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Do you mean the same anti-intellectual "right-wing" who thinks the USA should be a faith-based, Christian nation? You have me confused with somebody else and n
by dmfdmf 10y ago
Do you mean the same anti-intellectual "right-wing" who thinks the USA should be a faith-based, Christian nation? You have me confused with somebody else and need to consider the fact that both the left and right are wrong.
- krapp 10y agoI do consider them both wrong, but it's nevertheless the case that the bogeymen of "anti-American intellectuals" and Obama's international "apologies" have been props of the right for years. If you don't share their views, maybe don't repeat their arguments or prop up their strawmen.
- dmfdmf 10y agoSo if the Right says the sun rises in the East should I repudiate that because they say it too? The American intellectuals hate America and blame America regardless of the context. That is a fact and if you are honest you can discover that fact for your self. At least we can agree to agree, the Left and Right are a false alternative offered to the American people.
- krapp 10y agoI tend to disagree with people who insist on political absolutes. Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
- dmfdmf 10y ago> Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Isn't this an absolute? So you tend to disagree with yourself or do you make exceptions for self-contradiction?
- krapp 10y agoIt was a joke, but to be honest, I always make exceptions for self-contradiction and the possibility that I am unaware of my own ignorance. I believe humans are by nature contradictory, we're wired for bias confirmation, not truth. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
- dmfdmf 10y ago"I was just joking" ...always the refrain of the scoundrel when called on their BS, at least in my experience. It is a strawman to imply that my position is that no one is allowed any contradiction or errors whatsoever. The issue is not errors of knowledge or mistakes but the failure to correct such errors when they are found. An honest man works to correct his errors and contradictions, i.e. is consistent, while the dishonest like to wallow in them or pretend they don't exist or rationalize them by misquoting Emerson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reliance
- krapp 10y ago>It is a strawman to imply that my position is that no one is allowed any contradiction or errors whatsoever. It's also a strawman to imply that I ever implied that.
- dmfdmf 10y agoLOL, "strawman". I don't think it means what you think it means. Don't think we didn't noticed that you ignored the fact that you misquoted Emerson.