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@jessesingal “I scored 92% on the Burnham Liberal Test (1964) — “Full-Blown Liberal.” 39 questions from Suicide of the West. Take it yourself” This item floated across my timeline when I was thinking of today’s entertainment. Taking a 1964 test about being “a liberal” should provide enough text to put between the pictures. Liberal was not an insult in 1964.
Jesse is a curious character. He is the co-host of Blocked and Reported, my monday morning podcast. Jesse has a lot of opinions, with a great deal of ideological diversity. If you listen/read long enough, you will be offended by something.
Today’s content hit a roadblock when I tried to find out Jesse’s middle name and birthday. Google/Wikipedia does not want to say. After a bit of digging, I found a dodgy website, Transgender Map. “Jesse Richard Singal was born November 24, 1983 … Singal and anti-transgender troll Katie Herzog started the “drama” podcast Blocked and Reported in 2020, which has significant coverage overlap with other anti-trans drama outlets like Libs of TikTok and The Matt Walsh Show.”
The first question: “All forms of racial segregation and discrimination are wrong. Agree/Disagree” This is basically what liberal/conservative meant in 1964, when I was ten years old. The rest of the questions used the Agree/Disagree format, which makes grading easier. Semantics and gray areas are not considered. Some of the other questions are interesting. Click here for a complete list.
09 – “If reasonable compensation is made, the government of a nation has the legal and moral right to expropriate private property within its borders, whether owned by citizens or foreigners.”
12 – “Any interference with free speech and free assembly, except for cases of immediate public danger or juvenile corruption, is wrong.”
15 – “Hotels, motels, stores and restaurants in southern United States ought to be obliged by law to allow Negroes to use all of their facilities on the same basis as whites.”
19 – “Corporal punishment, except possibly for small children, is wrong.”
24 – “Congressional investigating committees are dangerous institutions, and need to be watched and curbed if they are not to become a serious threat to freedom.”
27 – “In determining who is to be admitted to schools and universities, quota systems based on color, religion, family or similar factors are wrong.”
28 – “The national government should guarantee that all adult citizens, except for criminals and the insane, should have the right to vote.”
29 – “Joseph McCarthy was probably the most dangerous man in American public life during the fifteen years following the Second World War.”
33 – “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and expression.”
39 – “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”
Many of these statements look very different 62 years later. #27 would be the conservative view today. In many of these issues, they sound good until you consider the implications. “Freedom of expression” includes going on a shooting spree.
“72% Mostly Liberal You share most of the liberal assumptions Burnham identified, though not without reservation.” Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the social media picture in March 1942. “Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Miss Irene Hill, nurse technician, taking baby to be x-rayed” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah