Liberal this, conservative that, christian this, islam that, ad naseum. Why is it that any time a point is made, wether valid or not in whom ever's opinion that most people in the realms of politics and religion rarely have facts to back up their wild claims? There is an easy to use box for refering people to supporting evidence! On top of that when somebody does refernce their point, there are people who resort to name calling. It is becoming more and more apparant that the idological rift will continue to grow because people aren't smart enough to either make valid supportable points, or have no understanding of the idiology of "the other side." (For real, a person claimed FDR would be considered a Republican in todays world, isn't FDR the most liberal President? He created the welfare system, wether you like it or not his politics are not debatable, they speak for themselves.) My theory is the age/education level of the people here, what is yours?
2006-07-11 04:25:22 · 4 answers · asked by vertical732 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Although I may not agree with everything you say ;) , people on here are way to disrespectful. With some people, if you don't agree with them, they resort to name calling and making fun of your opinion. It's stupid! I'm 24 and I learned long ago that everyone has their own opinion and you have to respect that! I'm a republican and I used to hate talking to a Liberal because they just made me so mad! But I try to act like a civil human being rather than some monkey slinging wordpoop!
2006-07-11 04:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by marieandlucaspape 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree that level of education certainly is a consideration and a barrier to intelligent debate. However, politics are very emotionally charged, and any time you have such controversial issues that get people going, it's going to be hard to be strictly objective and unbiased. The whole thing isn't helped by the fact that it's so hard to really get a clear understanding of what is what in Washington. How do you know which soundbite is truth? How do you know which facts really are, and which are so spin-doctored that they only bear the slightest kernel of truth within them? This obviously happens on both sides, but one of the biggest problems is that people are two close-minded (again, on both sides), to think that their 'facts' and beliefs could be wrong. And this just gets back to the whole emotional thing.
2006-07-11 04:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Lmeister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
takes too much energy and thought - just like reading your rant
2006-07-11 04:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by soul patrol baby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your venting...just like everyone else here...dont throw stones, or judge....
we all could use a little more tolerance....
2006-07-11 04:28:34 · answer #4 · answered by badjanssen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