[PLUG-TALK] How to be a good Democrat
Russ Johnson
russj at dimstar.net
Sun Oct 19 23:46:50 UTC 2003
On 19 Oct 2003 15:25:04 -0700
Russell Senior <seniorr at aracnet.com> wrote:
> So why choose to emphasize it with the Rush Limbaugh propaganda tract?
It was a JOKE, Russell. It was not propaganda. It was satire. The problem being, that most of the people I've talked to have that simple type of thinking.
> Russ> You take the single issue, and the answer is cut and dried.
>
> I disagree. The single issue has lots of grey. "Cut-and-dried" _is_
> one-bit thinking.
Exactly. And "most" folks DO think that way.
> Russ> Tommy Lee Jones character (Agent K) in MIB said it best, "A
> Russ> *person* is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals
> Russ> and you know it."
>
> A self-fulfilling prophesy.
I've found his statement to be quite true. Granted, I'm going on anecdotal evidence, but in this case, I've had very little evidence to the contrary.
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