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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 05:25 PM
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21. Raise your hand if...
you evaluate opinions on their merits rather than on the resume of the opinion holder.

I just want a reality check regarding the critical thinking skills of those posting on this website, so I can determine if they are conformity trolls.

Thanks!

:hand conspicuously raised:
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  -Raise your hand if... Autonomy  Dec-18-08 09:42 AM   #0 
  - He's not a king and he can still make bad decisions. I'm just saying let's not  GreenPartyVoter   Dec-18-08 09:46 AM   #1 
  - But it's not him I am wondering about  Autonomy   Dec-18-08 09:59 AM   #2 
     - Just because I am not a Harvard grad I don't get to question him on  GreenPartyVoter   Dec-18-08 10:03 AM   #3 
        - Do whatever you want  Autonomy   Dec-18-08 10:31 AM   #5 
           - M'Kay. I never asked you to like my opinions or even trust in them so don't bother  GreenPartyVoter   Dec-18-08 10:43 AM   #9 
  - Ummmm......  Coyote_Bandit   Dec-18-08 10:18 AM   #4 
  - How Can It Not, CB?  ProfessorGAC   Dec-18-08 10:35 AM   #6 
  - If we were to consider subject matter expertise  Coyote_Bandit   Dec-18-08 11:10 AM   #12 
     - I Think We're Talking The Same Point But. . .  ProfessorGAC   Dec-18-08 05:14 PM   #16 
  - The opinions here are decontextualized  Autonomy   Dec-18-08 10:35 AM   #7 
     - .  Coyote_Bandit   Dec-18-08 11:26 AM   #13 
  - This is a democracy of the people, not the "experts".  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-18-08 10:37 AM   #8 
  - That's right. In this country, you don't have to be an "expert" (whatever that means)  winter999   Dec-18-08 10:54 AM   #11 
  - My qualifications? I am an American citizen.  oktoberain   Dec-18-08 10:53 AM   #10 
  - Thanks for making your case  Autonomy   Dec-18-08 11:28 AM   #14 
     - You are terribly confused.  Lex   Dec-18-08 05:17 PM   #19 
  - I say we have to have a leader  madokie   Dec-18-08 11:29 AM   #15 
  - Raises hand.  Bornaginhooligan   Dec-18-08 05:15 PM   #17 
  - Yes, we all want a Monarch so our opinions don't count one whit  Lex   Dec-18-08 05:16 PM   #18 
  - Oh for fuck's sake...  ljm2002   Dec-18-08 05:19 PM   #20 
  - Raise your hand if...  Truth2Tell   Dec-18-08 05:25 PM   #21 
  - Me.  uppityperson   Dec-18-08 05:29 PM   #22 
  - The Constitution doesn't have such a requirement for criticizing the President.  mondo joe   Dec-18-08 05:52 PM   #23 
  - Bush was a Yale grad  Neo   Dec-18-08 05:54 PM   #24 
 

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