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The Liberal Modus Ponens versus The Republican Modus Tollens

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Larry A. Herzberg9/26/2011 2:59:23 pm PDT

re: #3 Hal_10000

My problem is that you’re taking logic on a specific issue and broad stroking it to a specific world view which you label as conservative, with the implication conservative thought is tollens and liberal thought is ponens. It’s yet more of the “only liberals are rational” viewpoint that conservatives find so maddening. While this may apply to the specific issue of climate change, there are other issues where the thinkings modes are reversed for the political ideologies. And, in fact, even conservative ideology is more complex and varied than your simple algorithm. No one has a monopoly on logical thought.

It might surprise you that I agree with you entirely, and modified the post at the end to reflect your thought, even before I read your comment. Take a look at the modification and let me know what you think.