Civil Discussion Test

[JayB]

"The next time you're engaged in a political discussion with someone who has very strong views different from your own, ask them if they can name two famous thinkers or politicians whose politics are opposed to theirs who they also think are very smart and genuinely concerned with making the world a better place. If they can't, it's not clear they are able to grant the good faith such discussions should have."

 

Robert Reich, Barney Frank

[Mal_Con]

Gotten a lot harder since Bill Buckley died.

[bstach]

Impossible. Anyone who would disagree with me is either stupid or has a secret agenda.

[summitchaserCJB]

wait, bstach, did you just prove Jay's point?

[Fairweather]

"The next time you're engaged in a political discussion with someone who has very strong views different from your own, ask them if they can name two famous thinkers or politicians whose politics are opposed to theirs who they also think are very smart and genuinely concerned with making the world a better place. If they can't, it's not clear they are able to grant the good faith such discussions should have."

 

Robert Reich, Barney Frank

 

Dennis Kucinich

Hillary Clinton

 

[billcoe]

"The next time you're engaged in a political discussion with someone who has very strong views different from your own, ask them if they can name two famous thinkers or politicians whose politics are opposed to theirs who they also think are very smart and genuinely concerned with making the world a better place. If they can't, it's not clear they are able to grant the good faith such discussions should have."

 

Anne Coulter

Al Franken

[j_b]

Anyone who fathomed that attacking Iraq was a good idea cannot be "genuinely concerned with making the world a better place" or is a fucking idiot. That should take care of 99.5% of right wingers. So your criteria are not only wanting for that kind of reason but even if any of you met both these criteria, it still wouldn't make you necessarily civil. Civility also demands a methodology of discussion, like for example addressing all relevant arguments.

[bradleym]

Civility also demands a methodology of discussion, like for example addressing all relevant arguments.

 

I agree with j_b on this one. so much of what is passed off as 'discussion' or 'the exchange of ideas' is really just changing the subject, leaving out important information or ideas or treating 'assertions' as though they were 'facts'.

 

Take the bonehead, for example, who started the 'If' thread...

[JayB]

Anyone who fathomed that attacking Iraq was a good idea cannot be "genuinely concerned with making the world a better place" or is a fucking idiot. That should take care of 99.5% of right wingers. So your criteria are not only wanting for that kind of reason but even if any of you met both these criteria, it still wouldn't make you necessarily civil. Civility also demands a methodology of discussion, like for example addressing all relevant arguments.

When I read the original entry, I thought to myself, who is least likely to be able to identify anyone on the opposite side of the political spectrum that has any redeeming qualities.....

 

 

[olyclimber]

"The next time you're engaged in a political discussion with someone who has very strong views different from your own, ask them if they can name two famous thinkers or politicians whose politics are opposed to theirs who they also think are very smart and genuinely concerned with making the world a better place. If they can't, it's not clear they are able to grant the good faith such discussions should have."

 

Robert Reich, Barney Frank

 

Post this to your facebook status if you consider yourself a civil human being.

[Stefan]

here is some civility. how to peel a potatoe

[video:youtube]

[JayB]

Anyone who fathomed that attacking Iraq was a good idea cannot be "genuinely concerned with making the world a better place" or is a fucking idiot. That should take care of 99.5% of right wingers. So your criteria are not only wanting for that kind of reason but even if any of you met both these criteria, it still wouldn't make you necessarily civil. Civility also demands a methodology of discussion, like for example addressing all relevant arguments.

 

What's your preferred sedative for family gatherings, cocktail parties, and general social interactions, BTW?

 

Envisioning old Uncle Ron venturing forth with a mild political joke, hearing "REGRESSIVE!" in his one good ear, and instinctively ducking just in time to dodge a flying drumstick....

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Anyone who fathomed that attacking Iraq was a good idea cannot be "genuinely concerned with making the world a better place" or is a fucking idiot. That should take care of 99.5% of right wingers. So your criteria are not only wanting for that kind of reason but even if any of you met both these criteria, it still wouldn't make you necessarily civil. Civility also demands a methodology of discussion, like for example addressing all relevant arguments.

 

What's your preferred sedative for family gatherings, cocktail parties, and general social interactions, BTW?

 

Envisioning old Uncle Ron venturing forth with a mild political joke, hearing "REGRESSIVE!" in his one good ear, and instinctively ducking just in time to dodge a flying drumstick....

 

:lmao: :lmao:

 

[klenke]

"The next time you're engaged in a political discussion with someone who has very strong views different from your own, ask them if they can name two famous thinkers or politicians whose politics are opposed to theirs who they also think are very smart and genuinely concerned with making the world a better place. If they can't, it's not clear they are able to grant the good faith such discussions should have."

 

Oooo, oooo, can I play?

 

j_b

JayB

[olyclimber]

what about the REAL JAY BEE?

[Fairweather]

Civility also demands a methodology of discussion, like for example addressing all relevant arguments.

 

Liar! Jackass! Neanderthal! Racist! Corporate shill!

 

Um, do any of these sound familiar, junior?

[Hugh Conway]

Pope Benedict XVI

Fairweather