Sh*t you're liberal about/Sh*t you're conservative about

[Precocity]

Correct Indy. The 5 point Likert scale is the most common in surveys. Often they group for summaries though. We see that a lot in polls.

The most common scale is worded a little different but it's pretty much the same. I think the reason the scale is worded different is to eliminate absolutes. It's easier for people to select Strongly than Totally. This gives a better representation since people that Totally agree would have no problem selecting Strongly agree but not the other way around.

-Strongly disagree
-Disagree
-Neither agree nor disagree
-Agree
-Strongly agree

There is also a 7-point scale and a 10-point scale. 7 point scales are rarely used. 10 point scales are typically used to crunch numbers for totals. It depends on how detailed they want to get to separate groups.

But for the purposes of this thread, a 5-point scale would be more than satisfactory in my opinion.

[Indy]

Yup and you hit on the key thing: eliminating absolutes.

And that has been my whole beef with red/blue, conservative/liberal, Dem/GOP here and every forum prior: the absolutism.

Granted, we are fed that 24/7 by the media because it makes for a simple narrative for Americans to follow. We should dump it.

[Precocity]

[Indy]

But we are animals coming here to be fed, and if that doesn't happen we start throwing the feces around the cage!

[Precocity]

[Indy]

You are speaking my refrain for years, my man...

[Precocity]

[J.K. Gregg]

[Indy]

@Precocity
I'm being facetious I don't come here to troll. I do give the thumbs up to the hose idea though. Just make them put the lotion in the basket first.

@JKG
Quit teasing us JKG: out with it already! This man has a hose, can't you see?

[J.K. Gregg]

Ok. Degrees of force.

If we believe that initating force is morally wrong, then let's catagorize systems of thought in degrees of force.