Who Is What?

I've asked members before to identify their ideological status and got a lot of "I don't believe in labels" responses.

I'm going to change the "question":

If you are game assess fellow members as one of the following (in no particular order):

1) Liberal
2) Progressive
3) Democrat
4) Leftist
5) Conservative
6) Libertarian
7) Republican
8) Rightist

Ideally you will use only one term, but if you feel it necessary, use more than one. I can't stop anyone from making up their own classifications or insisting that no classification applies, but please try not to.

It is important to note that there are no value judgments around these terms except those you bring to the exercise.

This is a version of a management exercise I have employed in companies I have helped run or owned.

I think most of us will not be surprised by how we are regarded even if we insist on rejecting labels, but some people may indeed be very surprised (this was my experience when I used this with my companies).

As long everyone is able to restrain themselves from invective, this shouldn't be a controversial thread.

It could lead to good discussion about what these terms, universally, mean.

I'll start it off with my next post.