[Little Bill]

Score zero, my fingers drag on the ground when I walk, per Swimmer Kennedy.

[glock rocks]

12. The present high tax rates are good.

would a bona fide liberal think the present rates are indeed high?

[Huck]

Vouchers and the death penalty are the only two that are even debatable.

[Hugin]

I think most of the 18% of Americans who call theselves liberal do believe in most of these. I don't think they are liberal positions though. They are radical leftist positions. Radical leftists have no real foundation in classic liberalism.

[armyboy]

I scores a zero

[sr4402]

I scored a big fat Zero. A real liberal would score very high if he or she was honest. But that would be a trick to find an honest liberal.

[Always Right]

14. The Israelis and Palestinians are morally equivalent.

Most liberals I know blame Israelis much more than Palestinians. They see the Jews as the big powerful oppressor and have much more sympathy for the poor Palestinians.

[Always Right]

20. Racial profiling for terrorists is wrong -- a white American grandmother should as likely be searched as a Saudi young male.

You never know, that little old white lady might make an Afgan.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Those are all liberal positions. How many of them do you hold?

Zero, with a possible exception regarding the ending of men's sports teams. Given the performance of my alma mater's football team in recent years, I think it would be merciful to let it die a quiet death.

[lainde]

bttt

[Edsquire]

No gun control? Here are a few:

You believe the word "people" in the first, fourth, and ninth amendments to the Constitution refer to individuals, but the word "people" in the second amendment refers to the National Guard.

You would rather see a woman strangled with her own panties than "allow" her to effectively defend herself.

Handguns cause crime, which is why Washington DC, where they are illegal, is the murder capital of the nation.

The presence of guns causes crime, which is why mass shootings happen so often at police stations and military bases, but never at schools, office buildings, or postal facilities.

[bruin66]

AIDS is spread by lack of federal funding for research.

[luckystarmom]

I said yes and that's to the smoking one. (Bash away smokers)

[Jim Cane]

A lot of Conservative Catholics don't believe in the death penalty.

[Johnny Gage]

I believe the following were called "Joe 6-Pack's Questions for liberals"

• If, conceding the liberal argument, homosexuality is a genetic predisposition, and a test becomes available to let expectant mothers know if their, "fetus," is predisposed to homosexuality, should that mother be allowed to abort the "fetus," on that basis?
  If she would abort a "homosexual fetus," does that constitute a "hate crime?"
  Does preventing her from doing so impose on a woman's right to choose?
  
  
• If we were not meant to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?
  
  
• Suppose you and one other person were shipwrecked on a desert island, not under the jurisdictional law of any state and country.
  Is it morally right for that person to kill you, or you to kill that person to stretch the food supply?
  If not, what makes it morally wrong?
  
  
• If sexual activity of any sort is "ok," provided it is between consenting adults, does this include incest between children over 18 and their parents? If not, why? 17? 16? 15? 14?
  
  
• If the government can arbitrarily set the minimum wage at $5.35 an hour, why not set it at $200.00 an hour? Wouldn't this improve the lot of the poor and lower working class?
  To what degree should the employer be able to determine the value of labor?
  
  
• If you over-paid a shop owner $20.00 for a new carpet cleaner, would you not expect a refund or credit?
  Would you consider it theft if the business kept the overpayment without refunding or crediting you?
  Does not, an anticipated multi-billion dollar surplus indicate an overpayment on the part of the American taxpayer?
  
  
• If your 23-year old daughter had an internship with a major corporation, and had spent her summer on her knees, under the desk of the married CEO, would you demand his resignation, or support his retention because he had been a "good," CEO?
  
  
• Is it truly and logically possible to be governed by our consent without ultimately being given the resort of arms?
  How is it possible that a human can honestly and legitimately consent without owning the means to refuse?
  
  
• What paragraph(s) of the Constitution outline the responsibilities of the Department of Education?
  
  
• If we, as a nation and political system have no moral superiority over nations and governments, why do we spend money on maintaining
  memorials to those that have died in order to preserve and spread our way of life?
  Should we no longer fund these projects?
  
  
• If reparations for past wrongs can be demanded by the descendants of the victims from the descendants of the perpetrators, should native Americans be named as defendants in law suits against the tobacco industry? If, as many Afro-centrist scholars contend, Ancient Egyptian Civilization was the product of black africans, are not the Israelite slaves who built the pyramids owed reparations?
  
  
• If one maintains that Darwinian evolutionary theory should be taught as fact, and at the exclusion of all other theories in public schools, one must subscribe to the notion of "survival of the fittest." If one believes that, "survival of the fittest," is a natural, evolutionary process, does the Endangered Species Act set a dangerous precedent in man's interference with nature? Wouldn't the artificially protracted preservation of a species destined for extinction result in an ecological catastrophe?
  
  
• If you knew for a fact that a person was HIV positive, would you allow your teen-ager to have sexual intercourse with that person if they promised to use a condom they got from the school nurse.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

1. Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments, etc. should be lowered for people of color.

In principle, no.

2. Bilingual education for children of immigrants, rather than immersion in English, is good for them and for America.

Yes.

3. Murderers should never be put to death.

There are murderers of a type that should always be put to death.

4. During the Cold War, America should have adopted a nuclear arms freeze.

No.

5. Colleges should not allow ROTC programs.

Colleges should have ROTC programs for the development of professional officers

6. It was wrong to wage war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War.

The US had no choice but to wage war.

