The Baha'i Studies Listserv I scored exactly where the Dalai Lama stands. ;-}
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Stephen Kent Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > The NPR article supposes so. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_(politician) > > Independent does have connotations of centrism actually. > > Also, what are your exact coordinates on the political compass? > > http://politicalcompass.org/ > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 21, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Don Calkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Since when does "independent" mean that you can not tend toward the left or > the Democratic party? > > My political philosophy is libertarian left; that makes it very difficult > to accept the views of most Republican candidates. The fact is that the > mean political philosophy in the U.S. has moved significantly to the > authoritarian right, even among most Democrats. 20-30 years ago, I > routinely split my ballot. Today, I can find very few Republicans anywhere > in the country that I could vote for. In fact, the number of Democrats that > I find acceptable has also declined significantly. More and more, I find > myself voting not for the best candidate, but for the least objectionable > candidate. > > Don C > > On Nov 21, 2012, at 10:51 04AM, Stephen Kent Gray wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_rejection_of_politics > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/08/22/159588275/are-independents-just-partisans-in-disguise > > Saidri is an example of while Bahais are supposedly independent, but > generally have a a leftist or Democrat bias. > > Sent from my iPad > > > > ----------- > It doesn't matter whether the sun shines if you never go outside. > > > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-676146-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
