This nugget is from his Thursday column on the Wednesday night debate, where he makes an “eye of the beholder” argument.
…liberal blogs overwhelmingly link to other liberal blogs or news sources. But with conservative blogs, the tendency is much more pronounced; it is almost a sealed universe.
I’ll have to keep that in mind next time I think about linking here.
What a load…
“…the students found the study that supported their position to be well-conducted and persuasive…the other one…profoundly flawed.”
The biggest joke of all is that we’re so often telling ourselves how fair and open-minded we are. When in fact most people are close-minded jerks. And probably I’m one of them. I know for a fact that there are times when I so want to be one of them, just because I’m mad as hell.
“This resistance to information that doesn’t mesh with our preconceived beliefs afflicts both liberals and conservatives, but a raft of studies shows that it is a particular problem with conservatives.”
And the wording of this sentence implies that the writer did not consider the possibility that his own view of the “studies” might be prejudiced.
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“…the students found the study that supported their position to be well-conducted and persuasive…the other one…profoundly flawed.”
The biggest joke of all is that we’re so often telling ourselves how fair and open-minded we are. When in fact most people are close-minded jerks. And probably I’m one of them. I know for a fact that there are times when I so want to be one of them, just because I’m mad as hell.
“This resistance to information that doesn’t mesh with our preconceived beliefs afflicts both liberals and conservatives, but a raft of studies shows that it is a particular problem with conservatives.”
And the wording of this sentence implies that the writer did not consider the possibility that his own view of the “studies” might be prejudiced.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I’ll have to keep that in mind next time I think about linking here.
What a load…
April 18th, 2008 at 2:48 am