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Blue Meany

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7. It doesn't work like you described. They first stretch their

Reply to Cary (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 02:38 PM

Aug 2012

paradigms to the limit, step by step, and only gradually does it collapse under the weight of contradictions.

E.g., they will perhaps conclude the G. W. Bush made some bad decisions that hurt the country, but decide they occured when he deviated from right wing orthodoxy.

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A thought experiment re "conservatives" [View all] Cary Aug 2012 OP

This conservative would sign up on DU lurk around get more enlightenment... Kalidurga Aug 2012 #1

The point of a thought experiment is to ponder things that may not be possible Cary Aug 2012 #3

People tend to stick very close to percieved worlds, many of them ALREADY know they're wrong uponit7771 Aug 2012 #2

That's one of the variables I'm trying to isolate Cary Aug 2012 #4

It doesn't work like you described. They first stretch their Blue Meany Aug 2012 #7

But what if it did work as I described? Cary Aug 2012 #9

I guess it would be the way we would react if we woke up Blue Meany Aug 2012 #11

If teabaggers were right Cary Aug 2012 #14

They Become "Lone Wolfs" FAHQ69_7 Aug 2012 #5

They know that they are wrong Aerows Aug 2012 #6

There are some of these, yes, to top 1% Cary Aug 2012 #8

I've yet to meet a conservative Aerows Aug 2012 #10

Oh, I have. Cary Aug 2012 #15

They would do like John Cole.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #12

Awesome! Cary Aug 2012 #16

Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs is another conservative that saw the light.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #17

All that wrong would just cause them to recalibrate Spike89 Aug 2012 #13

I'm afraid you're confused rock Aug 2012 #18