That reminds me of an observation I made of know-it-alls, many years ago: "If they bothered to learn a little more, they'd soon realize that they didn't know as much as they thought they did".
Nonage was prevalent at the founding of the Left's pathology: Roe v Wade.
The underlying premise they used to justify the mass murder of the most defenseless of humanity was that "the unborn aren't persons", never asking themselves if that may be wrong.
That view that inconvenient lives are disposable now has expanded to the post-born, as we see in Charlie Kirk's assassination and the Left's reaction to it.
Profound observation, Joe. Just a bit ago, I came over here from X to see what's happening and shared a JK Rowling Tweet along with a couple of comments which are spot on. It's called "IT'S DARK HERE" if you'd like to check it out. I think it will resonate with you... https://craigbell.substack.com/p/its-dark-here
Our society is structurally left. ALL the righties I know grew up hard left, left, or left sympathetic. To become right in such a society you have to think and do your way there. It is thinking and experience that allows you in this time to be right wing. Most lefties simply regurgitate left. Most have never considered another viewpoint.
That it is. I’m fortunate enough to have had parents that were solid FDR democrats, which I would imagine today would make them more conservative than not. Certainly they raised me conservatively, so looking towards the right was not a difficult thing growing up. They weren’t politically active, it was just the background of my childhood. Still, made it here today and glad for it.
I am Canadian. We are further left than the US. But, interestingly something I’ve noticed is my rabid left middle class neighbours all live very old fashioned conservatively. They pay their mortgage down. They live simply and cautiously. They are more subdued than their American counterparts on the left. They live like prudent church people but demand the government rule like 30 year olds who just inherited his rich father’s estate.
Was listening to a doctor with interesting research concerning pot in that the pot today being so much stronger than it used to be and that young people the younger they are when they start to smoke it their brain stops maturing at that age. So if you start when you’re 14 your mental age stays 14. How many of these progressives are pot smokers? Not occasionally but heavy regular pot smokers? Food for thought
REGRESSIVES tend to be just emotional and gullible to a fault. They have a proclivity for "group think" and "trendiness"(entertainment world). They TRUST "degrees". They TRUST Legacy media like CNN and the NYT. They lack curiosity and think of it as "personal" to be "right".
Though the moral values the Right attribute to "God" are very important--they. can be had by family values. "Right" vs "Wrong" should be taught. Of course there is a direct relationship to the Ten. Commandments.
Charlie emphasized "Jesus"--but the Ten Commandments are Judeo-Christian concepts that every decent person knows are right--instinctively.
You’re describing Dunning-Kruger: why do smart people know they’re smart but stupid people don’t know they’re stupid?
Dunning Kruger was a large study of that question. Results: smart people often are unsure enough to go find out more. Stupid people KNOW they are right so their curiosity is never engaged.
That reminds me of an observation I made of know-it-alls, many years ago: "If they bothered to learn a little more, they'd soon realize that they didn't know as much as they thought they did".
Amen, Michael.
Nonage was prevalent at the founding of the Left's pathology: Roe v Wade.
The underlying premise they used to justify the mass murder of the most defenseless of humanity was that "the unborn aren't persons", never asking themselves if that may be wrong.
That view that inconvenient lives are disposable now has expanded to the post-born, as we see in Charlie Kirk's assassination and the Left's reaction to it.
Profound observation, Joe. Just a bit ago, I came over here from X to see what's happening and shared a JK Rowling Tweet along with a couple of comments which are spot on. It's called "IT'S DARK HERE" if you'd like to check it out. I think it will resonate with you... https://craigbell.substack.com/p/its-dark-here
Our society is structurally left. ALL the righties I know grew up hard left, left, or left sympathetic. To become right in such a society you have to think and do your way there. It is thinking and experience that allows you in this time to be right wing. Most lefties simply regurgitate left. Most have never considered another viewpoint.
That it is. I’m fortunate enough to have had parents that were solid FDR democrats, which I would imagine today would make them more conservative than not. Certainly they raised me conservatively, so looking towards the right was not a difficult thing growing up. They weren’t politically active, it was just the background of my childhood. Still, made it here today and glad for it.
I am Canadian. We are further left than the US. But, interestingly something I’ve noticed is my rabid left middle class neighbours all live very old fashioned conservatively. They pay their mortgage down. They live simply and cautiously. They are more subdued than their American counterparts on the left. They live like prudent church people but demand the government rule like 30 year olds who just inherited his rich father’s estate.
Was listening to a doctor with interesting research concerning pot in that the pot today being so much stronger than it used to be and that young people the younger they are when they start to smoke it their brain stops maturing at that age. So if you start when you’re 14 your mental age stays 14. How many of these progressives are pot smokers? Not occasionally but heavy regular pot smokers? Food for thought
I’ve heard that said about hard-core drug users in general. And I would agree with that.
REGRESSIVES tend to be just emotional and gullible to a fault. They have a proclivity for "group think" and "trendiness"(entertainment world). They TRUST "degrees". They TRUST Legacy media like CNN and the NYT. They lack curiosity and think of it as "personal" to be "right".
Though the moral values the Right attribute to "God" are very important--they. can be had by family values. "Right" vs "Wrong" should be taught. Of course there is a direct relationship to the Ten. Commandments.
Charlie emphasized "Jesus"--but the Ten Commandments are Judeo-Christian concepts that every decent person knows are right--instinctively.
America is irreparably broken. The divide is too wide to bridge. More to the point, the other side doesn't want a bridge.
You’re describing Dunning-Kruger: why do smart people know they’re smart but stupid people don’t know they’re stupid?
Dunning Kruger was a large study of that question. Results: smart people often are unsure enough to go find out more. Stupid people KNOW they are right so their curiosity is never engaged.
My intellectual curiosity hit a snag when I was 12, I couldn't think of anything that I didn't already know.