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Now on NPR they have a lady droning on about how he should not be on the SC because there is no way he could be non partisan after being treated so bad by democrats.

RC2006 says

e a lady droning on about how he should not be on the SC because there is no way he could be non partisan after being treated so bad by democrats.

That’s not a bug. That’s a feature!

Patrick says

Critical thinking means looking for mistakes in what you are taught

IT's far more likely there are mistakes in what you feel than that there are mistakes in what you are taught. So I think that's a far more important place to look if you are doing true critical thinking. Don't get me wrong. There are certainly mistakes, or at least imperfections in what you've been taught. But for each one of those there are bound to be many mistakes in what you feel. Especially if you're a Trump supporter.

The OP has an interesting record when it comes to this.

Quigley says

You’re about half right, but you miss the main point entirely

I dissagree.

Quigley says

the D party and the wealthy elites have worked very hard to separate Americans along those lines using rheee methods:

ACtually there is identity politics on the right (for which I see you as a voice), that is part of their divide and conquer plan, but let me address your three methods.

1) I'm not going to dissagree so much. illegal immigration has been allowed. And with this economy, we aren't about to send them back. These people work for peanuts, but many of their decendants will be tax paying good citizens.


2) Quigley says

encouraging and promotion of immigrants who are utterly alien in culture, hostile to our values, and unable or unwilling to assimilate. This means mostly Muslims from intolerant sects from Somalia and Arabia as well as other horrid places like Pakistan.

This may be a problem, but we don't take in that many. And they are assimilated into the American Muslim population which is relatively moderate. But I'll grant you that this one is tricky.

3) Quigley says

multiculturalism and the cult of accommodation. Rather than insist that immigrants adopt at least some of our ways and the common language, D politicians have sought to keep them separate.

This is mostly an outright and complete lie. You will not meet a descendant of a mexican immigrant that doesn't speak fluent English without any accent whatsoever, if they started school here at an age under 10 (maybe under 12). I'm saying this as a teacher in Los Angeles. THese are people that might serve in the military, and that will be tax paying citizens for life.

"How come Liberals lack critical thinking skills?"

The same reason Republicans lack critical thinking skills. They listen to and internalize party bullshit. It's all about party bullshit. Until both Ds and Rs realize this, the US is in trouble. On second thought, never mind. Them SJWs is whack!

marcus says

3) Quigley says

multiculturalism and the cult of accommodation. Rather than insist that immigrants adopt at least some of our ways and the common language, D politicians have sought to keep them separate.

This is mostly an outright and complete lie. You will not meet a descendant of a mexican immigrant that doesn't speak fluent English without any accent whatsoever, if they started school here at an age under 10 (maybe under 12). I'm saying this as a teacher in Los Angeles. THese are people that might serve in the military, and that will be tax paying citizens for life.

No Marcus, it's not a lie. Maybe not in your social circle. But shit man, I see people who are here second generation, they speak either no english, or Spanglish (half/half). This isn't just Mexicans, although they are the majority due to sheer numbers of them here, there is a lot of it in all kinds of little towns.

When you try talking to a liberal:

zzyzzx says

When you try talking to a liberal:

That cartoon is sadly not that far away from reality for the current Dem party.

I think Slate (or some other leftist fag rag) posted an article about how if "straight guys aren't open to sucking off their gay male friends", then they are being bigoted and anti-gay. Real article, no bullshit.

The "It's OK to be white" meme is brilliant.

It's a moderate and reasonable statement showing acceptance regardless of race. Is it not OK to be white? It would be racist to say so.

zzyzzx says

That is one Whole Foods shopper right there, damn!

I can see her cart:
Two large bags of Organic Quinoa
Little bag of expensive organic mushrooms
Two sprigs of organic Basil at $9.99
1 liter of soy milk
1lb bag of Organic Coffee at $29.99
Two Boxed Wines
Marlboro Lights
AFDC card in hand

"I don't put corporate trash in my stomach."

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/young-voters-ptsd-trump/

Study Shows 25% of Young Voters Claim PTSD From Trump’s Election

Goran_K says

posted an article about how

I remember an article a bit like that, but it was merely stupid clickbait. The article was about how to persuade a straight guy to bottom, and the general reaction was why on earth would anyone want to do that. There are plenty of gay guys, plus a chronic surfeit of "straight" Larry Craig types at the Reseda truck stop toilet. As for the actual straight guys, back before the issue got tied up with identity, many would top for beer or money. (The Simpsons had a funny reference to that: Homer thinks Mr. Burns is hitting on him and says "We're going to need some beer.") An irony of gay liberation is that probably fewer people are actually having gay sex now that it has become bound up with personal identity. In other places and times, e.g. modern Brazil or ancient Rome, identity is/was a function of what a person does, not with whom.

curious2 says

ancient Rome, identity is/was a function of what a person does, not with whom.

Yep. It was okay to be a top but not a bottom; the former wasn't considered unmasculine, only a bit of a character flaw if you weren't making many babies with your wife because you were spending all your time chasing guys.

Tenpoundbass says

How come Liberals lack critical thinking skills?

Possibly becasue they don't define critical thinking skills as dishonestly rationalizing beliefs that are based on emotions, ignorance and hate. I don't know, could that be it ?