Forget left and right, Democrat and Republican, empiricist vs. rationalist, Beatles vs. Stones.

We really have two types of people. First, reasonable people who can participate in helping civilization remain stable and make progress. Second, horrible people whom we should just ignore.

Which one are you? Take our quiz …

(1) When it comes to economics, you value:

• A. Making sure everyone has a safety net that covers basic needs such as health care, housing and food.
• B. Anything that won’t offend your libertarian uncle or your progressive niece.
• C. Burning down Wall Street and getting the government to fund all of your schooling all the way through to your Ph.D. in Indigenous Cannabis Studies.
• D. Maximizing wealth and convincing workers and farmers it will eventually trickle down to them.

(2) You’ve discovered that a celebrity used “she” in describing someone who prefers “they.” The celebrity was unaware of that person’s pronoun preferences. You:

• A. Let that person politely inform the celebrity of their preferences.
• B. Write a long Twitter thread about how we all need to understand each other while not really adding to the conversation.
• C. Make sure #RIPCelebrity or #CancelCelebrity is trending.
• D. Ridicule anyone who prefers “they.”

(3) You believe abortion is:

• A. A difficult issue of theology and biology, but you recognize the evidence that better access to birth control (including “morning-after” pills that should be immediately available to rape victims) and child care reduce the chances that women will have to make tough decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.
• B. Something we should never, ever talk about — here, have some pie!
• C. Something that anyone who dares to question is a tool of the patriarchy — read The Handmaid’s Tale!
• D. Wrong because people shouldn’t be having sex in the first place unless they’re rich and can afford to “take care” of any mistresses they knock up.

(4) You believe dogs are:

• A. Awesome.
• B. Inferior to cats.
• C. Fine, as long as they’re so pure-bred that they develop hip and liver problems by age 2.
• D. Gross.

(5) Your yard is:

• A. Not a high priority, but you make sure it’s not an eyesore.
• B. Something to which you devote a lot of effort.
• C. So overgrown that snakes sometimes slither out and attack people on the sidewalk.
• D. Immaculately maintained with regular doses of poisonous chemicals sprayed by illegal immigrants, all while you campaign against illegal immigrants.

(6) Speaking of immigration, you:

• A. Are aware of the fact that we’ve encouraged people to cross the border for decades and that our “legal immigration” pathway is broken and needs to be fixed.
• B. Say “Oh, I just wish they were here legally.”
• C. Believe anyone who wants to leave Guatemala should have a government-funded 4,000-square-foot house.
• D. Put asylum-seekers in cages, separated from their children, and don’t care that the “legal immigration” pathway is broken.

(7) You watch cable news:

• A. Never. You get your news and analysis from major newspapers and perhaps a few opinion sites and some news organizations from overseas.
• B. Sometimes, trying to get “both sides” by alternating between CNN and Fox.
• C. Every night, exclusively MSNBC.
• D. Every night, exclusively Fox. (Bonus point if you prefer OANN.)

(8) You’re in the Senate. Your immediate reaction to the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is …:

• A. A heartfelt expression of your grief and respect for her service to this country.
• B. A heartfelt expression of your grief and respect for her service to this country.
• C. A heartfelt expression of your grief and respect for her service to this country.
• D. An announcement that you’ll be replacing her before Columbus Day.