tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post3570728678446606783..comments2024-03-28T12:58:35.757-04:00Comments on Borepatch: ZOMG Sarah Palin is so incredibly dumb!!!1!one!!Borepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-83823835946067381782011-01-17T19:18:28.214-05:002011-01-17T19:18:28.214-05:00Arthur,
"I ask because I'm having a hard...Arthur,<br /><br />"I ask because I'm having a hard time envisioning a left different than what we have today, or one that wouldn't rapidly morph into what we have today at any rate."<br /><br />It's the second part that's the real problem. Madison called it 'factionalism,' Borepatch calls it 'tribalism,' but both were really talking about the same thing: the tendency of humans to gather into groups, which they then defend against attack beyond all reason. I see it all the time, on all sides of almost every political issue. Even people who should know better do it, people with first-hand knowledge of the advantages of thinking for oneself. It's an innate part of human nature: we live for the Tribe, we die for the Tribe. <br /><br />For my part, I think "an intellectually vigorous Left" would be marked by three major features:<br /><br />1) a desire to discuss and debate issues rather than trying to silence the opposition by force.<br /><br />2) an admission that the solutions the Left has tried in the past have either already failed or are now failing, and a sincere desire to try new approaches to problems.wolfwalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-43425292586386360902011-01-17T18:20:48.619-05:002011-01-17T18:20:48.619-05:00WC Fields is back?????WC Fields is back?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-70785590655055942592011-01-17T13:38:51.524-05:002011-01-17T13:38:51.524-05:00"an intellectually vigorous Left"
Could..."an intellectually vigorous Left"<br /><br />Could you describe what your idealized version of that Left would be? Could you list a few theoretical bullet points they would consider the bedrock their beliefs were based on?<br /><br />I ask because I'm having a hard time envisioning a left different than what we have today, or one that wouldn't rapidly morph into what we have today at any rate.Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289639279717534292noreply@blogger.com