tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post2040036347929652223..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Liberals Don't See Their Own HypocrisyDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-5858603906977623232011-02-11T11:15:48.924-08:002011-02-11T11:15:48.924-08:00Well, anonymous, please identify a group that'...Well, anonymous, please identify a group that's largely conservative that doesn't recognize that it's largely conservative. *That* is the point of the article.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-25923786091779900152011-02-11T09:35:22.160-08:002011-02-11T09:35:22.160-08:00The irony isn't just that liberals do this.
T...The irony isn't just that liberals do this.<br /><br />The larger irony is that you seem to be implying that <i>conservatives</i> don't do this, i.e., that it's a "liberal" problem. <br /><br />Because of course, everyone human has this problem. Selective perception is rampant throughout humanity; it isn't confined to a particular political perspective.<br /><br />That's not true for everything, of course. An interesting question is whether you would expect conservatives or liberals to (a) acknowledge that this bias exists; and (b) do something about it. <br /><br />Dis you read this and think "wait a second... could <i>I</i> be holding that kind of unconscious bias? Could <i>my</i> group's choices be similarly affected?" Or did you read this and nod at "those liberals," secure in the assumption that you and your peers have all risen above bias and internalized judgments?<br /><br />If the latter, well... Pot, meet kettle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-22307324716406993142011-02-10T05:44:51.507-08:002011-02-10T05:44:51.507-08:00Damned with numbers like that you would think this...Damned with numbers like that you would think this was a meeting of Washington journalists.Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-89251511315152623662011-02-10T05:29:36.335-08:002011-02-10T05:29:36.335-08:00Come on DADvocate, how could "much of what li...Come on DADvocate, how could "much of what liberals preach and believe in run(s) against the knowledge we have on human behavior, motivation and emotion? Whatever else liberals might be they're still human beings. Therefore the problem's with our understanding of human behavior, etc.<br /><br />I don't find lefties to be much of a mystery. As long as you keep in mind that one spectrum of human behavior lies along the line between hermit-like individuality and Big Brother-like submergence in the group lefties aren't hard to understand at all.<br /><br />Lefties have a very strong group orientation which in some cases is pretty funny in that they put their individuality on display by all wearing "Che" t-shirts or some other individuality-burying emblem. Like all strongly-identifying members of an identity group everyone outside the group is, at least, an object of suspicion and any resistance to the goals of the group uncorks a pretty wild defensive reaction.allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-24394173883689882902011-02-09T18:33:57.327-08:002011-02-09T18:33:57.327-08:00I've mentioned this elsewhere, but one of the ...I've mentioned this elsewhere, but one of the great ironies of this is that psychology is the study of human behavior, motivation and emotion. Much of what the liberals preach and believe in runs against the knowledge we have on human behavior, motivation and emotion.DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.com