One thing I have found very interesting with conservatives and progressives is the differences in how they discuss and argue things. A fair amount of research shows that generally conservatives tend to use anecdote and emotional fear based messaging, while progressives are more likely to use studies, and data. Jerry's comment is a good example of such.
No insult Jerry, its just something I've noticed about your discussion styles. Hey these days I've been getting into the current research on the neurophysiology of political beliefs, this is just one of the gems I've turned up. I just hope that the functional MRI's prices don't drop or we are all in trouble with political operatives taking advantage of the systems to do real time focus groups hooked into these machines. On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Some right wing conservative christian (hah!) is advocating kidnapping the > children of same sex couples. Do these idiots even have a molecule of the > charity and love that Christ advocated?" > > There's a big difference in calling yourself a Christian or a conservative > and actually being a Christian or a conservative. I doubt these > "conservative christians" are conservative or Christian. > > > On a similar note, here is an article about a doctor advocating that the > state seize obese children from their parents: > > http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/capitol/doctor_government_should_confiscate_4zJXUqGYqi6Bhjv59mUJOM > > > Or an obese third grader being taken from his mom: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/ohio-mom-loses-custody-of-obese-son-should-the-government-penalize-parents-of-obese-children/2011/11/28/gIQA1v665N_blog.html > > Here is another article about an obese father losing custody of his > children: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/child-custody-obese-fathe_n_1616167.html > > > The good thing is this: if the Westboro refugees that you mention do > kidnap someone, the legal system is completely against them. > > The bad thing is this: What do you do if the gov't takes your children or > helps others take your children? A little harder to deal with. Shades of > Lebensborn. > > > I know some statist is reading this and agree with the state taking > children for health reasons. > > Before you make that argument, understand that the Westboro refugees would > argue that eternal life trumps any health benefits of a finite life on > earth. So, the state can justify taking children, but the idiots you > mentioned can justify their actions as well. > > > In the end, I think we all want children removed from homes where there is > abuse, health issues, and so on. It's the drawing of the lines that > constitute these that are hard to figure out. > > > J > > - > Nutrition is not a private matter! - Hitler Youth Manual > > We Cant Just Leave it Up to The Parents - Michelle Obama on nutrition > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
