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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:12 AM Original message |
Is critical thinking a dying art? |
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YourUniqueDemocrat (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Agree. Everyone seems to know the exact explanation of events |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Welcome back. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Oops. See you next reincarnation! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes in fact its condemned by some |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. The last few months? Oh, it goes back much further? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Good point ...... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yes, I share your concern that too many DEMS gave up thinking for fitting in with the mob |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. The combination of group think |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. gang loyalty |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm not just talking about campaigns |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. What was the stat the other day? Something about 16% of science teachers being creationists? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. They live and were raised in Conservative country. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So was Copernicus |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I agree about the "manufactured stress" |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. One person acting on their own guidance is an individual |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. K&R - emotion can get the better of us all, its important to keep this in mind. (nt) |
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existentialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. This has been going on |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. .good i can post stuff behind your back! |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. It appears to me that neocons use obfuscation of the issues by means of |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. We've had over a year and a half of this "distraction" while |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. That was well thought out reasoning. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's always been like that. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. After years now of the left watching g.w. bush & his handlers have their way |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. Nope |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. True. My only criticism is why are we just now arriving at this conclusion. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
23. That's a good list to print out and keep handy. |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. Nope, it's a dead art. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. too soon to tell. the republicans have relied on squelching critical thinking |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. yes - and my attention span is too short to read your whole post! |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's on life support in this particular forum |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. Kick |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. A kick for the evening shift |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. it was established in 2004 that you cannot change your mind |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. A nation lobotomized by the media |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Critical thinking has, sadly, been a minority behavior |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. LOL. |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. Actually, there is some critical thinking going on at DU |
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