How do I say that I'm relatively liberal without offending anyone on Facebook? I'm 14?

[Tall Green Alien]

I'm impressed that you are interested in politics at such a young age! First, don't listen to these people who are answering your questions with their nutty comments. Gay rights and abortion don't have anything to do with one another, as you know, so there's no contradiction in you supporting one and not the other. I am also opposed to abortion, btw, though I am liberal on most subjects. So maybe I'm an 8 or 9 on your scale. I suspect that you are more afraid of being picked on and having to defend your positions than that you are afraid of offending someone. So I guess the first thing is to be educated on the issues, and to be prepared to defend your positions. On Facebook, you don't have to say "liberal." You could say "progressive" because conservatives like to demonize the word "liberal." But you could also say "independent," which you could mean to say that your views are mixed. Whatever you do in politics, though, means you have to have courage and thick skin. These days people are always looking to call each other names, like a lot of these people on Y/A. I suggest that these people who resort to name calling aren't very smart. They don't seem to have much to say that is meaningful about the issues.