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> reality has a well known liberal bias. I can't seem to make sense from this statement. How can reality possible have a political ideology bias? Political id

> reality has a well known liberal bias. I can't seem to make sense from this statement. How can reality possible have a political ideology bias? Political ideologies are interpretations of reality in a constant dialogue, are they not?

zentiggr 6y ago
I think GP is implying that current conservative opinions are tending to diverge further and further from an actual agenda and are instead diverging into conspiracy theories, racism and worse. Edit: autocorrect fixes
- AnHonestComment 6y ago
  Conservatives would say liberals are experiencing that and projecting. As evidence: - Democrats are campaigning to overturn civil rights laws and introduce government racism, most recently in California. - Democrats have effectively dismantled women’s sports because their ideology rejects sexual dimorphism in mammals/apes. - Democrats spent several years investigating what seems to be a hoax by Hilary Clinton. - Democrats are coordinating with the media and technology companies to silence their political rivals — a fusion of corporation and party commonly called “fascism”. - Democrats have supported armed rioting for 7 months by far left militias, killing dozens and burning cities across the country. Etc.
Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
The claim that "Reality has a well-known liberal bias" was created by Stephen Colbert in the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner. The full context was talking about Bush's approval ratings: > "Now, I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32 percent approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in reality. And reality has a well-known liberal bias ... Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, [...] because 32 percent means it's two-thirds empty. There's still some liquid in that glass, is my point. But I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash." It's a tongue-in-cheek way of saying that liberals are more grounded in reality than conservatives.
- mbg721 6y ago
  In hindsight, opinion polls turned out to be a pretty poor gauge of reality.
devdas 6y ago
It's a Stephen Colbert quote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_White_House_Correspondents%27_Dinner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_Wh... Also worth a read https://www.quora.com/Does-reality-have-a-liberal-bias https://www.quora.com/Does-reality-have-a-liberal-bias

zentiggr 6y ago

I think GP is implying that current conservative opinions are tending to diverge further and further from an actual agenda and are instead diverging into conspiracy theories, racism and worse. Edit: autocorrect fixes

AnHonestComment 6y ago
Conservatives would say liberals are experiencing that and projecting. As evidence: - Democrats are campaigning to overturn civil rights laws and introduce government racism, most recently in California. - Democrats have effectively dismantled women’s sports because their ideology rejects sexual dimorphism in mammals/apes. - Democrats spent several years investigating what seems to be a hoax by Hilary Clinton. - Democrats are coordinating with the media and technology companies to silence their political rivals — a fusion of corporation and party commonly called “fascism”. - Democrats have supported armed rioting for 7 months by far left militias, killing dozens and burning cities across the country. Etc.

Sohcahtoa82 6y ago

The claim that "Reality has a well-known liberal bias" was created by Stephen Colbert in the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner. The full context was talking about Bush's approval ratings: > "Now, I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32 percent approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in reality. And reality has a well-known liberal bias ... Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, [...] because 32 percent means it's two-thirds empty. There's still some liquid in that glass, is my point. But I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash." It's a tongue-in-cheek way of saying that liberals are more grounded in reality than conservatives.

mbg721 6y ago
In hindsight, opinion polls turned out to be a pretty poor gauge of reality.

devdas 6y ago

It's a Stephen Colbert quote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_White_House_Correspondents%27_Dinner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_Wh... Also worth a read https://www.quora.com/Does-reality-have-a-liberal-bias https://www.quora.com/Does-reality-have-a-liberal-bias