I came to look at a former co-worker Jim as an example of a misguided contemporary liberal person. Similar thinking people may now call themselves "progressive". One thing I found in common in discussions with other liberal/progressive folks is that they tend to obfuscate the subject to win an argument rather than find common ground. It could be that about 20% of the voters fit this category. The problem is that Jim also has a high competitive nature, perhaps 8 out of 10 on that scale. That means he cannot hardly stand to be wrong. I estimate Jim is about a 6 on the Narcissist scale. President Obama is about a 9.

This is all good data for my Personality and Public Policy Profile (PPPP) project that I have been working at home for some years. The idea is to be able to quickly understand why a person votes the way they do. The problem is that many of my progressive friends do not seem to want to take such a test, at least not publicly. It may surprise some to realized they are not progressive in any good way. Instead they are really more an authoritarian!

If you base your understanding on questionable sources it is very easy to get the wrong idea about [fill in the blank].

Please do not engage in pointless conflict…