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originally posted by: villagesmithie
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Im not going to get the broad brush out here...but there is something to be said about the primary mental differences between the 2 political beliefs we have in the US. One side tends to think rationally, succeeds in STEM programs, and approaches the world is a convservative social and fiscal manner. The other side thinks more with the gut (truthyness) and emotion, succeeds more in the arts than sciences, and approaches the world with a more liberal viewpoint.
I don't believe a word of it. My own daughter would be considered liberal. She has a degree in environmental science and finishing up another in accounting, and I haven't been able to win an argument with her since she was 14. It's not at all about politics.
To claim that liberals think emotionally and conservatives logically is laughable. There are VERY!!! emotional conservatives and plenty of logical liberals. To try to claim politics in this regarded is ridiculous. I think many people see their own opinions as very logical and fail to see the logic in opinions of people who disagree with them. That is one of the reasons discussions across belief systems is so hard. If you don't value another's opinions your not communicating honestly.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: JBurns
Correct me if i'm wrong but hasn't the right been avoiding talking about guns for years?
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: JBurns
Correct me if i'm wrong but hasn't the right been avoiding talking about guns for years?
Taste of their own medicine I'd say.
Don't forget when you comment that I am a supporter of the 2ed and don't want the government taking anything from us.
originally posted by: Lab4Us
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: JBurns
Correct me if i'm wrong but hasn't the right been avoiding talking about guns for years?
Taste of their own medicine I'd say.
Don't forget when you comment that I am a supporter of the 2ed and don't want the government taking anything from us.
Same for the young lady who admits she and her friends bullied Cruz “because we know him, okay” and she really thinks its okay. Though they don’t seem to want to take the responsibility of pushing Cruz over the edge.
But im talking about fiscal conservatism. Not social. Again, as previously mentioned.
and approaches the world is a convservative social and fiscal manner
Though they don’t seem to want to take the responsibility of pushing Cruz over the edge.
Hope those that claim they support the 2A pay attention to what the retired justice said today. It’s about complete repeal of the 2A, not common sense gun restrictions as is repeatedly claimed.
But tell you what, you decide what 2A restrictions you want to add to my rights
I’ll decide what 1A, 4A, 14A, etc., rights I want to restrict for you
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: face23785
It's just hard to find a gun control advocate who knows enough to have such a conversation. Care to start one?
I'm not a gun control advocate.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: Lab4Us
He is just a silly old man with no power. No one is cares what he has to say except those that want to use his words to label an entire group.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: face23785
I think if we had good free health care and higher wages we would see less violence in our country across the board.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: face23785
I think if we had good free health care and higher wages we would see less violence in our country across the board.
originally posted by: villagesmithie
The responses to the school shootings are a response to friends and accountants being killed and as such has an emotional root. But, to label them as a typical liberal, emotional response is to devalue them. I could say the same of many conservative responses.
Im not going to get the broad brush out here
Debating is not typically the bailiwick of the liberally minded, although (as referenced by my prologue about not wanting to bring out a broad brush), we can see among our own members here that the above generalizations are only generalizations and not rules
By the way I had a childhood friend killed in a school shooting, does that make my response emotional an hence illogical.
Because there is an emotional attachment to an issue doesn't mean there isn't also logical thought involved. Claiming it's emotional ignores any logic behind it.
originally posted by: villagesmithie
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
I'm sorry for my liberal emotional response. I'll leave you to your conservative logic now.