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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
at any rate, you've made the mistake of displaying your own level of knowledge and projecting it on the electorate. if you want to respond to my post, either post factual information or simply deny my bald/unfounded/anecdotal/unscientific assertion with one of your own. you could even trump me by betting 20 cases of beer! i don't doubt you've made your decision with more care than the average voter.
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My point isn't that I'm typical. What I'm trying to get to is this: people outside an inspiring phenomenon frequently make the mistaken assumption that those INSIDE the phenomenon are woolly, glassy-eyed cultists who are swept up in thoughtless abandon. This mistaken assumption is commonly made about any inspiring phenomenon, not specifically the Obama movement. It's called cynicism, and as I note above, it's THE common human reaction to other people's inspiration. They're not part of it, they don't get it, so they have to assume there's nothing to it. My point is: that's a MISTAKEN assumption.