January 14, 2002

3:18 PM

The Conservative Intellectual's Matchmaker Quiz:Just answer the questions - whichever ones you like - and you'll know the name of your potential real-life conservative sweethearts. Not to mention a great collection of like-minded, mostly highbrow and academic links. Ideal for lying, trouble-making lefties too![more inside]
posted by MiguelCardoso (9 comments total)

If you can't be bothered registering, try my username and password: MEC/AGjepgw2
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:21 PM on January 14, 2002

I got my fairshare of hits, but according to yet another online test I took once I am a "left-leaning libertarian"(whatever the hell that is) so I'd probably alienate hot chicks of any political stripe. Ah, The Lonely Libertarian(sounds like the title of a poilitacal soap-opera, dosen't it?)
posted by jonmc at 4:28 PM on January 14, 2002

Wouldn't a left leaning libertarian be a liberal?
posted by Doug at 4:40 PM on January 14, 2002

Wouldn't a left leaning libertarian be a liberal?

Eh, kinda. Imagine a democrat with a jones for a free-market, or a republican who's pro-gay rights and smokes pot and you're somewhere in the neighborhood.

All I know is after taking the aformentioned test. I started getting catalogs from handgun companies and charities working on behalf of Randy Weaver.
Now I support the right to bear arms, and sympathise with Mr. Weaver's plight, but I'm not quite ready for pledge week with the local militia yet. Not to mention, all the mailings were addressed to "Donald Monelly" which is a rather bizarre mangling of my name. So be careful what tests you take, kids.
posted by jonmc at 4:52 PM on January 14, 2002

Scary -- I took the test just for kicks, and one of my matches was someone whose blog I've been reading for about a year. Hope his wife and my husband don't mind too much!
posted by Dreama at 6:33 PM on January 14, 2002

Wouldn't a left leaning libertarian be a liberal?
A libertarian is by definition liberal.
posted by thirteen at 7:24 PM on January 14, 2002

A libertarian is by definition liberal.

In the classical sense, yes. But many folks, myself included, prefer libertarianism to dissassociate ourselves from modern-day liberalisms more boneheaded manifestations.(identity politics, cradle-to-grave welfare,etc.) just as many old-style conservatives have moved to libertarianism to dissassociate from homophobia, racism, pro-life fanatics, etc.
posted by jonmc at 7:47 PM on January 14, 2002

I was somewhat irritated that Bertrand Russell isn't even among the influential people selections available. Fortunately there was a write in option.
posted by scottymac at 8:55 PM on January 14, 2002

What's a conservative intellectual? I see/hear "conservatives" slamming "intellectuals" as something dirty and "liberal" very often so it makes that statement seem contradictory.
posted by nofundy at 5:09 AM on January 15, 2002