In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Oct. 11th, 2004 06:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatHappy Columbus Day! I remember back in elementary school when we used to get this day off, and then they suddenly stopped giving it to us. What's with that?
Where do you fall on the liberal - conservative political spectrum? (United States)
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I'm not too surprised by this result. I'm not sure I agree with the description, though. I mean, there are certainly intolerant left-wingers out there. Some people who might qualify include those who put fake bumper stickers on Hummers and Escalades that say something like, "THIS VEHICLE WASTES GAS" or whatever, and the hippies who harass the cashiers at McDonald's for working for a company that destroys the rain forest (someone mentioned such people on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
revme's journal about a week ago). I don't do these things, though. Overall, it's hard to be tolerant of someone who makes a point of being intolerant to others, but I don't deny them the right to express their views.
I think the first question in the quiz was on the death penalty, and I guess I'm not necessarily on the far left here, because I think it should be allowed in some cases. I think you should be as sure as possible that the person actually did it before killing them, though. I don't support making people suffer on death row, either. Also, like Al Franken, I can see both sides of the affirmative action issue, although I said I was in favor of it. I guess that the Left generally allows for more differing opinions, though, which is why they call us "liberals" (using "liberal" in the dictionary sense of "tolerant and broad-minded," not the Republican sense of "godless monsters who want to kill babies, institute a 100% income tax, and destroy the fabric of society").
Maybe my next entry will deal with something other than politics. Don't count on it, though. {g}
Where do you fall on the liberal - conservative political spectrum? (United States)
brought to you by Quizilla
I'm not too surprised by this result. I'm not sure I agree with the description, though. I mean, there are certainly intolerant left-wingers out there. Some people who might qualify include those who put fake bumper stickers on Hummers and Escalades that say something like, "THIS VEHICLE WASTES GAS" or whatever, and the hippies who harass the cashiers at McDonald's for working for a company that destroys the rain forest (someone mentioned such people on
revme's journal about a week ago). I don't do these things, though. Overall, it's hard to be tolerant of someone who makes a point of being intolerant to others, but I don't deny them the right to express their views.I think the first question in the quiz was on the death penalty, and I guess I'm not necessarily on the far left here, because I think it should be allowed in some cases. I think you should be as sure as possible that the person actually did it before killing them, though. I don't support making people suffer on death row, either. Also, like Al Franken, I can see both sides of the affirmative action issue, although I said I was in favor of it. I guess that the Left generally allows for more differing opinions, though, which is why they call us "liberals" (using "liberal" in the dictionary sense of "tolerant and broad-minded," not the Republican sense of "godless monsters who want to kill babies, institute a 100% income tax, and destroy the fabric of society").
Maybe my next entry will deal with something other than politics. Don't count on it, though. {g}
