BF2S Forums “Conservatives” Are Single-Largest Ideological Group

Fancy_Pollux wrote:

If you categorize yourself as any of those you're part of the problem.

QFT

why do people feel this need to catagorise themselves away?

Ty wrote:

Flecco wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

The Liberal Party in Australia is the more conservative party of the 2 major parties of that country (Labor being the more liberal one there).

That's due to the fact that when it was founded the idea was for it to be fisically conservative and fairly socially liberal.

The counter-terrorism laws introduced under Howard are a bit gimped on the 'socially liberal' part. Got the fisically conservative bit right though.

Actually no it's just 'cause Australia is fucked up. C'mon, your $2 coin is smaller than your $1 coin, what the fuck is up with that?

Shut up or I'll grab a shotgun and invade NZ.

You see the problem with that poll is that the majority of moderates are actually fairly liberal.... the whole concept of liberalism is any departure from traditionalism or conservatism. It's about being pragmatic - which is generally a trait that many moderates would have - hence the fact they haven't described themselves as conservatives. I call myself moderate. I'm sure you Americans think I belong in the liberal bar in the poll - all this poll says is that a lot of conservatives are more eager to attach themselves to a silly label, demonstrating their entrenched views and lack of ability to view the other side of the coin and take a pragmatic approach to things.

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Mekstizzle wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

Ty wrote:

Most people catagorise themselves even if they have no idea where they stand. I remember one of my frinds fiercly defending his status as a conservative. After some digging I discovered that he meant he was into conservation and the environment.  People do get that dumb.

"I'm a liberal because I hang out at the library a lot."

Liberals are from Libya you dumbfuck.

I'd have thought they're from Liberia.

Well you'd be wrong then, wouldn't you?

Kmarion wrote:

Harmor wrote:

Please enlighten us Kmar.

The voting polls.

According to chart: liberals + moderates > conservatives.

Kmarion wrote:

Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

The voting polls.

According to chart: liberals + moderates > conservatives.

Kmarion wrote:

The poll that actually means something says otherwise.

Charts..lol. Have we already forgotten how inaccurate these things are? Election season was only 7 months ago. No one saw Huck coming out of the Iowa caucuses on top. I lost all faith in these polls. They are very suspect in my eyes.

Still doesnt change the fact that the chart is not technically wrong.

Kmarion wrote:

Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:

According to chart: liberals + moderates > conservatives.

Charts..lol. Have we already forgotten how inaccurate these things are? Election season was only 7 months ago. No one saw Huck coming out of the Iowa caucuses on top. I lost all faith in these polls. They are very suspect in my eyes.

Still doesnt change the fact that the chart is not technically wrong.

Nor does it change the fact it can double as toilet paper.

IDK, speaking from personal experience it seems roughly accurate. Conservatives seem to always be the majority but theres always enough "moderates" to outnumber them. Speaking only from personal observation of course.

This.

Kind of funny, they're kind of weird, but hey.

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