The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(04-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I have lots of integrity and cold logic.

If you define integrity as loyalty to red ideals, you have integrity.  I have a more scientific world view, and matching one’s theory to reality is kind of a big deal.  When you are willing to sacrifice meshing with reality in order to maintain the ideals, the perception is one of a lack of integrity.

(04-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: What they recognized was they couldn't win without doing what I did which was allow myself to come to your level and kick some ass and knock some sense into peoples heads. Do you see many hardcore liberals other than yourselves?

In Massachusetts?  Silly question.  Some areas see the problems that come with a high population density and wish to solve them.  Unfortunately, doing this on the national scale imposes on more rural populations in such a way to force changes they don’t prefer.  If you don’t encounter the problem, why would one wish to pay to solve it?  On the forums, I certainly do see as many or more progressives than conservatives.  You can’t ignore problems indefinitely.  This is especially true of the Coronavirus, where if you don’t recognize the virus it kills.  You can’t fake news or hoax it away.

Sometimes I wonder how well the rural idiots would last in the urban centers.  If things could be settled by knocking sense into people, the rural idiots would get into trouble real quick.  This is just not the place for idiots.  The theory is not advanced by spouting ideologies or making silly threats of violence.  Turning theory is supposed to be part of a scientific world view, making predictions in the real world.  Putting your ideology ahead of how well the theory fits reality or threatening violence when you can’t defend your ideology is not helpful.