re: Argument shifts of the left

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I agree you should take the test.

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Not a very good test. It basically says that I am an An-Cap, and I most definitely am not. To the contrary, I am a pretty pragmatic libertarian.

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When vermin cannot deny a point “both sides do it”.

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There is a word for whining about "the other side" doing exactly the same things that your side does ... projection.

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91,000+ posts of pure garbage, and you want me to go rummaging through that shite?

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Translation: I cannot think of one position that Zach has taken on this board that disputes his libertarianism. I feel really stupid and really embarrassed. So, I shall use emoticons.

Really pathetic, Wild.

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And spare us the story on how you once wrote an essay on Libertarianism in high school that you plagiarized from Time Magazine. I've seen enough of those stories.

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1. I never wrote an essay on Libertarianism.
2. I wasn't one in HS.
3. I didn't read Time Mag.
4. You've never heard that story here because I never posted it.

Congrats on being so wrong on so many things in just two short sentences. If I'm gonna get stupidity (which is all you come with) I like it concise.

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Not a very good test.

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My score:

For a libertarian, you sure do white knight your arse off for the lefties

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For a libertarian, you sure do white knight your arse off for the lefties

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You notice those posts more, because they stand-out from the mob.

Of course, there is also the fact that I am uniformly accused of lying when I post those of my views which are Right of center.

For some reason, the bulk of the posters on this forum seem to have trouble grasping that libertarians agree with THEM alot of the time and DISAGREE with them almost as often.

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You notice those posts more, because they stand-out from the mob.

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No, it's because you bend over backwards to be contrarian on anything Trump-related and are openly hostile to those who support the POTUS. Any 50/50 ball regarding the current administration or what most on the right hold fast to, you're going left on. It's your thing, but it's more than just "standing out from the mob," and you know it.

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Of course, there is also the fact that I am uniformly accused of lying when I post those of my views which are Right of center.

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Some do, based on your usual behavior. I personally am just as vocal when I agree with you as when I disagree, and give props accordingly (not that you seek them, of course, but that's neither here nor there).

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the bulk of the posters on this forum seem to have trouble grasping that libertarians agree with THEM alot of the time and DISAGREE with them almost as often.

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This depends greatly on the libertarian in question. I have a pretty dang strong libertarian streak myself, so I understand the dynamic more than most hardcore righties, but the issue here isn't that you're libertarian. You're hardly the only one on this board but you're one of the most hostile towards Trump/Trump supporters. There's a great deal of variance among libertarians. The interesting thing, though, is that in the current sociopolitical climate, more libertarian positions are closer to the center-right than that which leftists espouse.

Yet you tend to gravitate toward the latter more often than not, especially if Trump's name is invoked. That's why you're received how you are on this site.

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not even saying that as a point of criticism for them being so, more than saying, whenever I try to "take" one it's too hard for me not to figure out what they are looking for, which makes it difficult to answer honestly knowing such.

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Yeah you can pretty easily tell they're fishing expeditions

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I've yet to see one of those tests that's not specifically agenda driven.

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I've taken a few decent ones. There have been a few on this board where easily 90% of the charts people posted landed exactly where I expected them to.

Most of them are quite long though and even those, most people complain about this or that question. But that's because they don't understand that's the point.

Just like effective personality tests, the goal is to ask questions from having obvious answers depending on your view to questions that seem to have conflicting ones.

But that link in this thread was just LOL. Basically, it's designed to mop up nearly everyone who is mildly right of center into the Libertarian camp.