4 ms·
Straight from the article: This is a hard one, for liberals only. Do you assume that he is unintelligent because he made policy choices with which you disagree
by JamilD 10y ago
Straight from the article:
This is a hard one, for liberals only. Do you assume that he is unintelligent because he made policy choices with which you disagree? If so, your logic may be backwards. “I disagree with choice X that President Bush made. No intelligent person could conclude X, therefore President Bush is unintelligent.” Might it be possible that an intelligent, thoughtful conservative with different values and priorities than your own might have reached a different conclusion than you? Do you really think your policy views derive only from your intellect?
- glenstein 10y agoI think a hard problem for centrists only, is coming to terms with the possibility that even flaming ideologues can arrive at their conclusions for well considered reasons. In my life I've encountered plenty of political ideologues willing to (at least notionally) concede the value of finding a middle ground. But ask a centrist if partisan opinions are sometimes not the result of biases or assumptions, but of a person successfully tracking truth, and they crash to desktop.