All of those political tests show me very slightly right and a bit more libertarian. Agree on some stuff, disagree on others. Probably what makes me to the right is my thoughts on firearms. I'd prefer everyone, including felons to have them than only government & criminals (I repeat myself) have them. I've been shot at, both in combat and as a civilian which makes me that way, but I understand that my preference is just mine and might not be right for all of society. Indeed, some who share my experiences came away with different views.

The first time I laid eyes on dead Viet Cong, I observed that they were all very young. Empathy kicked in; their mothers are waiting for them. So was mine. Empathy died. I'm sad to say that empathy turns off at times to this day when I wish it wouldn't. A scar that never healed. Not right for everybody or even me. An emotional self-defense mechanism. At an intellectual level I still have both empathy and sympathy.

That little personal bit is to say that even though I am aware of the "lived experience" that shapes my opinions, I don't hold them as truth for all. My demons are not that of others, nor theirs mine. That's where the trouble come, people with different traumas often don't understand each other.