- (left- change policy)
Flag Burning Amendment (right- maintain policy)
Gay Adoption (left- change policy)
Gay Marriage (center-right- maintain policy from drastic change while tweaking it)
Medicare/Medicaid (left- change policy)
Minimum Wage (center- continue to tweak policy)
School Vouchers (center- tweak policy)
Racial Profiling (left- change policy)
United Nations (center-right- tweak policy whilst be vigilant from radical departure)
War on Iraq (left- change policy)
 
So I guess I am 10-9-5, slightly left of center, but not by much.

If my answers make me a fundie, by your standards your a communist, but I suggest instead you just stop trolling the boards

Ummm...you're 2-0-22, pretty much in the right most 10% of the population. You only comprimise on the 8th amendment and Iraq and push until there is no tommorow on everything else. I am 13-8-3. Center-right on almost as many issues that I am left. Maybe in the left most 30%. Liberal, yes....radical...I guess if you complain about the politics of everyone left of like John McCain or Fred Thompson. Probably at the intersection of the DLC, DCFC and the Progressive Caucus. You basically are the type that has the RNC platform as your bible, except when you think it doesn't go far enough. 

[Person Man]

You seemed to be what has been happening in America of late. You went from a John McCain-like character to someone who is more or less dead center.

I guess, although most things I changed on are third-tier issues to me.  Or, like abortion, issues that I hate profoundly and can see strong arguments for both extremes but not much for the middle.

And now the Alcon Show is over. 

Yeah, really nasty issues will never be resolved, that's probably why the Homosexual debate will come and go within a couple of decades like segragation, but abortion and guns will stay around forever.