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  • From: Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>
  • To: Mark Rushing <markrushing AT gmail.com>, "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Liberals
  • Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:41:26 -0500

Ok, I amend my earlier statement:

"Liberals do not." [...portray themselves as intellectually superior]

to

"In my experience *most* liberals do not..."

(no offense Mark :-))


Evan

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:32:02 -0500, Mark Rushing <markrushing AT gmail.com>
wrote:
> According to Boethius it was Plato's opinion that "commonwealths would
> be blessed if they should be ruled by philosophers or if their rulers
> should happen to have studied philosophy." Is that what you mean by
> elitist intellectual side? I certainly understand why people don't
> agree with my liberal ideas. I break it down into four things,
> 1. Lack of quality education
> 2. Lack of life experience including interaction with people of other
> backgrounds and cultures causing a lack of caring about one's fellow
> man due to the misunderstanding that the well being of the whole is
> not related to the well being of the few. run-on sentences are cool.
> 3. General stupidity caused by mental retardation or upbringing
> 4. Educated well thought out but incorrect philosophy
>
> I would say that most of the time it is one of the first three. Now
> the real question is "Can conservatives figure out why their policies
> don't work and why they smell so bad?"
>
> As long as we're flaming. Oh wait, meaningful discussion... sorry.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:04:50 -0500, Shea Tisdale <shea AT sheatisdale.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan, I agree entirely. The reason I have almost always disdained liberals
> > is because they are so "open-minded" that they just can't examine why they
> > frequently suck. One aspect of liberalism which is currently rearing its
> > ugly head is the elitist intellectual side that just can't understand why
> > they lost and why people don't agree with them. Unfortunately for most of
> > them, they are just as incapable as they say Bush is at making a cogent
> > argument or convincing anyone because they are so sure of their
> > intellectual
> > superiority and so elitist that they never actually engage in meaningful
> > discussion but rather engage in tactics like Kerry just lost with such as
> > just saying that they other side is wrong.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > - Shea Tisdale
> >
> >
> >
> > Every generation has an obligation to improve the world.
> >
> > -
> >
> > http://www.rykodisc-media.com/billhicks/
> >
> > -
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dan Wilson
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:50 AM
> > To: internetworkers list
> > Subject: [internetworkers] Liberals
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It strikes me as funny how the "Open-Minded" liberals can't accept that
> > they
> > lost the presidency. I see the same levels of obstinance and dogmatic
> > closemindedness as they proport the conservatives to have. There was an
> > election, Bush won, STFU.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If the purpose is to continue to be devisive and segmentational, in order
> > to
> > carve up new population categories for for political targeting, then we
> > are
> > on the right track.
> >
> >
> >
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