Is Your Brain Liberal or Conservative?

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

On Facebook we've been having some fun with this quiz.  The questions are not about politics at all.  

Some people find it uncannily accurate, for others it was way off (or so they say, me thinks they are closet Liberals and haven't accepted that part of themselves yet...LOL!)  I'm sharing this just for fun...it isn't intended (for me) to be serious.  I would love it if we could keep the conversation light and fun, but whatever sparks you.  

BTW, I got 57% Liberal, 43% Conservative...which sounds right!   Your mileage may vary...

http://chartsme.com

[Vort]

Your brain is a Democrat

Conservative 29%, Liberal 71%

Ha, ha. My brain has plenty of problems and deficiencies, but I guarantee you that being a Democrat is not one of them.

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

9 minutes ago, Vort said:

Conservative 29%, Liberal 71%

Ha, ha. My brain has plenty of problems and deficiencies, but I guarantee you that being a Democrat is not one of them.

LOL, I agree. You are NOT a Liberal.  

[NeuroTypical]

Heh - yeah, ditto to Vort.

Your brain is a Democrat
Conservative (17%)           Liberal (83%)

Horse hockey.  

[Vort]

7 minutes ago, LiterateParakeet said:

LOL, I agree. You are NOT a Liberal.  

I disagree, at least in a sense. I fancy myself quite liberal (little 'l') in the sense that I am open to other viewpoints and opinions, so long as they are well-considered and not just knee-jerk. But I don't think Democrats as a group are "liberal" in the least. As a group, I find them to be the most hidebound and narrow-minded of people. Living near Seattle, I get lots and lots of exposure to big-L Liberals, and in general I find conservatives to be far more open-minded and "liberal" than the prevailing orthodoxy. (And make no mistake -- it is the most rigid of orthodoxies, with almost no room for dissent.)

[David13]

Vort you and I came out about the same.  That test is totally backward.  I'm about as redneck conservative as you can get. 

dc

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

16 minutes ago, Vort said:

I disagree, at least in a sense. I fancy myself quite liberal (little 'l') in the sense that I am open to other viewpoints and opinions, so long as they are well-considered and not just knee-jerk. But I don't think Democrats as a group are "liberal" in the least. As a group, I find them to be the most hidebound and narrow-minded of people. Living near Seattle, I get lots and lots of exposure to big-L Liberals, and in general I find conservatives to be far more open-minded and "liberal" than the prevailing orthodoxy. (And make no mistake -- it is the most rigid of orthodoxies, with almost no room for dissent.)

Don't be shy Vort, tell us how you really feel.  BTW, I just meant to agree with you...so I'll rephrase.  Yes, you are definitely not a Democrat.  Better?  LOL. 

Edited March 1, 2016 by LiterateParakeet

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

14 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

Heh - yeah, ditto to Vort.

Your brain is a Democrat
Conservative (17%)           Liberal (83%)

Horse hockey.  

Come to the Dark Side NT, we have cookies!

You know, it's weird whenever this test is off, it's because it shows a Conservative person as being very Liberal.  So far I haven't seen any Liberals saying that it showed them as too Conservative.  Interesting that it skews this way.  

[Vort]

7 minutes ago, LiterateParakeet said:

Don't be shy Vort, tell us how you really feel.  

Sorry if I offended you. That truly was not my intent.

My point was that the common linking of "Democrat" and "liberal" is not merely silly, but actually opposite of the truth. Kind of like how Democrats now like to represent themselves as "Progressives" when their mania for others to conform to their beliefs is about as regressive as anything I am aware of. So when the test purports to test one's "Liberality" and then instead assigns the brain to a political party, that's bait-and-switch.

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

7 minutes ago, Vort said:

Sorry if I offended you. That truly was not my intent.

No worries, I'm not offended.  But thanks. 

[Vort]

8 minutes ago, LiterateParakeet said:

Come to the Dark Side NT, we have cookies!

You know, it's weird whenever this test is off, it's because it shows a Conservative person as being very Liberal.  So far I haven't seen any Liberals saying that it showed them as too Conservative.  Interesting that it skews this way.  

Maybe it's just my inner conspiracy theorist, but one way to sway unsophisticated and emotionally immature souls is to give them a "test" and tell them that it shows they are [whatever it is you want them to be]. Portray that in a positive light, and many will react by saying, "Yeah, that's what I want to be!"

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

@Vort, does that sort of thing really work?  

[Guest MormonGator]

9 minutes ago, Vort said:

Maybe it's just my inner conspiracy theorist, but one way to sway unsophisticated and emotionally immature souls is to give them a "test" and tell them that it shows they are [whatever it is you want them to be]. 

I took a Facebook test called "What religion were you?" It came out LDS. It was one of the first times I thought about investigating the church further. Ouch, Vort. Ouch. 

[Vort]

7 minutes ago, LiterateParakeet said:

@Vort, does that sort of thing really work?  

