tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post115245001696342339..comments2024-02-15T07:19:24.972-05:00Comments on The Daily Doubter: Our partisan brainsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-1152988647699398002006-07-15T14:37:00.000-04:002006-07-15T14:37:00.000-04:00I think Smoovement's comment supports the conclusi...I think Smoovement's comment supports the conclusion of the study. He reacted emotionally, rather than logically, and immediately assumed his own beliefs were under attack. <BR/><BR/>The study results are a good thing for both 'conservatives' and 'liberals' to keep in mind.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562625602966956096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-1152477695546501352006-07-09T16:41:00.000-04:002006-07-09T16:41:00.000-04:00"Since when do Presidential candidates qualify as ..."Since when do Presidential candidates qualify as an obvious meter for partisanship?"<BR/><BR/>Also, if you had read the study, you would have or should have noticed that the subjects in the study were self-identified partisans. The self-identified Demcrat partisans overlooked contradictions from the Democratic candidate, and the self-identified Republican partisans overlooked contradictions from the Republican candidate.<BR/><BR/>How can you possibly construe this as an attack on supporters of President Bush?Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-1152470070582194432006-07-09T14:34:00.000-04:002006-07-09T14:34:00.000-04:00That link is broken. This debate.That link is broken. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/debates/secularist/abortion/index.shtml" REL="nofollow">This debate.</A>Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-1152469962531869692006-07-09T14:32:00.000-04:002006-07-09T14:32:00.000-04:00You aren't talking to me. You're talking to some c...You aren't talking to me. You're talking to some caricature of me that you're created in your own mind. <BR/><BR/>1. Did you read Dr. Shermer's column? The study did not denigrate either Republicans or Democrats. It simply stated that people who are partisan tend to give their candidates a pass on contradictory statements that they would not give to an opposition candidate. <BR/>2."do you think that this is an issue that everyone would agree with if religios institutions were forbidden from the debate?"<BR/><BR/>No, I don't. Nat Hentoff, who I keep in my bookmarks and link to frequently, holds views on legalized abortion that I do not agree with. Yet he holds views regarding religion that I do share. I had actually planned on doing a post on this subject, where I was going to provide a link to <A HREF="do you think that this is an issue that everyone would agree with if religios institutions were forbidden from the debate?" REL="nofollow">this debate</A> to demonstrate how one could be make a secular case against abortion.<BR/><BR/>See how that works? Ask someone what their beliefs or positions are, wait for an answer, then reply.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.com