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Old 03-17-2008, 01:52 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
By the logic presented I should be reading the daily KOS and the NYT's daily when in fact I have no such desire, getting this 'contradictory' information makes me more annoyed than feel good.
And you know, I'd like to be able to say that's a conservative phenomenon. I've seen studies that show that conservatives are less willing to hear viewpoints they disagree with than liberals. But I know for me, I end up downright FUMING after watching Fox News for half an hour.

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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I do like the concept of political opponents being forced to argue the others side in a debate, that would be enlightening for all. I learned quite a bit doing that in my 'model UN' days in early highschool, I got one of the Soviet block states :P
Oh, absolutely. I did something similar in high school debate.
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