Why is everyone making me feel guilty for NOT liking our new president (elect), page 4

Originally posted by rickyrrr
reply to post by ghostlandseller

You have every right to be wrong... Just kidding... All kidding aside, you don't have to like him.

Among obama's supporters you probably find two groups:

1. A small group of people who feel that they are relatively good judges of character and that they "feel" that they can trust him based on what they believe to be his track record.

2. The mob.

This is true for every view point. A few intellectually honest people make their best effort to come to conclusions they believe in. They promote those views and then the rest of the mob just adopts them. Doesn't mean that they're all right, but they very much believe they are, which pretty much amounts to the same thing. It's all a big circular logic chain.

It is understandable that when two people with opposing views meet, it is not easy to "let the disagreement be" because, clearly, one side is more wrong than the other. Notice the subtle implication that there exists no side that is absolutely right or morally superior, but a relative difference can be found if both sides debate and are willing to consider new information.

But the reasonable way to approach such differences is not to judge the character of the other person. You have stated your reasons for not liking obama, and they are all subjective and personal, so nobody can tell you what to think, they are valid and personal views. Heck, even if your reasons were based on race, that viewpoint also has to be respected. How can I deny that the brown color of Obama probably served as a positive influencing factor for me? Or his healthy appearance? or his loud voice? or his body language and posture? Our brains are wired to account for those things no matter how much we like to pretend it isn't.

Could they be uninformed views? I don't know, maybe, that's what debating is for.

Therefore you have an intellectual obligation to seek reasonable debate to try to understand the other side and the roots of the difference. This also holds for the pro-Obama side.

Good luck, and hope time helps clarify your views and everyone elses.

-rrr

I completely disagree with your view.

I don't think there are 2 types of Obama supporters, you are just lumping them in to 2 categories because you lack the depth and insight into why people vote for Obama.

people who feel that they are relatively good judges of character and that they "feel" that they can trust him based on what they believe to be his track record.

Come down from your high horse, seriously.