Originally Posted by alansmithee

This is a very well-written post that says nothing more than what I said before: Anyone who you disagree with is wrong, and not to be taken seriously. These people are considered conservatives. Conservatives are wrong, because they don't agree with me.

And somehow you don't see yourself doing the same thing that these shadowy conservatives are considered doing? You have described conservatives as people who force an us vs. them mentality, yet you do the very same thing. You believe your assumptions are right, and there's no other way of seeing the world. And anyone who doesn't fall into lockstep with your beliefs is inherently dangerous. You don't give any reasons why, you just constantly trot out conservative, because it's easier to deal with as a monolithic block. It requires less questioning from you-instead of trying to understand and deal with how you might be wrong, or at least re-examine your beliefs, labelling someone a conservative easily gets them out of the way. Because everyone knows that conservatives, are dangerous, divisive, illogical people, right? You don't even bother to say why conservative arguments aren't to be taken seriously, or why they are dangerous, or any other reason for what you claim.


I would take you up on your challenge about assumptions. I would be more than willing to. Because I AM willing to listen to a valid argument. I think you would be more likely to be "backed into a corner" simply because your dogmatism. I am more willing to be right, even if that means I have to change an opinion. You seem most worried about YOUR views being right, and protecting your world view from anything that might challenge it. That's why any compromise is so odious to you-it implies that there might be something wrong with how you see the world.

I only hope that the Republicans (or whoever is in power) are as right as most seem to believe they are, because I see more and more people like the above gaining voices in politics-people who aren't open to any new or differing ideas, and dogmatically follow whatever side they've allied themselves with, without examining WHY they believe the way they do.