Reply #167: Well, but that oversimplifies things, doesn't it? [View All]

[JPettus]

Where someone else is on the scale is based upon the perspective you have from your own position.

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My little brother sees himself as mainstream (he's a social conservative, what I consider radical religious. He thinks he is in that middle right and perhaps in the group of people he runs in, he may not be as conservative as some of his buddies. From where I am (and I consider myself middle-left) he's very conservative.

And I find that most people are in different positions on the line on different issues. On social issues I tend to be further left than on fiscal issues, and see a lot of other people the same way.

Well, I'm thick skinned. I've debated fundamentalists and conservatives on Usenet for ten years. I am used to the childish name calling. ;-)