Louve00 -> RE: The ignorance of liberals (7/18/2014 11:46:06 AM)
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic Funny thing there, Mari. I'll stipulate that there aren't a whole lot of conservatives who have quite the lefty background and upbringing that I do, but I'm going to say that as a general rule, a garden variety conservative is going to have a better understanding of liberal thought than your garden variety liberal has of what conservatives believe. Liberalism is the dominant paradigm of the entertainment industry, mainstream media, and academia. It's mighty hard to avoid getting the gist of it. Well Rich, I think you have a bit of a point here. On the other hand how many people, listen at length to ideologies that are different than their own? Though liberalism is the dominant paradigm these days, there are a fair amount of moderates and there are people who listen to both sides. I am among those that are liberal/moderates, who do listen to what conservatives/republicans have to say. Rich, the thing is---- when I tune in to "the other side", I normally don't hear any REAL or viable long term strategies or solutions. Lately, I hear more blaming, blasting, and condemning coming from the conservatives/republican/those on the right, than anything else. Marini this is my feeling exactly. In fact, I agree with everything you have said in this 30 pg argument. I like to think of myself as someone who looks at both sides and weighs, calculates in my own mind, the possible consequence of things. I've also come to think that Liberals and Conservatives are only politically correct labels for democratics and republicans. And when it comes to the politicians, I think they're both screwing us. I think they are both lining their pockets with lobbyist money, Koch money and Soros money, and working for those people. Not the American people. But, for that matter, the American people are no longer voting for their candidates. I firmly believe their positions are bought by said above. (Possibly with the exception of the last election, in which it was widely expected for a republican to win, and the disappointment is still obvious). It makes debating politics not fun anymore. Not when the result of the debate is for the common cause of both sides.
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