--- On Tue, 11/17/09, Rich Kulawiec <r...@gsp.org> wrote: > The schism (at least in the US) is between the reality-based community and > those who buy into mythology, racism, bigotry, fears, and hype.
Bingo. As someone who has argued for (and against) the ideals of both political 'sides' it has become very clear to me that the real divide is between the majority in the middle and the extreme on both (all) side(s). You periodically see clear examples when you meet someone who says something like: "I used to be far-left and I know that Liberals want to take away all our freedoms, so now I horde weapons for the coming Revolution." No, you're just a freak regardless which side you're on. It is easy to find conspiracy-loving folks full of wildly generalized pre-judgings of other groups (or "Other Groups!!") in either camp. It's the same sort of intrinsic gullibility that buys into whatever mythology, bigotry, fear or hype that supports whatever they already wanted to believe in. Some people just have a really really hard time grasping that they live in a complex universe. I belong to a 9/12 group - partly out of morbid curiosity and partly to understand the gripes. You see a lot of stuff like this ( http://www.meetup.com/Sarasota-Glenn-Beck-912-Project/messages/8250582/ ): -------------------------- If this is true, wow.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qQuz35VjY0 -------------------------- (the above link is to a video entitled: "Is FEMA & DHS Preparing for Mass Graves and Martial Law near Chicago?"...) .sigh. Some of the rantings from Further Left Blogistan is not a whole lot saner. -chris _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
