That also seems to me to be an excellent recipe for confrontation.

If I label myself as a Republican, does that mean that I have to agree to all of the gang rules and become Pro-Life, Pro-Death, cut funding for education, increase regulation, attack Muslims, store an arsenal of nukes, etc. or do I get a chance to voice an objection to a few things that I consider playground antics and self-serving and possibly even dangerous?

If I choose instead to wear a Democrat label do I have to blacken my face, come out of the closet, advocate mercy killings and abortions, turn over my budget to the U.N., and memorize Cum-ba-ja?

To be honest, I find both gangs childish and fraudulent, self-serving and fraught with cheap rhetoric. Perhaps we could rise above that and think for ourselves.

Just before opening the trap-door, recommend a blog that is respectful and dignified.

I really wish they'd cut funding to education; then perhaps I'd feel more comfortable in voting for them each election.

As this little quiz shows, the political overviews are more of a cross-index, in which Libertarians, Statists, Leftist-Liberals, Rightist-Conservatives, and Centrists are all pretty accurately identified.  But note that categorization doesn't say anything about you politically except what your overarching philosophical views are.

I'm a Centrist, and so are my two older children (as well as my daughter's boyfriend).  But even though we adhere to the philosophy that government intervention should be selective, the four of us differ as to when, why, and how that intervention should occur.

To pull just one example off your list, El Grillo, I suspect that there is going to be a variance in the view of the regulars here as to the application of the death penalty.  Likewise with School Choice, Right to Work, fair faxation, GWOT, civil rights, gay rights, and Right to Life.  Even where we generally agree, there may be diversity in specifics.

http://www.rightmichigan.com/comments/2008/9/8/16415/30363/3#3

concerning comments made about oil and gas, and "the automobile culture" that we supposedly have (ahd should feel sorry for) in our country. He never responded. That's the thing - he hasn't actually engaged in any discourse, at least not that I have seen.

Better luck next time, and as KRH pointed out - moderates, libertarians, centrists, neo-conservatives and paleoconservatives all have found a way to discuss the issues around here. It only seems to be liberals who don't like discussing issues, but merely muddying the waters and trolling.