Lash wrote:I don't think Shiavo has made it worse...just one opinion. I have come to beleive that there is an intrinsic difference in the way most conservatives and liberals view the world
Funny thing that struck me was exactly that in the Schiavo case, people
don't quite shift into ranks as much as usual. Or that there are more exceptions to the rule, anyway. Eg, Phoenix, McGentrix (at least originally, havent seen him post about it since).
Perhaps its just the libertarians siding with the liberals in this case. Or its because it is such a personal/emotional issue.
I did notice, though, also, that as the discussion heated up, people started falling more passionately into line with the traditional two blocks again (even I did, for one), that was interesting too (tho a totally subjective, unsubstantiated perception).
roger wrote:I'm right in the center, with perfect equilibrium. The rest of you are all polarized to one degree or another.
Naw, thats me. I'm right in the center, with perfect equilibrium - and all of youse is polarised to the right.
Craven de Kere wrote:I think that post-election the US political landscape has been comparatively uneventfull (in comparison to the very eventful first Bush term). With less to discuss than pre-election it tended to focus even less on issues and those who used to merely interrupt issue-based discussions with partisanship started to make up a greater portion of the political discussions making an actual discussion of an issue the interruption.
That sounds like a lot of sense. <nods>
