I also found the chart to make straw man arguments of conservative ideals. It’s largely a caricature of the elements of conservative thought the left doesn’t understand, or cannot fathom the nuance of.
It’s interesting that the chart uses terms like “Militaristic” and “Aggression” and “Tough Love” which all have a generally negative connotation while using “Pacifism” and “Diplomacy” for the left with “Nurturing.”
It’s cool to look at though. :)
The image appeared in my book Information Is Beautiful in Feb 2009 and was immediately set upon by right-wing bloggers. They drubbed it for its left-wing bias. Fair play, I thought. They made some good points. As a left-leaning journalistic type, I had clearly - and unconsciously - biased the diagram to make the Left seem better than than the Right. So I got into lengthy (and sometimes heated) discussion with my right wing critics. Taking in their feedback - and no small-amount of fireballs in the comments - I updated the image, refining the wording and changing a few other subtle elements for a hopefully more balanced end result.
I can't find that image but I'd love see it.
Yet pacifist nurturing leftists want to brutally murder everyone who doesn’t agree with them.
That was kind of my take on it...as I was telling DoodleBob, I saw the flaws immediately, but I got value out of gleaning out of it another angle on how the Left sees us on the Right...entirely predictable, but...like you said, fun to look at!