Asperger's & Radical, reactionary, or Syncretic politics

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What are your politics?
I'm a mainstream conservative. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I'm a mainstream progressive. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I'm a mainstream (right) libertarian. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I am a little bit radical (right). 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I am a little bit radical (left). 38%  38%  [ 6 ]
I am reactionary! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I am a little bit radical (right-libertarian) 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
I am a mainstream (left) libertarian. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I am radically right. 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
I am radically left. 25%  25%  [ 4 ]
I am a syncretic radical! 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
I am radically (right) Libertarian 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
I am radically (left) Libertarian 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I am a little bit radical (left-libertarian) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other (explain in thread) 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 16

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20 Jun 2010, 2:17 pm

skafather84 wrote:
Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
What do you think of this thread's thesis - that a disproportionate amount of people on the autistic spectrum tend to subscribe to radical, reactionary, or syncreticist politics?

You mean that autistics tend to be more extremist? I already said that I believed this was true. Nobody who has voted has claimed to be mainstream.


But these are also only the people who post here in the political arena of the site. If you got people who were mostly apolitical (as much of the world is), you'd get much more mainstream and moderate responses. It's when one invests heavy time into looking into subjects that extreme responses are formed because of the nature of how ruined many aspects of society are due to poor policy and ill-conceived laws that have both become endemic to society but are still dregs on society (just, most people have learned to ignore it since they're not directly affected by it).


In hindsight, it would've been smarter to post this thread on the "General Autism Discussion" to get a more representative sample.



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20 Jun 2010, 9:34 pm

I think the whole left or right ideals are stupid.

The best is simple common sense. :)
What works best whether it is considered left wing or right wing.
Or Conservative or Radical.



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21 Jun 2010, 6:26 am

danieltaiwan wrote:
I think the whole left or right ideals are stupid.

The best is simple common sense. :)
What works best whether it is considered left wing or right wing.
Or Conservative or Radical.

I don't know what that is, and everything I hear fills me with fear of it.