30 April 2005

Stupid Internet Survey: What political party should I be in?

What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?

You scored as Green.

Green83%
Republican75%
Anarchism75%
Democrat67%
Communism33%
Socialist33%
Nazi0%
Fascism0%

What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?
created with QuizFarm.com.

I took another one of those stupid polls. This one's on what political party you might best fit. It was very poorly written, because it turned out that I should be a member of the Green party. That's right—the party where its best-known members are a has-been consumer journalist and a guy who wants to legalize weed and sell it in clubs. Knowing what I do about it's platform, about the only things I agree with the Greens on are grassroots organization and environmentalism (though not to the degree of most Greens I have met; I still eat meat).

So I went back and looked at the questions. Man, they'll let any idiot write a quiz, won't they? In essence, it's all superficial junk, and in order to determine whether you're a Fascist, the quiz asks you, "Do you agree with the teachings of Benito Mussolini?" Okay, who other than a history nut (or an Italian civics teacher) is going to know what any of those teachings are? In general, the thing was horribly written, and slanted a little too much against Republicans. (Plus, when I altered one answer and punched it in again, I came out Fascist. How do you go from Green to Fascist with one answer? For that matter, how do you get an equal score for Republican and Anarchist?)

Oh well; the stupid thing is supposed to be all in fun anyway.