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[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Ironic that you take an article that is calling for unity and give it such a divisive headline.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Would you like to address the premise and refute it? This is just a personal attack; the bottom of the Pyramid of Debate. You neither addressed nor refuted anything that was mooted.

[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

From the headline I expected to find a bunch of liberal-bashing that would make me uncomfortable. When I read the article I was pleasantly surprised that it was quite balanced and not insulting at all. The article also shows: Republicans have in general a much wider perception gap than Democrats. People who share political articles on social media have a wider perception gap. Does that feel like an attack? Does it make you frightened or angry? do you feel like you have to lash out at me? Maybe, maybe not.

"Each of us can play a role in bridging the Perception Gap. We can choose a wider range of news sources to better understand different perspectives. We can refuse to be manipulated into outrage by reducing our exposure to social media feeds that amplify the views of the partisan Wings, rather than the Exhausted Majority. And finally, we can seek to build connections with people who think differently from us. Directly engaging with people whose experiences and views differ from our own makes it harder for us to see them as the enemy."

I hope that Saidit is a place where I can directly engage with people with different views.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

From the headline I expected to find a bunch of liberal-bashing that would make me uncomfortable.

This is because leftists (not liberals) do not know what conservatives think, and instead make things up and hate them for the things they made up. The research supports this. Higher education does not make you more tolerant, it is associated with being frighteningly less tolerant. Higher education teaches a deeply illiberal and intolerant moral philosophy which justifies silencing of critics as a moral good. Higher education has been captured by progressives and marxists who offer their students indoctrination in leftist propaganda rather than training in the liberal arts.

How can you tell if you're a liberal or a leftist? Easy. Liberals believe in freedom of speech. They might disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it. Leftists, on the other hand, freely use censorship as a weapon of first resort. Their own positions are so weak that if people are allowed to point out the many problems, they would collapse.

[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I suppose it depends on what you study. Not a lot of moral philosophy in math and science courses.

Well, I don't need you to tell me what I think or how I think. Bye.