Reply #50: The BEST way to distinguish ourselves from the dittoheads....

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Th1onein wrote: "Bullshit. I think that we first have to ask, "Even if it IS true, does it matter?" Otherwise, we are wasting our time."

Uh? The question is WHETHER it's true. You have in past posts supported the claim it is. Please focus.

"And this has a LOT to do with the attitude that we have to show "proof" for everything, even when the proof is evident for everyone to see."

I prefer my opinions to be based in fact. If you choose a different standard... please just come right out and say so. If something were REALLY self-evident... I would not be asking for proof of someone's claims.

"Condi's assessment of the Aug. 6 PDB and your call for "proof" are prime examples of this attitude."

I think you're trying to borrow credibility from the PDB issue because you can't demonstrate any on the matter of whether Bush had an earpiece.

"Why bother ourselves getting the "proof" no one but you is demanding, when the issue might be moot, to begin with?"

Is having a SOLID basis for an opinion now a crime at DU?

"And, by the way, your inference that anyone doesn't agree with you is a leftist dittohead is also typical of right-wing tactics; vis a vis if your not for the war in Iraq, then you're not a patriot."

Irrationality knows no political boundaries. The Right has no monopoly on it nor is the Left immune.

My point here and in other threads is that if the Left is to distinguish itself from the mindless dittoheads of the Right... then the BEST way to do so is to ensure our beliefs have a solid base in rationality and fact. Unfortunately this inherently desirable quality is not self-evident to all.