The Herd of Independent Minds

This guy is complaining that his friends believe in evolution... and you take anything else that he says seriously?

Doesn't the complaint of his friends believing in evolution imply that he is a young earther or intelligent design devotee?

IMO, that alone makes everything else that comes out of his mouth (or keyboard) worthy of dismissal.

Cyc, let's use Drewdad as an example of what the author was speaking of. He read one sentance, and on that basis, everything else must be false.

Of course he doesn't believe in evolution, the goofy old monkey.

McGentrix wrote:

Cyc, let's use Drewdad as an example of what the author was speaking of. He read one sentance, and on that basis, everything else must be false.

No, that's not what I said. Read it again; can you tell me where you went wrong?


Spoiler: It's not about everything being wrong; it's about judging him to be an unreliable source.

Your boy says "gregarious conservatives" (don't do us any ******* favors) register a complaint which includes, among a lot of other drivel, that liberals believe in evolution. That implies that conservatives don't, otherwise, why would they complain? You say this horseshit is true, so one reasonably infers that you don't believe it either.

"It is this code that makes the members of the group feel as one," writes Lee Harris. "They are disgusted, angered, delighted and shamed by the same things. The unanimity of their visceral response is what provides the powerful sense of collective identity. It makes them feel and think as a tribal Us, in contrast to those tribes who are not disgusted by what disgusts us, or made angry by what makes us angry, and who feel no shame at what we think of as shameful[.] ... A tribe that shares a powerful visceral code that inhibits the natural tendency of the individual to self-assertion will present a united front against its enemies."

So liberals do not firmly believe in evolution? Because he says they do.

the light being shown down upon you.

If that is your conclusion then I think you should quit embarrassing yourself with your lack of reading comprehension.

Conservatives are usually reluctant ideological warriors. For the most part, they want only to be left alone, to live and let live. Having won a battle, they sigh with relief and waste no time beating their swords into ploughshares.

The article is about liberal group think. That is where the bits of truth I spoke of lie.

Move past the first paragraph that is only used to demonstrate liberals (as a group) typical mantra.

No, really, please stop. It's difficult to watch you keep going on like that.

McGentrix wrote:

Move past the first paragraph that is only used to demonstrate liberals (as a group) typical mantra.

Can you show me someone who professes all of that?

I doubt you can find one person who says all of that, let alone that it's the "typical mantra" of liberals.