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The Liberal Modus Ponens versus The Republican Modus Tollens

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reine.de.tout9/26/2011 6:12:05 pm PDT

re: #16 Killgore Trout

I’m kind of missing the central partisan point here. I can follow the misuse of logic and Republicans certainly have a very serious problem. This argument can be easily applied to liberal thinking as well. It wasn’t long ago that fear of the fascist Bush regime and the draconian patriot act led many liberals to entertain 9-11 conspiracy theories. I also find that liberal’s aversion to no-colonialism to embrace leftist dictators like Chavez, theocracies like Iran and terrorist organizations like Hamas. I think the impulse for faulty logic is a human instinct and shared by conservatives and liberals.
Am I missing something?

I don’t think you’re missing anything. I agree the impulse for faulty logic CAN be a human frailty and shared by folks of all persuasions. I do think, also, that it becomes particularly obnoxious problem for people when their “side” is not the one holding the office of the Presidency (power). They go overboard trying to distance themselves from whatever is being done by the current occupant of the White House, even when the things being done are logical or necessary. Not that I think EVERYTHING that Obama has done has been logical or necessary (nor did I think that of Bush either, so don’t anybody jump on me here, I’m not in the mood for it).