tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8633318221742127498..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Social Cohesion is Our Best Hope For a Healthy DemocracyThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87049465477262741942018-05-28T19:42:05.308-07:002018-05-28T19:42:05.308-07:00Trailblazer has it exactly right. The right wing i...Trailblazer has it exactly right. The right wing in America nowadays don't want the truth. They just want to think they are winning for once. When you bring up anything factual they resort to name calling, trolling, or whataboutism. The only way Donald Trump voters will wake up is when ....grandma has to move back in with them because medicaid cuts have made her assisted living too expensive. When their families health care costs go from 2500$ a year to 14,000$ then they will see Trump for what he is. When their tax bills start going up in 3 years under the Trump Tax plan and the billionaires get more billions they will finally see the true face of their saviour. How a man who lives in a golden tower and spent his life stiffing the working man convinced dirt poor people he was on their side is beyond me. JasonSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71960168642420774022018-05-28T07:18:36.752-07:002018-05-28T07:18:36.752-07:00A house divided cannot stand . I think St. Matthe...A house divided cannot stand . I think St. Matthew somewhere in Chapter 12.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-45279831109733668682018-05-28T06:39:20.011-07:002018-05-28T06:39:20.011-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-91375330810434097032018-05-28T06:14:04.515-07:002018-05-28T06:14:04.515-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-83685142270315555672018-05-27T18:57:33.024-07:002018-05-27T18:57:33.024-07:00Anon, you're right off the wall.
"Fact ...<br />Anon, you're right off the wall. <br /><br />"Fact in human domain is shared believe , those who stray far from it called idiots , insane or worse heretics and infidel . Which why we "progressed " from it . You now have the choice about what to believe (virtue of progressive ) . And of course what to consider fact ."<br /><br />Fact is not shared belief unless you're one of Trump's Gullibillies. Fact is knowledge, information. It is not belief-based. That you plainly cannot grasp the distinction undermines everything you write.<br /><br />Here are some references that might clear your mind.<br /><br />https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/co300man/pop12d.cfm<br /><br />https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-well/201703/facts-truths-beliefs-opinions-and-alternative-facts<br /><br />https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-people-fly-from-facts/<br /><br />I list these not to belittle you but in the sincere hope they will help you.<br /><br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-80720238595029438252018-05-27T18:37:14.050-07:002018-05-27T18:37:14.050-07:00Dear editor , i have been a reader for some times ...Dear editor , i have been a reader for some times , and i am quite amazed that you seem to run a round the truth and never into it . Your problem now seem is that the Progressive movement has won , freedom and liberty ( from religion , social , economic and political of the past) has reached it full zenith . We now live in the age of the individual .<br /><br /> The problem now is some individual ( special interest) are too powerful . The failure (the environmental mov. ) can be explained by too powerful individuals . <br /><br /> What you are trying -dear editor - in "restoring" progressive democracy , is a return to a version you like ( like downgrading your software ) . Neoliberalism is in fact the ultimate end point for progressive mov . The individual is liberated and left for his /her own agency . Obama "sharing stories with each other" has another name called socialisation , which what you need in individualistic world .<br /><br />Your last paragraph is one of those ironic statements . A "common baseline of facts." Needs a common baseline of shared believes , value and ideas about the world . Fact are fact is true in materialistic way (earth is a sphere -and there are a people who dispute even that). Now whether Abortion is a pro-life or pro-choice is a fact according to the beholder .In the past Fact in human domain is shared believe , those who stray far from it called idiots , insane or worse heretics and infidel . Which why we "progressed " from it . You now have the choice about what to believe (virtue of progressive ) . And of course what to consider fact .<br /><br />Finally there are no moving forward any more for the progressive , they simply hit the wall, the individual . And as you can't liberate the individual from himself without infringing on his individuality there are no new progressing than that , This is why the right now look like the renegade and the rebel and the most with intellectual exploration to try to understand the current world ( with a lot of the usual ) .<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-49661817752965065222018-05-27T13:28:16.872-07:002018-05-27T13:28:16.872-07:00Anon, these comments are off-topic drivel. I'm...Anon, these comments are off-topic drivel. I'm just going to delete them.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81138631005219224212018-05-27T11:50:27.109-07:002018-05-27T11:50:27.109-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-34822610719226364552018-05-27T11:29:52.416-07:002018-05-27T11:29:52.416-07:00Anon 10:56 - I don't have a clue what you'...<br />Anon 10:56 - I don't have a clue what you're on about.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46207292039665993442018-05-27T11:29:21.480-07:002018-05-27T11:29:21.480-07:00TB, I believe we've developed a pro-am cadre o...<br />TB, I believe we've developed a pro-am cadre of trolls that beset online news outlets. Some have understandably disabled comments altogether. The vitriol these miscreants spew leaves few wanting to contribute. I wonder how many of these jackals actually live in their mom's basement.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5247666693164961942018-05-27T10:56:54.968-07:002018-05-27T10:56:54.968-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84333527486604613782018-05-27T10:47:08.355-07:002018-05-27T10:47:08.355-07:00People seem to wish to belong to a winning team ra...People seem to wish to belong to a winning team rather than face facts.<br /><br /><br />Just look at the comment section of the press to see how unhinged many become when faced with factual information.<br /><br />TBTrailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065775238162848249noreply@blogger.com