> I think you're reading into what I wrote or maybe I was too short. > Whichever, I'm not generalizing anyone, just giving you my theory.
Okee dokee. > > I've been having these Bush vs Whoever arguments since 1999, and I > first heard the you-must-hate-Bush argument from people who I would > call simple-minded. That doesn't mean stupid, it means simple in > thought; not venturing too far beyond their immediate day-to-day > lives. I guess the person I hear the "you must hate Bush" argument from the most is old Rush. I would consider him "single minded", as opposed to simple minded. (but then, maybe single minded is a subset of simple minded :) > > Then I noticed another group of people using it - people with the > Rush/Sean/Fox News talking points in their head and will regurgitate > them if you poke them. However they've not done much, if any, > critical thinking about the ramifications of the talking points which > frequently pushes them into a corner in a debate. I'm just not sure that's always, or even usually, true. If a person has done some thinking, they've come to the same conclusions that Rush/Sean/Fox and company have come too....then you can certainly argue that they are wrong, but you can't accuse them of simply regurgitating talking points. I mean, this is the kind of argument Rush uses ALL the time, "they are just regurgitating the same old liberal playbook...." He says that 3 or 4 times a day. While some may do this, I like to think the majority don't. (on both sides) > > At this point these people turn to insults, veiled insults, and/or the > you-must-hate-Bush trick. For example, anyone who truely thinks > invading Iraq helps us fight terrorism over there so we don't have to > fight it here. Turning to insults or veiled threats immediately invalidates someone to me, and in turn their argument. But as for your example, I know that you and I don't think that invading Iraq has helped fight terrorism, but I don't think people who make rational arguments for the contrary are necessarily "simple minded". > > If it takes you more than 2 or 3 seconds to admit how foolish that > concept is, you're in one of those groups. I hope it takes you more than 2 or 3 seconds. People who make their mind up that quickly haven't given the issue near enough thought, and are probably being led by a bias. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165500 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
