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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (48128)5/23/2002 5:33:59 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
I think many people are not prepared to be in a place where they find out what other people are really thinking. Many people go through life believing that most people are thinking the same thoughts they are, and believe the same things they do, and have the same mores they do.

I agree with you.

When faced with this, it seems to me that most people seem to cope by rejecting the alien perspectives and the people who hold them. Knee-jerk defensiveness. I don't see much listening going on. Or curiosity. Or interest in understanding the alternatives. Or making their own position more informed. Just nuke the outliers.

And then there's my favorite hobbyhorse, the dearth of critical thinking, which I have ranted about all too often already...
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