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Default OT Stereotypes of "liberals" vs "conservatives"



"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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| "cavelamb" wrote in message
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| krw wrote:
| On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:12:43 +0000 (UTC), Curious Man
| wrote:
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| There seems to be a stereotype that "liberals" are the lazy sorts of
| people who interrupt TV viewing only to go to soup lines, or smoke
| harmful substances, whereas "conservatives" are hard working, self
| reliant people who are very well off due to their own perseverance and
| work ethic.
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| And yet, the few self proclaimed or suspected liberals and Obama
| supporters of this newsgroup, seem to be very well off, accomplished
| people, whereas many conservatives, while intelligent and interesting
| people on many levels, are not exactly above that kind of level of
| attainment.
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| Show us your data. IOW, you're talking out your a$$.
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| If that is the case, is that perhaps the time to reconsider our
| stereotypes?
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| Perhaps you should reconsider yours.
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| i think what he is saying is that your stereotypes should be the
| same as his...
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| More likely what he would have said, had he not been so polite, is that
the
| people who identify themselves at either end of the spectrum are out of
| their minds. And, of course, he would be correct. d8-)
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| Ed Huntress
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Correct. There are many examples of stupidity and brilliance from both
sides.
However, grouped together there are possibly more stupidity than brilliance
committed throughout history of mankind.