-Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. -Ishes are okay, though.
(And on a somewhat related note, I don't have to bum rides off people anymore, unlike Ferris Bueller, to whom I give credit for at least one of the sentences above. My sons gave me a car for Mother's Day. )
I have no idea what I am. I'm kind of all over the place as far as ideological purity goes. Depends entirely on the issue. Often makes voting within a first-pass-the-post duopoly rather painful.