7. Poor parents should not be allowed to have vouchers to send their children to private schools.

Such a step would ruin private schools by starting an influx of trash who couldn't control their kids in the first place, ultimately pricing private schools beyond the ability of all but the super wealthy to pay (just like health insurance).

8. It is good that trial lawyers and teachers unions are the two biggest contributors to the Democratic Party.

Who cares?

9. Marriage should be redefined from male-female to any two people.

Again, who cares? It doesn't affect how I order my life.

10. A married couple should not have more of a right to adopt a child than two men or two women.

Married people can be just as rotten as gay people - their status does not make them any better or any worse.

11. The Boy Scouts should not be allowed to use parks or any other public places and should be prohibited from using churches and synagogues for their meetings.

No.

12. The present high tax rates are good.

They're not high.

13. Speech codes on college campuses are good and American values.

No.

14. The Israelis and Palestinians are morally equivalent.

No.

15. The United Nations is a moral force for good in the world, and therefore America should be subservient to it and such international institutions as a world court.

It is necessary, but subservience isn't called for.

16. It is good that colleges have dropped hundreds of men's sports teams in order to meet gender-based quotas.

Who cares about wrestling, rowing and other non revenue sports anyway?

17. No abortions can be labeled immoral.

No. There are some that I can deem so.

18. Restaurants should be prohibited by law from allowing customers to choose between a smoking and a non-smoking section.

No. That doesn't mean that smoking can't be regulated, however.

19. High schools should make condoms available to students and teach them how to use them.

LOL - Yes.

20. Racial profiling for terrorists is wrong -- a white American grandmother should as likely be searched as a Saudi young male.

Think outside the box - the terrorists do. Profiling makes security personnel complacent, and makes it easier for something different to slip by.

21. Racism and poverty -- not a lack of fathers and a crisis of values -- are the primary causes of violent crime in the inner city.

What came first, the chicken or the egg? A lack of fathers and a crisis of values comes along when there is a lack of suitable employment and generalized poverty.

22. It is wrong and unconstitutional for students to be told, "God bless you" at their graduation.

Again, who cares? Pharisaic pronouncements are ultimately meaningless to both the utterer and the recipient.

23. No culture is morally superior to any other.

Absolutely. American culture is far superior to those which relegate women and minorities to second class status.

[EveningStar]

Doug, thanks for posting this. I like Dennis but I haven't listened to him in ages. Interesing list of questions.

[Melas]

1. Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments, etc. should be lowered for people of color.

Of course not


2. Bilingual education for children of immigrants, rather than immersion in English, is good for them and for America.

Nope it's bad.



3. Murderers should never be put to death.

I don't trust the state with life and death, that's 1


4. During the Cold War, America should have adopted a nuclear arms freeze.

Too stupid for words



5. Colleges should not allow ROTC programs.

Colleges should be allowed ROTC programs



6. It was wrong to wage war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War.

Too stupid for words redeaux


7. Poor parents should not be allowed to have vouchers to send their children to private schools.

I'm against vouchers. Your child should go to a neighborhood or private school. Let your choice of where you live serve as your voucher. This is 2

8. It is good that trial lawyers and teachers unions are the two biggest contributors to the Democratic Party.

Nonsensical question. Would it be better if the contributers were different entities?


9. Marriage should be redefined from male-female to any two people.

Too broad. I don't oppose gay marriage, that's 3.


10. A married couple should not have more of a right to adopt a child than two men or two women.

Awkward wording, and to be honest, I'm not sure.


11. The Boy Scouts should not be allowed to use parks or any other public places and should be prohibited from using churches and synagogues for their meetings.

Too stupid for words again



12. The present high tax rates are good.

They aren't good for me.


13. Speech codes on college campuses are good and American values.

I'd like more specifics before answering.


14. The Israelis and Palestinians are morally equivalent.

No. Israeli's don't blow up diners with young women.


15. The United Nations is a moral force for good in the world, and therefore America should be subservient to it and such international institutions as a world court.

No.



16. It is good that colleges have dropped hundreds of men's sports teams in order to meet gender-based quotas.

Hyperbole. I can't agree as written, but I agree that it's good that women's programs have expanded


17. No abortions can be labeled immoral.

Of course some abortion are immoral



18. Restaurants should be prohibited by law from allowing customers to choose between a smoking and a non-smoking section.

No

19. High schools should make condoms available to students and teach them how to use them.

No, it's not the place of the school to deal with student sexuality, and that includes preaching abstinance too.

20. Racial profiling for terrorists is wrong -- a white American grandmother should as likely be searched as a Saudi young male.

Racial profling is just stupid. It's a weakness to exploit. A Lindh or Lindhette could walk right through that kind of checkpoint.


21. Racism and poverty -- not a lack of fathers and a crisis of values -- are the primary causes of violent crime in the inner city.

Can't go all or nothing on this one either.



22. It is wrong and unconstitutional for students to be told, "God bless you" at their graduation.

It's never wrong for a believer to extend blessings like that. It would be wrong if it were demanded of me in return.

23. No culture is morally superior to any other.

Blatantly false.



So what do we have here? I scored what? 4 disagreements and 3 iffy ones? Does this make me 2/3 conservative?

[SB00]

#3 was my only yes.

[Porterville]

I got Freep mail today from a liberal... I am so exited:

"I just wanted to tell you that you are like all americans : you are an ignorant BIG ASS, no smarter than the dumbest APE. I piss on your FLAG, on your bigoted COUNTRY and on your stuuuupid RepubliKKKan PREZ who is the shame of this entire planet, not only of your country. Oh and by the way, if you dind't notice yet, the USA is not the center of the universe."