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Originally Posted by boatin
I run in a group of friends that consider themselves rabid environmentalists. This article describes none of them. They (we) understand the savagry of nature, animals and our fellow man. I know exactly no one that buys the 'eden' mythos Chrighton describes. He spends a huge amount of ink on that, and I have no clue where he gets that. Strange. The other issues in this have been handled better by others...
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That's called a strawman fallacy. MC tries to prove the other side wrong by misrepresenting our views and beliefs.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html
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Originally Posted by boatin
More interesting to me are those for whom this article resonated positively. There is no clearer example that I've seen lately that illustrates the gap in understanding that permeates all issues these days - from both sides. I hope this type of discussion helps fix that.
My personal dilemma is that I feel I work hard to understand where those that I disagree with are coming from. And I don't see that same effort the other way. Crazy bias on my part? I'm sure willing to consider that as a possibility.
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Just keep saying it, eventually someone will listen. That's what I do.