Political Divide

[BigV]

When walking on the path and not the grass, don't you think you're doing good, too? Respecting the rules is the good I see there, plus the preservation of the grass, eh?

Maybe I'm just really good at justification and rationalization.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Someone who says they're doing it just because the rules say so reminds me of Sergeant Schultz, "I vas *chust* following orDERS!"

Maybe so, but there's a shitload of them.

[whine] Thinking is hard. I might make a mistake. So everyone should do X because, my church, my political party, my peers, or my spouse, said that was the right thing. That way I don't want to have to think about it. [/whine]

[BigV]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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[whine] Thinking is hard. I might make a mistake. So everyone should do X because, my church, my political party, my peers, or my spouse, said that was the right thing. That way I don't want to have to think about it. [/whine]

OMG. Get out of my head.

I was thinking *exactly that*.

I'd add "trusted media voice" to that list (and I find that trust is often given for a range of reasons, but charisma, physical appearance, and loudness/repetition are high on that list, sadly, above reason. Because reason is hard.)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Oh, good point! FOX News said, I heard on talk radio...