Right-Wing Assholes - Page 8

DanaC · 04-09-2007, 06:20 PM

It was a perfectly sensible question ducks. The thing about right and left is....not everybody subscribes to that way of thinking. Some people like to take things issue by issue and don't like being labelled as right or left. Myself, i am quite happy to describe myself as leftwing. That doesn't mean I don't examine every issue on its merits; it does mean that I have a particular analysis through which I tend to view issues and events. That analysis is a left wing one, i take a marxist analysis of the world.

BigV · 04-09-2007, 06:54 PM

Labels such as these are most often applied and used as shortcuts, as stereotypes. As stereotypes, they're not very useful. I'm sure you have experience with stereotypes, right? They have only a superficial usefulness.

And as shortcuts, well, they're just pointers to the facts. You still have to go get the facts yourself. But many people just stop at the shortcut and decide that they "know" something because they've been told it's right or left this or that.

TheMercenary · 04-17-2007, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Some people like to take things issue by issue and don't like being labelled as right or left.

That is me, but I don't care what you call me, as long as it is not late for dinner or beers.

Flint · 05-21-2007, 10:25 PM

The answer was (probably) just: Confirmation Bias.

The mental checklist which assists you in reinforcing the ideas you already have, IE "Another one of <those>!"

(Upon the realization of which, you think to yourself, maybe that's not fair, but then again, you think, hell it can't just be a coincidence...)

TheMercenary · 05-22-2007, 11:25 PM

Negro, stop already....

TheMercenary · 05-23-2007, 12:02 AM

Hope for lumberjim:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,1...230354,00.html

lumberjim · 05-23-2007, 12:14 AM

$100 says my wife is hotter that your ex.

oh, and i make 3 times what you make, minimum. and i have 2 beautiful kids that actually like me.....and i enjoy my life....and i'm taller and prettier than you are....even as fat as i am.

TheMercenary · 05-23-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

$100 says my wife is hotter that your ex.

oh, and i make 3 times what you make, minimum. and i have 2 beautiful kids that actually like me.....and i enjoy my life....and i'm taller and prettier than you are....even as fat as i am.

Ok... In your fantasies. That's cool. Short fat guys need love too. I'm in.

Ibby · 05-23-2007, 02:20 AM

LJ wins on all counts thus far - post some numbers and that woman so we can see that he beats you on all counts, Merc.

04-09-2007, 06:54 PM	#107
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Labels such as these are most often applied and used as shortcuts, as stereotypes. As stereotypes, they're not very useful. I'm sure you have experience with stereotypes, right? They have only a superficial usefulness. And as shortcuts, well, they're just pointers to the facts. You still have to go get the facts yourself. But many people just stop at the shortcut and decide that they "know" something because they've been told it's right or left this or that. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-21-2007, 10:25 PM	#109
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The answer was (probably) just: Confirmation Bias. The mental checklist which assists you in reinforcing the ideas you already have, IE "Another one of <those>!" (Upon the realization of which, you think to yourself, maybe that's not fair, but then again, you think, hell it can't just be a coincidence...) __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-22-2007, 11:25 PM	#110
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Negro, stop already.... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-23-2007, 12:02 AM	#111
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Hope for lumberjim: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,1...230354,00.html __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-23-2007, 12:14 AM	#112
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	$100 says my wife is hotter that your ex. oh, and i make 3 times what you make, minimum. and i have 2 beautiful kids that actually like me.....and i enjoy my life....and i'm taller and prettier than you are....even as fat as i am. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-09-2007, 06:20 PM	#106
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	It was a perfectly sensible question ducks. The thing about right and left is....not everybody subscribes to that way of thinking. Some people like to take things issue by issue and don't like being labelled as right or left. Myself, i am quite happy to describe myself as leftwing. That doesn't mean I don't examine every issue on its merits; it does mean that I have a particular analysis through which I tend to view issues and events. That analysis is a left wing one, i take a marxist analysis of the world.

05-23-2007, 02:20 AM	#114
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	LJ wins on all counts thus far - post some numbers and that woman so we can see that he beats you on all counts, Merc. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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