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That's the thing. But knowing

cmaukonen — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:56:01 +0000

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That's the thing. But knowing the problem is necessary to finding the solution. Now we need a solution. There maybe no solution. Then again there may. It will take some thinking to be sure.

Yeah, that makes sense, but

MrSmith1 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:31:24 +0000

In reply to It's My Party And I'll Believe What I Want To

Yeah, that makes sense, but now my thought is, how do we employ this knowledge to get the Right to feel secure? Or are you saying that because of this little quirk of human nature there is nothing we can do, we're all operating on blind instinct and we might as well throw up our hands and stop trying to convince the other side of the correctness of our positions, because they just can't ever grok the truth... Where does knowing this bring us? To a new determination or utter defeatism?

But the point being is that

cmaukonen — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:27:46 +0000

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But the point being is that our emotions - our lizard brain - controls our thinking a lot more than any of us care to admit.

"They maybe sons-a-bitches.

cmaukonen — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:25:30 +0000

In reply to Yes, this is exactly how it

"They maybe sons-a-bitches. But their ar sun-s-a-bitches." - FDR

Yes, this is exactly how it

Ramona — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:37:20 +0000

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Yes, this is exactly how it goes:

Most online battles follow a similar pattern, each side launching attacks and pulling evidence from deep inside the web to back up their positions until, out of frustration, one party resorts to an all-out ad hominem nuclear strike. If you are lucky, the comment thread will get derailed in time for you to keep your dignity, or a neighboring commenter will help initiate a text-based dogpile on your opponent.

and there goes the debate and in comes the argument. lol. McRaney is right that we almost never change anyone's mind. Nor can they change ours. It is, indeed, a waste of time. But I think a part of it is that we don't know what else to do. We're powerless to do anything about so much of what's happening to us and to our country. All we can think to do sometimes is howl.

I read your piece thinking back on how many times I've been accused of being a Democrat just because I've always been one. That may be. My primary argument is always that I think of the Democrats as my family and no matter how many jerks there are in my family, I don't give up on them.

It may be that I'm a Democrat because I can't see myself as anything else. No imagination, I know. But it may be that I'm a Democrat because I'm proud of who we've been as a party and I have faith that we'll climb back up there again. Whatever it is, I'm more afraid of the true-believers than I am of my party. That's something, I guess