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In reply to the discussion: Personally, I find the regular, intense defense on DU of third-rate pundits, [View all]SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)And what I think makes us on the Left much better than our fellow Americans on the Right...Far more of us on the Left are willing to look in a mirror from time to time & take an assessment of ourselves & our community as a whole, notice our faults & try to correct them. Of course, not all of us do that & we have our share of people who believe what they want evidence be damned but for the most part, the majority of us on the Left are willing to change our minds depending on the facts/evidence...Or in this case the track record of certain sources or "pundits" even if they're saying things we like to hear.
...I know I would rather hear the truth & be upset by it than know that I'm seeking out sources that are just feeding me what I want to hear.