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Did you just dust off the ol' "I know you are, but what am I?" bit in defense of conservatism?

by Frondo 12y ago

EpicEng 12y ago
No, I brushed off the ol' "Don't paint an entire group of people with one brush unless you actually know what you're talking about, and even then, you're probably wrong" bit. I can't stand people on either side who believe that their side is the side of RIGHT and everyone else are just greedy scumbags (or brainwashed idiots). I am not a conservative, but I know enough to know that there are devils on both sides of the aisle.
- Frondo 12y ago
  You can't stand people who believe their political views/beliefs are the RIGHT ones? How should people feel about their political beliefs--what would be an appropriate attitude to take, if not to think theirs are RIGHT?
  - bmelton 12y ago
    Believing your beliefs are the only correct way to believe is fine, but gets rather interesting when accusing the "other party" as brainwashed.
    - Frondo 12y ago
      Fair enough!
  - EpicEng 12y ago
    bmelton kinda nailed it, but no, of course it's fine/normal to believe your beliefs are right (note the lower case 'right'). It's when one becomes so dogmatic as to believe that the other side is made up of brainwashed morons that a problem arises.
    - chris_wot 12y ago
      Conservatives brainwashed liberals into brainwashing conservatives into liberals. It's a giant ironic conspiracy cooked up by Anh Rand and the U.S. Government. I read it in an article on Wikipedia.
  - pc86 12y ago
    This is a blatant and deliberate mischaracterization of what EpicEng said. Of course everyone believes that their beliefs are correct (I can't even believe I had to type that). It's the belief that anyone with a different ideology or party registration is stupid/greedy/brainwashed/naive/etc he was referring to.
- bitJericho 12y ago
  I'm not on the other side either (Democrat). I'm more of a centrist.
  - EpicEng 12y ago
    I am as well. Doesn't change anything about your statement.

Did you just dust off the ol' "I know you are, but what am I?" bit in defense of conservatism?

by Frondo 12y ago

Did you just dust off the ol' "I know you are, but what am I?" bit in defense of conservatism?

No, I brushed off the ol' "Don't paint an entire group of people with one brush unless you actually know what you're talking about, and even then, you're probably wrong" bit. I can't stand people on either side who believe that their side is the side of RIGHT and everyone else are just greedy scumbags (or brainwashed idiots). I am not a conservative, but I know enough to know that there are devils on both sides of the aisle.

Frondo 12y ago
You can't stand people who believe their political views/beliefs are the RIGHT ones? How should people feel about their political beliefs--what would be an appropriate attitude to take, if not to think theirs are RIGHT?
- bmelton 12y ago
  Believing your beliefs are the only correct way to believe is fine, but gets rather interesting when accusing the "other party" as brainwashed.
  - Frondo 12y ago
    Fair enough!
- EpicEng 12y ago
  bmelton kinda nailed it, but no, of course it's fine/normal to believe your beliefs are right (note the lower case 'right'). It's when one becomes so dogmatic as to believe that the other side is made up of brainwashed morons that a problem arises.
  - chris_wot 12y ago
    Conservatives brainwashed liberals into brainwashing conservatives into liberals. It's a giant ironic conspiracy cooked up by Anh Rand and the U.S. Government. I read it in an article on Wikipedia.
- pc86 12y ago
  This is a blatant and deliberate mischaracterization of what EpicEng said. Of course everyone believes that their beliefs are correct (I can't even believe I had to type that). It's the belief that anyone with a different ideology or party registration is stupid/greedy/brainwashed/naive/etc he was referring to.
bitJericho 12y ago
I'm not on the other side either (Democrat). I'm more of a centrist.
- EpicEng 12y ago
  I am as well. Doesn't change anything about your statement.