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- capheine, on 10/20/2009, -118/+1214I don't even know where to begin when describing how ***** and ridiculous this is. The stereotypes portrayed on both sides are just... well, stereotypes. I would be tremendously insulted no matter what side of the political spectrum I'm on, especially in regards to the parenting stuff - it portrays liberal parents as hippie nonconfrontational pussies and conservative parents as unfeeling drill sergeants.
- bustaballs, on 10/20/2009, -28/+419Wow. This is a well organized collection of stereotypes.
- i23Photography, on 10/21/2009, -60/+410The colors are backwards
- SneakyNinja, on 10/20/2009, -106/+404You're never going to be able to do a left v. right comparison without making generalizations.
I thought it was a pretty unbiased depiction of both side's POV. - kemp34, on 10/20/2009, -14/+231This infographic is a perfect expression of the package deal logical fallacy in the extreme.
- Shiftyeyedgoat, on 10/21/2009, -2/+178Well, at least we can agree on one thing:
80% of "the right" and 90% of "the left" can support unmarried sex. - Azyrii, on 10/21/2009, -4/+172The United States is the only country that associates red with conservatism and blue with liberalism. Everyone else associates blue with conservatism and red with liberalism.
- brokeswagen, on 10/21/2009, -29/+186stereotypes exist for a reason, because they tend to be true. I know I'm going to get buried but ***** it, you know its kind of true.
- NorthMass, on 10/20/2009, -26/+162The left-right paradigm makes no sense. This chart actually makes a good attempt at trying to explain it, but in reality the left-right paradigm is simply made to divide people and it is ridiculously flawed.
I mean, just look at libertarians. There is no room for them on the left-right paradigm, even though libertarianism is a well-defined viewpoint, one of personal freedom and economic freedom. The only thing that happens is sometimes Republicans and Democrats who want to sound like a rebel call themselves a libertarian, and when their party is in power they lump in libertarians with their opposition.
stereotypical Republican insult to a libertarian 5 years ago - LOL you libertarians are libtards.
stereotypical Democrat insult to a libertarian now - You libertarian Bush loving hillbillies. - eastwood24, on 10/20/2009, -6/+117This Ted Talk from 2008 on the topic of moral pyscholgy is a great supplimental for this infographic:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_ ... - schlagsahne, on 10/21/2009, -10/+119I agree. The parenting part of this infographic is retarded.
What parent doesn't at some point use tough love AND nurturing love? It's not an either/or situation....
And let's not even get into the career destinations part of it... - ippey, on 10/20/2009, -7/+103I'm in favor for "witchever" one spells correctly.
- kemp34, on 10/20/2009, -4/+94I think the problem is that most people do not fit into a schema with only two huge stereotypes. I relate with quite a bit on each side and totally am not like quite a bit on each side. Dualistic thinking in these terms is overly simplistic and not representative of most of reality.
- whatthefu, on 10/20/2009, -11/+96I'd agree but I don't think this is based on stereotypes. This graphic is speaking in absolutes. If you identify with left or right politics that doesn't mean you're exactly as how the graphic portrays.
- MattyDub, on 10/21/2009, -2/+79The moral of the story: Everyone supports unmarried sex.
- alpha88, on 10/21/2009, -7/+79It's far far left vs far far right. Most people fall somewhere in between.
- btschul, on 10/21/2009, -8/+79Why did Libertarians get stuck on the left side?
- bjornski, on 10/21/2009, -41/+100I thought it was a pretty horse-***** depiction of both sides POV, honestly.
- RansomHoldiay, on 10/21/2009, -12/+7191% of conservatives SUPPORT war? wtf. no ***** one should support war in general
- geekd, on 10/20/2009, -30/+75If that chart is what a "conservative" is, then Republicans are NOT conservative. Notice the big "Do not interfere with social lives and society" at the top right. Yeah, that's the republican party, all right.
- David513, on 10/21/2009, -3/+47Any chart that is stupid enough to call libertarians left-wing types is useless. And that's part of the reason the chart itself is stupid. The popular left-right paradigm can't account for libertarians or populists or anybody who falls outside of the narrow definitions of the two major parties. It's the legal restrictions that push us toward a two-party system that force people to choose to be a part of one of the two camps, even though a LOT of people don't belong in one of them. For instance, a libertarian is going to TEND to agree with left-wing Democrats on social issues and TEND to agree with right-wing Republicans on economic issues, but they don't belong in either camp. (In the same way, populists tend to favor government control of both social AND economic affairs, so they don't really fit in either major group, either, IMO.)
The so-called Nolan Chart is a much better representation of the real world, because it takes two different dimensions into account instead of just one. See for yourself if you're not familiar with it:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html
If you're interested in some information about how the two major parties crowd out other voices (and try to keep all the power within the narrow left-right definition), you might be interested in this book forum held recently at the Cato Institute. You can see video of it or download an MP3:
http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6375 - jerryjamesstone, on 10/20/2009, -63/+104Red = Right and Blue = Left. At least get the colors right if you are gonna generalize! LOL Cool graphic though.
