One always thinks less of the opposition. If conservatives generally think of themselves as more logical, rational etc., while thinking of the other side as emotional, irrational and unrealistics. Similarly those who brand themselves as liberal tend to think the opposite.
The funny part of this whole discussion is as far as I can see, before I came to the US I was conservative, to the extent I was a member of the Conservative Party, and served as an alternate delegate to the leadership convention. Either I've become more liberal (possibly) or in contrast, a conservative in Canada is a flaming liberal in the US. God only knows how the typical American conservative would react to a real frothing at the mouth Canadian left winger. larry On 8/17/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >G said: > > > >>My own impression of the people on this list is that we're different, > >>far more well informed than the typical person. Many of my neighbours > >>cannot even locate Japan on the map for instance - ok that's an > >>exaggeration but you get the idea. The media reinforces the insularity > >>I see. > > > > I used to think the same thing. But I'm realizing more and more that this > > is an elitist view of our community (I don't meanthe CF-Community). As I > > become more conservative in my 30s I begin to understand more completely > > why > > people feel the way they do about certain issues, even ones that don't > > seem > > logical or from an "informed" viewpoint, when in fact the person holding > > such an opinion may or may not be as informed as anyone else. > > First off, Larry said that, not me :) > > But I agree with him in that this list represents a community that will, by > definition, not be very representative of the "community as a whole". It's > not necessarily elitist to expect certain types of ideas, intelligence, and > behavior from a group of similarly schooled professionals on an email list > server. > > > > > I think that logical opinions are typically reserved for a liberal person, > > while emotional opinions are more typically seen from the conservative > > person. What I've learned that is really important to me is that neither > > is > > more valid than the other. > > > > Really?!? That's interesting, because I tend to see it the other way around. > The liberal seems more prone to the emotional side of an issue, where as the > conservative seems more apt to accept (or be resigned, maybe) to the > perceived reality of the situation. > > For example, the environment. I mean, everyone wants to protect the > environment....so when a new oil drilling operation is suggested, the > emotional response is "NOOOO!!!!!"....where as a more realistic approach > would be "Well, we need oil!". Ideally, the balance between the two sides > will give us an environmentally friendly...oil drilling operation :) > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169823 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
