# How fascist are you? Take the fascism quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271 "2014-06-21T04:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/81 "2014-06-23T04:00:44Z")
_"Most people don’t realize how much our lives are controlled by plots hatched in secret places. "_ Possibly because I did some tertiary study in relevant areas, these sorts of tests chap my ass. The questions are invariably irritatingly poorly worded. The above is a classic example because it’s a loaded statement. If I strongly agree am I agreeing that: 1/ people’s lives are controlled by secret plots to a significant extent? 2/ most people have an inaccurate perception concerning the extent of secret plots (without implying anything about the actual extent of those plots)? 3/ people’s lives are controlled by secret plots to a significant extent _and_ most people don’t realise that? I _think_ what they are trying to ask is 3/. Personally, I disagree whichever way because I don’t think that people’s lives are controlled by secret plots and I think most people realise that. However, if I had a bit less faith in the common man than I do, I could quite easily answer “disagree” to 1/ because I don’t think people’s lives are controlled by secret plots) but “agree” to 2/ because I think many people are idiot conspiracy theorists. Such ambiguity means that for many people the answer they give is not indicative of anything to do with facism but rather is indicative of their (valid) choice to answer a loaded question literally. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/82 "2014-06-23T06:01:29Z")
3.103448275862069 _You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American._ Seems flawed, as long as you didn’t answer 1 or 6 it should give you a median score. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/83 "2014-06-23T06:04:59Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > _"Most people don’t realize how much our lives are controlled by plots hatched in secret places. "_ I thought this question was easy because it asked a question about businessmen and manufacturers earlier. I know for a fact a lot of our lives are controlled by secret plots, hatched in corporate boardrooms mostly. That’s why windows 8 is such a failure, New Coke tasted like crap, and Disney is going to make Star Wars sequels. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/84 "2014-06-23T06:12:54Z")
I assume you are not serious. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/85 "2014-06-23T09:00:19Z")
3.2 I’m a true American. Except that I’m not.:dubious:😛 ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/86 "2014-06-23T10:41:56Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I assume you are not serious. I assume you lost your sense of humor in a war, perhaps Grenada or the War of the Roses? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/87 "2014-06-23T11:54:22Z")
We have no sense of humour that we are aware of. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/88 "2014-06-23T14:26:39Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > My score is 2.13333333, which makes me a fellow liberal airhead. My score exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/89 "2014-06-23T18:44:28Z")
Another Liberal Airhead reporting in! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/90 "2014-06-23T18:55:30Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > 3.103448275862069 > _You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American._ > > Seems flawed, as long as you didn’t answer 1 or 6 it should give you a median score. I answered two 1s and one 6, and still got a median score. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/91 "2014-06-23T19:05:51Z")
A whiny rotter at 1.6, and damn proud to be so. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/92 "2014-06-24T12:02:44Z")
A liberal airhead with a score of 2.5333. Perhaps my German ancestry is influencing some of my answers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/93 "2014-06-24T12:13:08Z")
**4.2** _You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American._ ---
**Author:** ![jfreakofkorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jfreakofkorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jfreakofkorn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/94 "2014-06-24T13:14:22Z")
Your F Score is: 3.966666666666667 You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American. If your score is… You are… Less than 2 A whining rotter. 2 to 3 A liberal airhead. 3 to 4.5 Within normal limits; an appropriate score for an American. (The overall average score for groups tested in the original study is listed in the 1950 publication as 3.84, with men averaging somewhat higher and women somewhat lower). 4.5 to 5.5 You may want to practice doing things with your left hand. 5.5 or higher Have trouble keeping the lint off your black shirts? ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/95 "2014-06-24T13:29:37Z")
1.96666666666 - Whining rotter (AKA Canadian - I’m so proud!) ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/96 "2014-06-24T14:49:15Z")
I’m just average. 3 and 4/15 . ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/97 "2014-06-24T15:15:15Z")
Some of those questions were a bit odd. Like, “Some people are born with an urge to jump from high places.” I mean, I don’t know. Maybe that’s some kind of psychological condition. Anyway, 1.86 for me. Whining rotter. The best part of this survey for me is that I learned the term _rotter_. I hadn’t run across that insult before. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/98 "2014-06-24T15:30:59Z")
3.033 (etc.) – another “disciplined but tolerant true American.” Yay me! 🆒 I had problems with a bunch of the questions being two different questions: I can absolutely agree with “Sex crimes… deserve more than mere imprisonment” but I have to bail when they get to “…ought to be publicly whipped or worse,” partly because of the “or worse” thing could mean anything anybody wants it to mean, so what am I agreeing to?, partly because I don’t think beating somebody makes them stop being rapists or pedophiles (and does it mean you’re just beating them instead of locking them up, or in addition to locking them up, or what?), and partly because of the word “publicly,” as if that’s the REAL punishment – making a PUBLIC EXAMPLE of you and your naughtiness – oh, MY! I mean, WTH? 😕 :dubious: Another example is the “There is hardly anything lower than…” okay, I’m already thinking the person is a really horrible excuse for a human being, go on: “… a person who does not feel a great love, gratitude and respect for his parents.” Okay, again: “parents” can be any two people who had sex and made a kid. It doesn’t mean they’re good people, or good parents, or even want to be there. And I do love my own parents but I don’t, you know, idolize them, which is what the wording seems to indicate. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/99 "2014-06-24T16:56:46Z")
Solidly into ‘whining rotter’ territory (and proud of it!) with a score of 1.63333. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271/100 "2014-06-26T02:19:00Z")
I got 3.86. “You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.” Sounds great for me, but I’d have to disagree. I’m not an American. I AM A TEXAN! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271.md?page=6)