btw since I'm here in minneapolis for the week i have been watching a lot of fox and cnn, mainly because network TV is such a wasteland. MSNBC isn't on this tv. Of the hysterical yelling, fox has been leading about 4 to 1.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "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:353717 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
