On politics I would like a way to say, I don’t identify with any political theory. To me this is like asking “what religion do you identify most with?” with options christianity, Islam, hinduism, other and the option to click no boxes. If, as an atheist with no religious ties you click other you’re in with shintoists and satanists and other other unmentioned religions. If you don’t answer you’re just not giving an answer. You could just not want to say. In any case the question frames things so that you have to subscribe to a questionable framework to answer it all
Solutions:
Option like the morality one, perhaps, 0 identification
options for “other” and “prefer not to say” retaining the ability to click no boxes, though there are probably other reasons to click no boxes.
or, as someone suggested in the original thread another question to gage how much you identify with something. The current way If I had to pick an answer I could probably dredge up some preference for one or another theories, but I’d be in the same box as someone actively promoting and a part of what option they clicked. Boxes for strongly identify, identify and weakly identify maybe. Or something.
Got to go.
edit: Could someone kindly explain the downvotes? I’m guessing Too esoteric? Personally not bothered? bothered that I’m bothered?
edit2: just realised some line breaks in the comment box haven’t translated to line breaks in the published comment. Is the post just hard to read?
On politics I would like a way to say, I don’t identify with any political theory. To me this is like asking “what religion do you identify most with?” with options christianity, Islam, hinduism, other and the option to click no boxes. If, as an atheist with no religious ties you click other you’re in with shintoists and satanists and other other unmentioned religions. If you don’t answer you’re just not giving an answer. You could just not want to say. In any case the question frames things so that you have to subscribe to a questionable framework to answer it all
Solutions:
Option like the morality one, perhaps, 0 identification options for “other” and “prefer not to say” retaining the ability to click no boxes, though there are probably other reasons to click no boxes. or, as someone suggested in the original thread another question to gage how much you identify with something. The current way If I had to pick an answer I could probably dredge up some preference for one or another theories, but I’d be in the same box as someone actively promoting and a part of what option they clicked. Boxes for strongly identify, identify and weakly identify maybe. Or something.
Got to go.
edit: Could someone kindly explain the downvotes? I’m guessing Too esoteric? Personally not bothered? bothered that I’m bothered?
edit2: just realised some line breaks in the comment box haven’t translated to line breaks in the published comment. Is the post just hard to read?