In my experience, it works great. One of my "daddy teaching tricks" that I have often used through the years is to ask my children if thus-and-such behavior (which I find objectionable) is okay, but portraying it my wording as acceptable and even "cool". More often than not, and especially when they are very young and not used to my devious methods, I will fish them in and get them to agree with me. Then I will (gently and lovingly) dissect the issue with them, asking them if they really believe this or that. In the end, they agree that it's not a good thing, and hopefully they will also have some insight into how this bad thing can still be portrayed as good, such that other people believe it and march to that banner.

[The Folk Prophet]

Your brain is a Republican

Surprise surprise.

Only 61% though?

[Vort]

The test appears to try to correlate feelings of disgust with a Conservative (= Republican) viewpoint. If your disgust tolerance is pretty high, it claims you are Liberal (= Democrat). I know there was a study that came out recently claiming that "liberals" were more "tolerant" and that "conservatives" had a lower "disgust" threshold. I am profoundly unconvinced by that claim, and this test seems to confirm that people really will take any straw of information and use it to build a whole house, which of course will fall to pieces at the slightest breeze. (But it's the height of rudeness to blow on people's straw houses, unless they are conservatives, in which case such blowing is mandatory.)

[Guest MormonGator]

30 minutes ago, Vort said:

I disagree, at least in a sense. I fancy myself quite liberal (little 'l') in the sense that I am open to other viewpoints and opinions, so long as they are well-considered and not just knee-jerk. But I don't think Democrats as a group are "liberal" in the least. As a group, I find them to be the most hidebound and narrow-minded of people. Living near Seattle, I get lots and lots of exposure to big-L Liberals, and in general I find conservatives to be far more open-minded and "liberal" than the prevailing orthodoxy. (And make no mistake -- it is the most rigid of orthodoxies, with almost no room for dissent.)

 I agree with you here as well. Many liberals (no, not all) claim to be "tolerant" but when they meet someone with a dissenting view, they go into fits of screaming rage. I've been called a "shill for the right" by many liberals (three at last count) because I believe in the second amendment. Conservatives generally don't call me a "shill for the left" because I believe in gay marriage. They simply disagree. 

[Vort]

8 minutes ago, MormonGator said:

 I agree with you here as well. Many liberals (no, not all) claim to be "tolerant" but when they meet someone with a dissenting view, they go into fits of screaming rage. I've been called a "shill for the right" by many liberals (three at last count) because I believe in the second amendment. Conservatives generally don't call me a "shill for the left" because I believe in gay marriage. They simply disagree. 

To be fair, I have met with a good number of "liberals" who really do seem to be tolerant of other opinions. But they are a distinct minority, to the point of being somewhat unusual.

[zil]

Maybe they should have asked one's disgust level at seeing a (particular) politician...

[Guest MormonGator]

13 minutes ago, Vort said:

To be fair, I have met with a good number of "liberals" who really do seem to be tolerant of other opinions. But they are a distinct minority, to the point of being somewhat unusual.

Oh of course. I've also met conservatives who call me a "whacked out liberal" because of my left leaning social views. Or, more charmingly, a "Baby killer" because I lean towards the pro-choice side. However conservatives usually don't think of themselves as bastions of tolerance and free thought, so it's not as obnoxious.  

[The Folk Prophet]

8 minutes ago, MormonGator said:

Oh of course. I've also met conservatives who call me a "whacked out liberal" because of my left leaning social views. Or, more charmingly, a "Baby killer" because I lean towards the pro-choice side. However conservatives usually don't think of themselves as bastions of tolerance and free thought, so it's not as obnoxious.  

Actually it's liberals that don't think of conservatives as bastions of tolerance and free thought.

[Just_A_Guy]

53% liberal, 47% conservative for me.

Then again--the tagline at the bottom, "Want to annoy all your conservative friends and family?", is sort of a giveaway.  I suspect the survey is based on the recent "studies" that have come out saying that conservatives are averse to novel experiences and more easily disgusted, and tries to say "if you're not an emotional basketcase, you must be a liberal.  Because liberal = normal!!!!"

Meh.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Just_A_Guy

[Guest MormonGator]

57 minutes ago, zil said:

Maybe they should have asked one's disgust level at seeing a (particular) politician...

 Zing! Very true Zil. These last few elections I've been voting against, that's for sure! 

[Vort]

59 minutes ago, zil said:

Maybe they should have asked one's disgust level at seeing a (particular) politician...

So if you are viscerally disgusted by Hillary Clinton, profoundly disgusted by Donald Trump, and deeply disgusted by Bernie Sanders, I suspect that tags you as unenlightened.

[Guest MormonGator]

10 minutes ago, Vort said:

So if you are viscerally disgusted by Hillary Clinton, profoundly disgusted by Donald Trump, and deeply disgusted by Bernie Sanders, I suspect that tags you as unenlightened.

No it tags you as "rational human being"