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Skriven 2006-08-29 18:22:00 av Robert E Starr JR (7771.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: My presidential pick
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>> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:22:51 -0400, Vorlonagent wrote
(in article <QaGdnTFAyPs0GGnZnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@comcast.com>):

> 
> "Amy Guskin" <aisling@fjordstone.com> wrote in message 
> news:0001HW.C119F5B401017F16F0407530@news.verizon.net...
>>>> Simply put, don't think my way.  Don't think the way any political 
>>>> movement
>>> wants you to (and they do).  Think your way.  And be aware of who you're
>>> giving credence to, what they're telling you and try to figure out what
>>> they're not telling you. <<
>> 
>> You often repeat that lesson, the implication being that if the people who
>> post here think a certain way that disagrees with your way, we must be
>> horribly gullible and misled "sheeple."  That's awfully patronizing.  Why
>> would you assume we _haven't_ thought for ourselves, read for ourselves, 
>> made
>> decisions for ourselves already?
> 
> This bears a reply.
> 
> Take a look around this topic.
> 
> JMS starts this thread about 2008 and most of the posts were the same tired 
> old swipes at Bush on the same tired old topics.  Not a thing new, no unique 
> perspectives expressed, just the same litany of complaint that has 
> circulated this country for months or years.  I could practically script 
> most of the posts in this thread knowing the subject ahead of time. 
>
> <snip>
> 
> I'm not seeing a single original thought expressed.  I conclude that 
> groupthink is in full operation. <<

I don't know what to say to you, John.  I've said it before, and I'll say it 
again: just because many people agree on some of the major flaws of the 
Administration doesn't automatically make it groupthink.  I daresay that many 
of us here on the newsgroup have different news sources, have read different 
books, and have come to our conclusions via different pieces of evidence and 
different analyses.  I'm not going to apologize for thinking what I think, 
nor am I going to spend pages and pages and hours of my time collating 
information I've already reviewed just so I can show you my process.  I'm 
just not interested in doing that, but that doesn't mean it's not a valid 
process nor that I didn't actually do it.

And incidentally, has it occurred to you that _your_ words, your perspective, 
the arguments _you_ advance are also nothing new, just the same old litany of 
rightwing complaint that's been circulating in this country for years, and 
that _I_ could script everything you say before you say it?  I get the 
feeling you think you're the only person here who can view things through a 
non-partisan filter and make conclusions based on the information, but your 
posts sounds as biased to me as mine apparently sound to you.

Amy
                                                                               
       
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