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Originally posted by navy_vet_stg3
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Or are you simply starting with the assumption that only conservatives love America and start from there...
That was the whole point of this exercise. To state things as "fact" that would actually be "opinion". Playing the role of a Glenn Beck, or Keith Olbermann, and seeing how people would react. I could have just as easily played the other side.
I found the article interesting as well, which is why I used it to spring my trap.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Get back to work and stop trolling net people! Weekend doesn't start til 5
Originally posted by TerryMcGuire
reply to post by navy_vet_stg3
Well color ME the fool. I mistook this for a serious thread. So you were just playing with us? Just playing the devils advocate?
That's the point of it. I was taking a study, and then taking one side of it, and twisting it to make "my" point, similar to how the media does things, be it Fox of MSNBC. My point is to show how people can go from "middle of the road" and swing far from one side or the other, depending on which side they fall from middle. Example, someone who is moderately left, will go far left to defend the position that I'm wrong. Someone who is moderate right will go far fight to defend my original position.
That's the problem with the "news" we get these days. We have people on both sides giving us the news, and spinning it far left or far right, and they're dividing us! We have MORE in common than what separates us, but we allow ourselves to be ruled by emotion, and we are willing to go to hell and back to prove our points.
My personal belief is that by in large, Republicans and Democrats alike, both love this country, and have a sense that something is "wrong". But, as long as we continue to fight among ourselves, we'll keep getting screwed. And, it's studies like this that perpetuate that anger from both sides.