Saturday, June 26, 2010

It needed to be said

The World's Smallest Political Quiz (and the diamond-shaped model that is connected with it) may be far better than the political spectrum, but it is still misleading.  I do not know whether it is a cause of the problem or it is simply related to the cause of the problem, but its lessons on the conservative positions on "social" or "personal" issues are similar to conclusions that have warped even many conservatives' understanding of those issues.  The divide between social and economic issues tracks the split between the constituencies that are interested in each type of issue.  There is no general rule (nor should there be) that the conservative position on social or "personal" issues is defined by the willingness to use force.
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