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Originally posted by dig420@Apr 28 2003, 03:29 AM
if you don't know why it's wrong to vote for Jerry Falwell, there are no words that will clarify it for you.
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i did not make the remark that it was "wrong", you did.
you are telling people what is right and wrong. i am just curious how those decisions are made. you object to people telling you what is right and wrong... yet freely tell others what is right and wrong.
how do you decide what is right and wrong? you are telling me that it is "wrong" to vote for someone. how can that be "wrong"? This is an excellent chance to make your case.
Dig... the point is this... "wrong" in politics is your opinion. its not fact. You are not saying "it may be a mistake" , "i would not agree with that choice" , "i think thats a poor choice" ... in which case, MANY would agree with you. You are saying that you are right and anyone else that makes that choice is "wrong"
You may believe your opinion to be fact but i dont think others will agree with you. You perceive the world. you interpret the information you see, hear, read, feel, touch, smell etc.... you then make conclusions based on what you believe to be consistent with your own ideas about what makes the world turns. We all do that.
What you are doing is the equivelent of looking at that image that shows both an old woman and a young girl and seeing only one person. You see the information that supports your idea of what you see... and you refuse to listen to or accept that there is another person in the same image. Similarly, other people are often arguing that they see the opposite and refuse to see what you see. I believe that in two party politics, there is two people in the image and there is all the information right there to show both.
... we all just need to open our eyes a little and be a little more receptive. when you have boiled everything down to "you are wrong, i am right and its just that fucking simple" ... you cannot possibly be seeing all sides of the arguement clearly or weighing them evenly.