Comments on: Two pundits http://thenonsequitur.com/?p=475 A Logical Analysis of Political Media Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:50:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matt K http://thenonsequitur.com/?p=475&cpage=1#comment-49715 Matt K Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:12:34 +0000 http://thenonsequitur.com/?p=475#comment-49715 Courtesy of <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/statshot/how_is_the_new_york_times" rel="nofollow">the Onion</a>. I thought it was somewhat funny. Courtesy of the Onion. I thought it was somewhat funny.

]]> By: jem http://thenonsequitur.com/?p=475&cpage=1#comment-49660 jem Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:50:48 +0000 http://thenonsequitur.com/?p=475#comment-49660 It seems that the trouble with these damn Liberal columnists is that they think too objectively and reject the group think ideology that permeates the Conservative pundit community. Liberals, gasp, are even willing to critically assess their own positions, and criticize their own leadership, something the conservatives rarely seem to do. Meta-politics aside, Liberal pundits tend to make the better arguments because they utilize true facts and critical reasoning. The problem is, when one starts thinking really, really hard about a complicated issue, the solution itself becomes tougher to discern. Thus, a divergence of political views coming from reasoned thinkers will surely follow. The dearth of critical thinking among Conservative writers limits this divergence of views, thus giving the appearance of unity and the repetition of the same arguments, a "Confederacy of Dunces," if you will. My two cents. Hope all is well, jc. It seems that the trouble with these damn Liberal columnists is that they think too objectively and reject the group think ideology that permeates the Conservative pundit community. Liberals, gasp, are even willing to critically assess their own positions, and criticize their own leadership, something the conservatives rarely seem to do. Meta-politics aside, Liberal pundits tend to make the better arguments because they utilize true facts and critical reasoning. The problem is, when one starts thinking really, really hard about a complicated issue, the solution itself becomes tougher to discern. Thus, a divergence of political views coming from reasoned thinkers will surely follow. The dearth of critical thinking among Conservative writers limits this divergence of views, thus giving the appearance of unity and the repetition of the same arguments, a “Confederacy of Dunces,” if you will.

My two cents. Hope all is well, jc.

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