On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:39:15 -0800, JosephKK
wrote:

John Larkin posted to
sci.electronics.design:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:51:01 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:59:05 -0600, flipper
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:16:59 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

Leftism is a herd instinct....

http://www.mindingthecampus.com/orig...11/post_2.html

...Jim Thompson

Ever since I watched a wolf pack of left wing yahoos trying to
shout down Hubert Humphrey during a campaign speech by screaming at
the top of their lungs "freedom of speech, freedom of speech" it's
been clear to me that a 'liberals' interpretation of the principle
is their 'right' to shut up anyone they disagree with so that the
same lack of principle exists amongst 'liberal' professors comes as
no great surprise.

And it, unfortunately, hasn't changed over all these years. Anytime
these cretins can't win an argument the technique is to
"shout-over".

** I liked Hubert Humphrey; and the Ev (Dirksen) and Charlie
(Halleck) Show... opponents were different in the "good ol' days"
;-)

...Jim Thompson


Civility is not a leftist virtue; it is bourgeois and old-fashioned,
practiced by Christians, old farts, and similar non-progressives.

John

It is not practiced by many so called Christians. Civility is
worthwhile in and of itself, you seem to practice it yourself.

Most of the practising Christians that I've met are genuinely decent
and civil people. The press like to find and highlight the bigots of
the right, but usually admire the creeps of the left. A Baptist
minister may have illicit sex, and is mocked in the press; a JFK or a
Bill Clinton behave in ways that are not only a hundred times as
outrageous, but dangerous to the security of the country, and are
publicly admired for their virility.

Public opinion in the US, and probably the world, is mostly shaped by
the graduates of journalism schools, people who can't write linear
prose and can't tell a watt from a kwh, or a bacteria from a virus,
and sure can't understand economics. Hipness, cynicism, and edginess
are admired in the media; thoughtfulness and civility are not.

How many TV shows these days feature characters who are polite?

Grrrrr.

John