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[Mark Rushing <markrushing AT gmail.com>]

None taken.  If we weren't intelectually superior they'd call us
conservatives.  it's the portrayal thing that bothers people... I
know.



On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:41:26 -0500, Evan Zimmerman
<evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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