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[ragani]

I thought this test was interesting. I don't usually think much about where I fall on the political scales, and shy away from most extremes either way, so my results, although not terribly surprising, were thought provoking. You may want to do the test before reviewing my results.

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[ragani.livejournal.com]

That is part of what I found interesting about this. Most tests like this have the problem of asking questions that are about far too complex an issue and cannot be easily answered by Strongly Agree/Agree/Disagree/Strongly Disagree options. I find this to be the case for all those memes where you answer a bunch of questions that are clearly directed at one of the outcomes, making it easy to change the results.

To simplify it (for me), ask me what my favorite color is out of the selection that includes only the standard 6 colors in the rainbow, my answer would be green, ask me without the limit of the 6 colors and my answer would probably be burgundy. Although red or purple are closer in hue to burgundy, it was not an option, and since green is also a favorite color, it wins over two almosts, even though you hardly ever see me wear green. OK, so this is not a political example, but it is meant to illustrate that being given limited choices that do not include the preferred choice does not give a very accurate picture of someone. That, and I am a visual person.

The other thing I found interesting is that in the example, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama are all in the same general area as where it put me.