02-09-2018, 12:33 PM
(02-08-2018, 11:23 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(02-07-2018, 01:03 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: You base your stated opinions solely on your beliefs and ideology, which is wrong.
Don't you do much the same, with a different ideology?
The red complaint that blues don't listen is pertinent and nigh on universal. The instinct is to assume the other guy is wrong and repeat assertion.
I wrote a letter to the editor of my local paper on this very subject. We're in a period where taking sides is expected. I have friends who are mystified that I'm not 100% Trump or 100% anti-Trump/GOP/RW/add-to-suit. I lean strongly left, but I'm more than willing to listen to reason. Doing stupid things for ideological reasons doesn't make then less stupid.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.