I don't know, I've always seen many conservatives- particularly socons, exhibiting a siege mentality....
Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
I don't know, I've always seen many conservatives- particularly socons, exhibiting a siege mentality....
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Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
Anything that tries to explain behaviors through brain chemistry is laughable at this point.
There are still hypotheses out there that challenge the notion of drugs being addicting in and of themselves.
Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
You're right - it's too holistic. We need to get at more discrete parts, if not as fine-grained as possible.Anything that tries to explain behaviors through brain chemistry is laughable at this point.
Isn't it pretty-well established that it's about rewarding behaviors now? The correlates of addiction seem to be the same whether it's a chemical/pharmacological substance or an activity.There are still hypotheses out there that challenge the notion of drugs being addicting in and of themselves.
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Any excuse to cast aspersions onto Conservatives.Originally Posted by Xiahou
Newsflash - conservatives are fat, stupid and they smell. Also, due to genetically bestowed mental illness, they have walled themselves in from reality. Also also, people who think they are conservative aren't, because everyone is liberal which is actually the greatest thing to be, even though the terms effectively mean nothing. Cool story.
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Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
The No-True-Conservative fallacy.
*Both Xiahou and ICantSpellDawg are conservatives.
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Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
Victimization, much?
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Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
I think maybe you're reading a bit much into the study, not to mention taking great offense at data describing delusional tendencies in both liberals and conservatives.
If your takeaway from a study demonstrating illogical thoughts on both ends of the simplified spectrum is, "Once again we are oppressed!" then ... well, that's a very selective read, don't you think?
Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
Yes, I get it. Big deal. Ugh, it is difficult to find a good topic to argue about these days.
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Re: The divergent fallacies of liberals and conservatives
The response is more telling. The conservative would be more prone to dream of galvanising the people ("hidden majority") and break the siege that way, while the liberal would be more prone to focus on standing out by becoming more radical, even if they know that it's not the way of winning, embracing their minority status so to speak.
We are all aware that the senses can be deceived, the eyes fooled. But how can we be sure our senses are not being deceived at any particular time, or even all the time? Might I just be a brain in a tank somewhere, tricked all my life into believing in the events of this world by some insane computer? And does my life gain or lose meaning based on my reaction to such solipsism?
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