Classify me politically

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I wanted to figure out where I fall politically w/o taking one of those simple tests that may or may not be libertarian propaganda :D. I’m too lazy (must be a moderate).

I’m secular humanist, I don’t believe in absolutes (moral, etc.); I’m agnostic who could go either way but doesn’t cling to any self-made philosophy about the nature of existence or a creator (but I am strongly opposed to religion, believing as many of you do that all the ones on earth are clearly mythologies or scams but that contain truth and wisdom, yet we’d be better off living in a rational secular humanist state); so basically I agree w/ Nietzschen (sp?) ideas of creating a moral self yet I admit that it leaves room for Hitlers and such;

I support government’s role in keeping a state of order, even if I agree that we depend too much upon the government in some ways and that the government has many flaws, including corruption, a failure to inform its citizens on numerous laws, etc.; I am anti-abortion, even in instances of rape or incest (yep, one of those sec. hum. anti-choice dudes), unless childbirth is gonna kill the mother, b/c adoption is the thing to do; I believe in foreign aid, and in welfare, but I think we should work hard to make sure that only those who truly need it are using it; and I don’t hate racist people, or bigots, even the extremists, feeling that liberal media and liberal tyranny (even on these boards :wink: ) and political correctness is too strong in America; and I support free speech, press, religion, etc.; and I absolutely dislike Presiden’t Bush’s religious beliefs as they pertain to how he makes decisions, and the religious direction the country is moving. I wish Kerry had won, so that we could curb this radical religious movement.

As for the Iraq war, I support it, b/c Democracy is the wave of the future (58% of the world’s pop. lives under it); not that any government is ‘good’ or ‘worse’ than any other (no absolutes), but that’s the way human history is moving. Plus living in this country is a billion (literally) times better than 99% of the world.

But I’m conservative in my views on the fact that a strong family household and education are essential in order to raise good citizens.

Thanks for your help. :slight_smile:

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No absolutes, eh? :wink:

I’d have to classify tou as someone who is, like me and many others, dissatisfied with the fact there are only two parties to chose from. I’d say your political affiliation is “other” as it not only doesn’t fit with liberal or concervative, but doesn’t fit with anything (that I know of).

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You sound like a pretty middle-of-the-road conservative to me.

(Note that “conservative” and “Republican” are not synonymous)