KC ([info]kc_anathema) wrote,
@ 2008-02-02 18:34:00
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F Scale
Fifty years ago, the Authoritarian Personality studies attempted to "construct an instrument that would yield an estimate of fascist receptivity at the personality level."

This online, interactive F Scale presents that instrument in its final form. Additional infomation, including an explanation of the personality variables the F Scale tries to measure, is given below after the questionnaire. So take the F Scale now --- or else!

My score: 3.2 -- You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.

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[info]mosellegreen
2008-02-03 01:45 am UTC (link)
All that "authoritarian personality" guff was contrived by cultural Marxists to prove that decent people were evil. >:-(

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[info]kc_anathema
2008-02-03 02:58 am UTC (link)
I agree a lot of the labelling is propaganda, but I think the ironic thing about Marxists wasn't that they came up with 'authoritarian personality' stuff, but rather than they themselves exemplified what they swore up and down they were fighting against.

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[info]mosellegreen
2008-02-03 03:05 am UTC (link)
Yep.

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[info]lindentreeisle
2008-02-03 01:59 am UTC (link)
So wait...I'm not fascist enough to be "a true American"? lulz.

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[info]kc_anathema
2008-02-03 02:53 am UTC (link)
Now now, just 'cause you got the whiner designation... ^_^

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[info]lindentreeisle
2008-02-03 03:20 am UTC (link)
Well you must admit you're walking a fine line when you create a scale for measuring fascist thinking based on detecting authoritarianism, when in fact you consider a moderate amount of authoritarianism to be a virtue.

;) Anyway, I don't really care what they call it- the result makes perfect sense to me.

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[info]kc_anathema
2008-02-03 03:51 am UTC (link)
True, but they use some liberal thought in there, too.

The results do seem to match up a bit in some regards.

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[info]firefox1490
2008-02-03 02:12 am UTC (link)
3.73
You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.

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[info]tygrrlyli
2008-02-03 02:37 am UTC (link)
2.566666666666667 - You are a liberal airhead.


Apparently I fail at life. Pooh. I wonder what the response is when you score really high.

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[info]kc_anathema
2008-02-03 03:00 am UTC (link)
It shows you at the bottom of the page. 4+ is somewhat authoritarian, 5+ goes into scary territory.

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[info]rowenablue
2008-02-03 03:25 am UTC (link)
i'm a liberal airhead. i guess it's official, now.

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[info]silverlightstar
2008-02-03 03:38 am UTC (link)
A 3.3666666666666667; according to that, I'm a disciplined but tolerant true American.

No learning Russian (or German) for me!

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[info]kc_anathema
2008-02-03 03:53 am UTC (link)
...Russian is okay. I tried learning German though (more like I had it forced on me when I lived there). I dunno, that language was just no fun.

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[info]silverlightstar
2008-02-03 04:33 am UTC (link)
No thanks for both; I couldn't spell in either language. XD

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[info]angelofmercy
2008-02-03 04:51 am UTC (link)
2.8833333 Liberal airhead

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[info]half_elven
2008-02-04 12:04 am UTC (link)
2.4446! Liberal airhead! And way proud of it too. *smirk*

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[info]graywolf44
2008-02-04 06:44 pm UTC (link)
3.9 - You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.

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[info]rin_x_x
2008-02-05 12:15 am UTC (link)
2.9333333 repeating. You are a liberal airhead.

Rofl. YAY!

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