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2. The remarkable ability to accept one set of facts as the Gospel, while rejecting another set of facts as nothing more than a bunch of lies.
3. Choosing ideology over objective thinking. Declaring oneself a liberal or a conservative is the equivalent of taking a math test and writing the number 5 in all the blanks. There will be times when you are dead on. There will be times when you will be close to correct. And there will be times when you are disastrously wrong.
4. A smug and overweening confirmation bias.
Number 3 is awesome. This is why people should strive to be a "practical centrist" . As soon as you declare fealty to some strict ideology, political platform or person - you have immediately restricted your usefulness. This frees you to cherry pick from what works and has lasting value, no matter the origin - and also frees you to reject that which is inefficient or incomprehensible or useless. In other words, don't let the emotions of rigid doctrinaire belief be the puppet-master of your decisions.
The US government shall not ban the importation of the same drug from a foreign pharmacy in Canada, Japan, UK, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, (The rest of Western Europe). IE no screwing over US consumers for the exact same drug.
This is a great thread. So often we lose sight of the fact that we are all more than a vote. We are going to go to a phonograph preview auction with a dear friend. He's a Trump supporter and listens non stop to Rush. We are never Trumpers, yet, we love and respect each other and get along just fine. He won't talk to me about politics. He's very low information and prefers to live in his right wing bubble. That's fine, I respect it. He will always be a treasured friend no matter who he votes for. I have this image of him forever burned in my memory. His wife almost died (the first one died in her 40's) and he was kneeling at her bed praying and crying. It didn't matter who he voted for. I just hugged him. It broke my heart to see him in so much pain. Presidents will come and go, but good friends are forever.
2. The remarkable ability to accept one set of facts as the Gospel, while rejecting another set of facts as nothing more than a bunch of lies.
3. Choosing ideology over objective thinking. Declaring oneself a liberal or a conservative is the equivalent of taking a math test and writing the number 5 in all the blanks. There will be times when you are dead on. There will be times when you will be close to correct. And there will be times when you are disastrously wrong.
In the past I'd say love for the US. But now liberal seem to look at that has no love.
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