Are aspies more likely to be conservative?

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Arcona
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31 Dec 2008, 4:06 pm

I know several members and supporters of the BNP who have AS. Some are critical of Nick Gri££in but all are generally socially conservative.

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04 Jan 2009, 4:43 pm

I'm not liberal or conservative, left or right, up or down, Democrat or Republican, or whatever. Everything has to be black or white in this country and I'm sick of it. I consider myself a "realist" when it comes to politics. I see things the way they are, and not how I would like them to be. Kind of like how its fun to believe in Santa, even though you know he isn't real.

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04 Jan 2009, 6:40 pm

Conservative here.

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04 Jan 2009, 11:10 pm

Sir_Beefy wrote:

Did you really use polotics and Santa in the same sentence? I don't even feel like arguing I am so depressed right now.

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04 Jan 2009, 11:32 pm

Arcona wrote:

Zyborg wrote:

I think that is because NT;s are genetically programmed to follow leaders, while aspies are genetically programmed to analyse problems and come with solutions. Most aspies tend to be politically indifferent, but often tend to burn on one single issue.

Do you know if people with AS are more likely to vote for smaller political parties than NT people in countries where large political parties dominate, such as the US and the UK?

Does anyone? Its not like a polling company is going to be polling Aspie voting intentions in the near future. I will say one thing though here, Aspies do tend to be more politically aware and involved. Certainly from what experience I have had of politics anyway.

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04 Jan 2009, 11:36 pm

Arcona wrote:

Zyborg wrote:

Do you know if people with AS are more likely to vote for smaller political parties than NT people in countries where large political parties dominate, such as the US and the UK?

Almost all that I know are either libertarian or socialist. Very few vote mainstream.

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05 Jan 2009, 6:05 pm

Do people with AS tend to think highly of Ralph Nader or Pat Buchanan?

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05 Jan 2009, 6:11 pm

Arcona wrote:

Do people with AS tend to think highly of Ralph Nader or Pat Buchanan?

I think it depends on the Aspie, but many would prefer Nader or Buchanan over Obama or McCain. (As least from my experience.)
Personally, I voted for Charles Jay of the Boston Tea Party.

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06 Jan 2009, 5:22 pm

I've been a longtime moderate republican voter my whole life, unless I choose to vote otherwise.

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12 Jan 2009, 7:52 pm

I'm liberal only because i support equal rights for everyone, not expecting bureacracy to do it for me

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13 Jan 2009, 11:53 am

sethzack wrote:

Finally something I have that the majority of WP doesn't, great political views. I didn't really mean that, I can be very unbiased at times. I didn't care one way or the other until Sarah Palin was introduced, I am Conservative for the most part.

I'm also a Conservative, usually I get flamed or flame-baited in political debates on forums because of that fact.

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I'm liberal only because i support equal rights for everyone, not expecting bureacracy to do it for me

Contrary to popular belief, I've found that tends to be a Conservative viewpoint, the liberal viewpoint (at least where those in government tend to be concerned) is the one that involves bureacracy to do it, and legislate it to the point it does the opposite.

Reminds me of the first day in my Constititutional Law Class when the Professor asked about the eminent domain case where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of cities taking away property from individuals and giving it to businesses. I was one of the only people in the class that knew it was the Liberal Justices and the swing vote (Justice Kennedy) that voted it to be Constitutional, and the Conservative Judges were against it. All the neurotypicals in the room thought it was the other way around.

Conservatives are pro-business, but they are also pro-individual rights, including individual property rights. Liberals (at least in government), tend to be anti-business unless it increases tax revenues, and anti-individual rights, and pro-government being a nanny state.

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14 Jan 2009, 11:51 am

Anemone wrote:

I'm green/socialist, definitely further to the left than liberal.

Most people as poor as I am will be on the left somewhere. Plus anyone who needs more government services than average. Personally, I'm glad some people on the spectrum feel economically secure enough to be on the right. But I don't expect there'd be many of you.

Do you favor redistribution of wealth and income? You should be aware that thieves favor redistribution of wealth and income, but they make it a private matter. When governments do it, it is called compassion.

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14 Jan 2009, 11:52 am

Arcona wrote:

Do people with AS tend to think highly of Ralph Nader or Pat Buchanan?

I am an Old Aspie who thinks Ralph Nader is a sourpuss and a killjoy. I think Buchanan is an antisemite and a bigot.

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17 Jan 2009, 5:46 pm

Perhaps in a non political way... such as simply liking things to be traditional and predictable.

Politically? I hope not. :-P I'm certainly not a Conservative anyway.

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19 Jan 2009, 12:43 am

Inuyasha wrote:

Conservatives are pro-business, but they are also pro-individual rights, including individual property rights. Liberals (at least in government), tend to be anti-business unless it increases tax revenues, and anti-individual rights, and pro-government being a nanny state.

I have found that conservatives are typically against individual rights. The most clear example of the day being gay rights. Women's rights had their opposition from the right, as did the Civil rights movement. Also, the support of torture is a conservative thing, and that violates human rights in so many ways.

To make myself clear, I am not saying that conservatives must be against gay/women's/minorities/human rights, but that the people who are against such things are almost exclusively conservative.

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19 Jan 2009, 1:13 am

ruveyn wrote:

Anemone wrote:

All states favour redistribution of wealth, just that some forget about social justice when doing it.

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