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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (44080)	9/3/2008 9:12:04 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224718

lol Excellent analysis and advice brumar! Let me boil it down: You learned to throw around pseudo-intellectual catch-phrases and now you're a full-fledged member of the liberal academic elite. The great ideas of Plato, Sartre, Camus, Watts, Tolstoy, Baudelaire, Hesse, Huxley, Voltaire, Malreaux - you realize not all these guys had the same "great" ideas, don't you? Try reading Thomas Sowell, The Vision of the Annointed or a Conflict of Visions. Go slow and try to understand it.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (44080)	9/3/2008 12:39:49 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224718

Brumar, I read everyone from Barry Goldwaters, "The conscience of a conservstive" to Ayn Rand. The biggest thing hurting this country and democracy is the anti intellectual attitude we have come to embrace. Anyone taking the time to educate themselves should be applauded, not be a matter of scorn or sarcasm. Educating one to the facts of life is what every person should do. It is hared work and takes a lot of time because reality is very complicated. Understanding Einstein's Relativity, or knowing about the mysteries of quantum physics, or understanding existentialism or Zen is essential to making sophisticated decisions. There is no substitute for knowledge!! As Plato said: "The unexamined life is not worth living. We have to stop this anti intellectual behavior.