"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. "
Bull shit. Progressive tend to ignore evidence and studies that contradict their world view while cherry picking studies that confirm it. And when I say ignore, I mean truly ignore. It's like the evidence doesn't even exist even. Before someone calls out the obvious, conservatives do the same. Maybe to a lesser degree. I'll give you a self experiment to carry out if you can tolerate. Watch any "news" commentary show on any "news" network. The majority of the time, the leftist will degenerate into yelling, name calling, etc, before the righty. "Jerry's comment is a good example of such. No insult Jerry, its just something I've noticed about your discussion styles." None taken. I do use a lot of examples I'll admit. Why? Because a good counter example ruins all credibility of a progressive argument. J - One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputation. - Eric Hoffer Not only have intellectuals been insulated from material consequences, they have often enjoyed immunity from even a loss of reputation after having been demonstrably wrong - Thomas Sowell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:353702 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
