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If its any consolation I'm conservative for the most part and feel the same way. Why does it seem that nobody ever considers that it is unlikely complex problem

If its any consolation I'm conservative for the most part and feel the same way. Why does it seem that nobody ever considers that it is unlikely complex problems have a singular specific root cause? Its never a little out of column A and a little out of column B in their minds. Corruption absolutely exists and children from two parent households do better statistically speaking. Why does one preclude the other?

digi_owl 10y ago
Much easier to just vent "virtue signals". Especially after having spent 12h+ on multiple part-time jobs to make ends meet.
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  That makes sense when I was working 60 hour weeks it was pretty much impossible to be informed about much of anything.
rybosome 10y ago
The good news is that there are sensible people on both sides who recognize that most problems are complex. We can be voices of reason within our tribes rather than joining in the two-minutes hate and blaming the other side for everything under the sun. I would happily vote for any politician, party be damned, who talked about the importance of listening to multiple perspectives, compromising and not simply wielding a narrow majority like a club against the losers.
pjc50 10y ago
This has a lot to do with how "cause" transitions into "blame" and then "carrot/stick" systems that end up being only the stick. Historically speaking the prejudice against single parent families and single mothers has been punitive to the point of some extremely dark places: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/07/catholic-church-children-buried-at-tuam-ireland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/07/cathol... So a lot of "jumping the gun" goes on: as soon as it looks like the discussion might be heading in the direction of criticising single parents, get your retaliation in first.

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If its any consolation I'm conservative for the most part and feel the same way. Why does it seem that nobody ever considers that it is unlikely complex problem

by cmdrfred 10y ago

digi_owl 10y ago
Much easier to just vent "virtue signals". Especially after having spent 12h+ on multiple part-time jobs to make ends meet.
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  That makes sense when I was working 60 hour weeks it was pretty much impossible to be informed about much of anything.
rybosome 10y ago
The good news is that there are sensible people on both sides who recognize that most problems are complex. We can be voices of reason within our tribes rather than joining in the two-minutes hate and blaming the other side for everything under the sun. I would happily vote for any politician, party be damned, who talked about the importance of listening to multiple perspectives, compromising and not simply wielding a narrow majority like a club against the losers.
pjc50 10y ago
This has a lot to do with how "cause" transitions into "blame" and then "carrot/stick" systems that end up being only the stick. Historically speaking the prejudice against single parent families and single mothers has been punitive to the point of some extremely dark places: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/07/catholic-church-children-buried-at-tuam-ireland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/07/cathol... So a lot of "jumping the gun" goes on: as soon as it looks like the discussion might be heading in the direction of criticising single parents, get your retaliation in first.