We are gathering interested people in creating a group political blog with recruits from MKW. Our goal is to create a blog of diverse authors across the political spectrum to write about political issues and current events. The serious discussion/debate forum is going formal!
Here's how it works. All bloggers are encouraged to use whatever blogging tool or website they wish. We will use this thread as the common room in a big "blog collaboration", and all the blogs will link to and be linked from this thread. It's sort of like a shared apartment where everyone has their own room, but there is a big common area.
All suggestions and volunteers are welcome, but please consider potential your long-term involvement before jumping in! To start off, we'll probably do just the blogs, but a separate forum or chat would also be interesting in the future.
Potential bloggers are encouraged to check out this quiz and use the results as part of your blogging profile, which I will create in this thread at your discretion and which you should elaborate on in your blog.
The above test is good, but it asks an opinion on many US-specific issues which creates a certain bias. I recommend those interested to take this test as well: The Political Compass. It is more accurate on a general scale and can help temper your results from the first quiz, especially if you don't live in the USA. Thanks to Chigurh for the information on that.
Although we want to be as open as possible, both MichelleHeart and I have expressed a concern in maintaining a good standard of quality. If your blogging is full of poor grammar and unsupported, silly claims, we may deny you admission or remove you from the group by majority vote.
The only thing required of our bloggers is that they link back to this thread, preferably using the banner at the top of the page or the smaller banner/sig at the bottom of the page.
You are a far-right social libertarian.
Right: 7.76, Libertarian: 8.68
My Political Compass
I hope that explains why I consider myself a traditional conservative. I am nowhere near the leftist social libertarians. I'm more of a Ron Paul flavor libertarian, which is classic conservatism at its best. If I'm not, that's where I stand anyway.
I am a center-right social libertarian.
Right: 2.72, Libertarian: 4.81
The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.23
I am fiscally conservative, but socially liberal. My general policy for everything is do whatever you want, as long as you don't infringe upon others' rights and you keep your hands out of my wallet.
I am a center-right social libertarian.
Right 1.46; Libertarian 3.86
I am a social and fiscal moderate, though I lean slightly to the right because I believe in small government.
Liberal
Chigurh
Spoiler
My Political Views - Political Spectrum Quiz
I am a center-left social libertarian.
Left: 2.03, Libertarian: 5.87
I'm more about less social barriers between people and globalization than anything, since it impacts the world most obviously. I'm a pretty firm non-interventionalist and cultural liberal. Not so much hippy as freedom of expression.
I am a center-left moderate social authoritarian.
Left: 1.87, Authoritarian: 2.58
I'm neutral for a lot of topics. I don't really point towards a certain type of group. e.g. Democrats, republican. However a lot of my thoughts come from different parties.
Other
bowdeni (Socialist)
Spoiler
22, Male
UK
My primary concerns are to raise the standard of living for everyone. I believe everyone should have equal opportunity of life, right across the globe and my policies represent that. My primary objective is to reduce suffering across the planet for both humans and animals.
Thank you, CrazyAce01, for organizing this information. You seem to be much better at that than I am. I know there were a lot more people that were interested, but members should confirm their new stance as of now. This is a collaborative effort, so anyone with a fair knowledge of politics is welcome!
Any ideas are also welcome. To start off, we'll probably do just the blogs, but a forum and chat would also be interesting.
Co-Leader of Clan Bankai
Leader of The Greatest Superlatives
Leader of The New Clan Bankai
Organizer of the Clan Win Percentages Table
WCL Division Head
So yeah. I've gotten good at this sort of thing, I think. And it's no trouble, I'm happy to be on board!
Am I considered a liberal here? I haven't taken the time to all the viewpoints...
Goodjob, CrazyAce, I hope to see the blog up soon, your working fast on it.
EDIT: Well, i just did a bit more research and I can be considered as a liberal, but it doesn't make me oppose EVERY topic a conservative disscusses. I'd be very happy to join if you'd let me.
Last edited by The 8-Bit Wonder; 09-06-2009 at 07:28 AM.
I'm glad we have so much interest! Remember that we do want to have a certain standard of quality. Grammar and spelling are the appetizer, good topics are the main course.
I'm going to update the first post with more information shortly.
Edit:
Done with the latest update. Took some suggestions from MichelleHeart on-board, and set up how the list of authors will look (initially, nothing is set in stone). Interested authors, give me some info/what you would like on your profile!
Last edited by CrazyAce01; 09-06-2009 at 04:24 PM.
Also, are we all going to setup blogs on the same platform (i.e. blogger, wordpress, xanga, etc.)?
You can use whatever platform you want. They will all be linked back here. Once we stabilize I'm going to look into making a webring for everyone's blog. Until then, just make sure your blog links back here in some location.
I'll put you under conservative but let me know if you'd prefer something else.
Last edited by CrazyAce01; 09-06-2009 at 04:39 PM.
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