- randyzaia, on 10/21/2009, -10/+51Libertarians on the left? I uh...don't think so.
- Denominator88, on 10/21/2009, -6/+46True conservatives don't vote for their nation to go to war.
- Militaris, on 10/21/2009, -6/+45Since when has the communist and labour party colour been represented with the colour blue?
Their colour choice seems stereotypically correct to me.. - bjornski, on 10/21/2009, -19/+56Ya, this graphic sucks on both sides of the aisle.
Buried as crap. - detcade, on 10/21/2009, -5/+42There may be blatant stereotypes in the infograph, but a lot of it depicts real trends and tendencies. Heck, there's even statistical percentages in there.
We shouldn't discount the entire thing. If anything, it's a decent caricature.
From the blog post:
"Of course, the political spectrum is not quite so polarised. Actually, it’s more of a diamond shape, apparently. But this is how it’s mostly presented via the media – left wing vs. right wing, liberal vs. conservative, Labour vs Tory. And perhaps in our minds too…"
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/left-vs ... - AngelBunny, on 10/21/2009, -0/+36If you actual read the article (click on the picture) then you would have seen,
"Of course, the political spectrum is not quite so polarised. Actually, it’s more of a diamond shape, apparently. But this is how it’s mostly presented via the media – left wing vs. right wing, liberal vs. conservative, Labour vs Tory."
This is not accurate but more of a representation of how the news represents politics today. - errik03, on 10/21/2009, -18/+52My Republican child can beat up your Democratic kid!!
- cupboardwitch, on 10/21/2009, -0/+32Then you're purple.
- crunchyeyeball, on 10/21/2009, -1/+32"All people do on digg is make generalizations...Digg is full of hypocrites"
Help!...Someone call 911...I think my irony gland has just exploded. - SirBruce, on 10/21/2009, -4/+33It means they voted for Obama. Zing!
- iamacyborg, on 10/21/2009, -0/+29The party system itself is already a package deal fallacy.
- apothekari, on 10/21/2009, -7/+35"Woodrow Wilson and FDR dragged us into WW1 and WW2"
This is the stupidest comment I've read in a while. And pretty pan-germanic as well.
Wilson was an ISOLATIONIST.
FDR waited for several YEARS as Europe fell and England burned because the American people didn't want to go to war again so soon after WWI, So nothing happened until a little event called Pearl Harbor.
Read a history book once in a while, it makes you not look generalist and reactionary. - bjornski, on 10/21/2009, -4/+32To cause arguments. Nothing more.
- Denominator88, on 10/21/2009, -10/+36True conservatives don't vote for war.
- randyzaia, on 10/21/2009, -1/+25The colors should have been that way to begin with. The color red has traditionally been associated with causes the Left tends to support.
- sputnikv, on 10/21/2009, -1/+25you knew you wouldn't be buried
- bmad965, on 10/21/2009, -1/+23We all lose.
- lukas88, on 10/21/2009, -4/+26Should be retitled: stereotypes useful for perpetuating bipartisan bickering.
The problem is, neither side fits most people exactly, but the belief that it does supports an us/them attitude. Not exactly helpful for working together or encouraging a broad perspective. - srsgd8, on 10/21/2009, -0/+22I think he meant traditional conservative in the sense that Barry Goldwater was a traditional conservative, which is accurate. You could also make a case that libertarians are usually associated with classical liberalism. The words conservative and liberal mean nothing without the historic context.
- freshgrease, on 10/21/2009, -4/+25But after we are done suing you for a racial hate crime, I'll be the last one to laugh.
/s I'm a moderate, and I think law suits are the bane of our existence. - SakisRakis, on 10/21/2009, -7/+27But in practice the right does.
- cirrusminor73, on 10/21/2009, -0/+20"There are two versions (of this infographic) with different colours: a US and a World version. This is because the US and Switzerland are the only countries in the world where red = right wing and blue = left wing."
-quote from the makers web page - yocouchdigga, on 10/21/2009, -3/+23I can't believe some putz buried this... TED Talks are awesome.
- transitive, on 10/21/2009, -2/+21no, not really. most libertarians are primarily concerned with personal freedom and a laisez faire business environment. that doesn't make them especially close to people who want to uphold traditional (and/or religious) values.
- tmonsta1, on 10/21/2009, -10/+29because libertarianism is a branch of liberalism...
which is why folks that understand the libertarian philosophy and it's roots, not just it's bullet points aren't conservatives - grapeguy, on 10/21/2009, -1/+20Then you're a member of the true majority.
- btschul, on 10/21/2009, -3/+21"Economy" is right under the bit where it says Libertarians. It says "Regulated economy, business, and industry", which is basically the antithesis of what Libertarians believe. And Libertarians aren't "socially liberal" in the same way that liberals are "socially liberal." The liberal definition of social freedom is "you are free to do what we want you to do", and the Libertarian definition of social freedom is "you are free to do whatever you want unless it interferes with someone else's right to do the same."
- greendalek, on 10/21/2009, -0/+18Then you're a real human being.
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