There you go again; blaming the "left" for wanting to catch flies and being an unexplainable exercise. It's the classic mistake that comes out of social media; misreading or misinterpreting what is said or written. I do it and i suspect we all have from time to time. The printed word is often less straight forward than an actual face to face discussion.
That said David; your points are well made. Though i will say, when CNN or MNSBC has a real breaking news story (not the faux breaking news they shove at us constantly), i will often turn to Fox News to see how they are covering it. Low and behold, more often than not, they are sharing with the viewers the latest on Hunter Biden's laptop. Really?
I like the Racket News; often because i get a different take. I also like some of your posters who are solidly leaning right yet more than capable of articulating why they are and what they believe in. That always makes for better discussions. Throw in the fact, all three of you are more often leaning rights helps me sharpen my skills in critical thinking.
I went to a Catholic military high school. I had a bunch of teachers, including military guys. The one instructor i will never forget was from my junior year. He taught English and in my youthful arrogance we had an ugly exchange. He asked me if i was open-minded. I said no, at which point he promptly threw me out of class, telling me i could return when i was willing to be open minded. What a powerful lesson.
If there is one argument i hear and resent more than any other, it is the comment that the other side is evil. Sorry, but that's a load of crap; doesn't matter if it's from the right or the left. The day we embraced that mindset was the day we began the race to the bottom. It simply has to stop.
I would like to see some details of your dispute with the English teacher. Serious teachers tend to be autocratic. I'm not sure that trait is confined to military vets. The best math teacher I ever had in engineering school was queer and had a number of rules best not disobeyed. Most had to do with math being a precise discipline, not engineering, not approximations. He liked me which I worried about as a confirmed heterosexual who had to take a lot of kidding. Two other rules were to be at class on time and pay attention. He kicked one guy out of class for reading mail picked up from the campus post office in the adjacent building. The student was told he could return if he apologized in front of the class. The guy dropped the course without penalty which was allowed for during the first three weeks of an academic quarter. However, dropping a math course put an engineering student seriously behind schedule.
I think people in authority tend to be closed minded because their job is to get things done. Most will listen to brief arguments, but the alternatives offered better be compelling.
There you go again; blaming the "left" for wanting to catch flies and being an unexplainable exercise. It's the classic mistake that comes out of social media; misreading or misinterpreting what is said or written. I do it and i suspect we all have from time to time. The printed word is often less straight forward than an actual face to face discussion.
That said David; your points are well made. Though i will say, when CNN or MNSBC has a real breaking news story (not the faux breaking news they shove at us constantly), i will often turn to Fox News to see how they are covering it. Low and behold, more often than not, they are sharing with the viewers the latest on Hunter Biden's laptop. Really?
I like the Racket News; often because i get a different take. I also like some of your posters who are solidly leaning right yet more than capable of articulating why they are and what they believe in. That always makes for better discussions. Throw in the fact, all three of you are more often leaning rights helps me sharpen my skills in critical thinking.
I went to a Catholic military high school. I had a bunch of teachers, including military guys. The one instructor i will never forget was from my junior year. He taught English and in my youthful arrogance we had an ugly exchange. He asked me if i was open-minded. I said no, at which point he promptly threw me out of class, telling me i could return when i was willing to be open minded. What a powerful lesson.
If there is one argument i hear and resent more than any other, it is the comment that the other side is evil. Sorry, but that's a load of crap; doesn't matter if it's from the right or the left. The day we embraced that mindset was the day we began the race to the bottom. It simply has to stop.
Thanks for another great column.
I would like to see some details of your dispute with the English teacher. Serious teachers tend to be autocratic. I'm not sure that trait is confined to military vets. The best math teacher I ever had in engineering school was queer and had a number of rules best not disobeyed. Most had to do with math being a precise discipline, not engineering, not approximations. He liked me which I worried about as a confirmed heterosexual who had to take a lot of kidding. Two other rules were to be at class on time and pay attention. He kicked one guy out of class for reading mail picked up from the campus post office in the adjacent building. The student was told he could return if he apologized in front of the class. The guy dropped the course without penalty which was allowed for during the first three weeks of an academic quarter. However, dropping a math course put an engineering student seriously behind schedule.
I think people in authority tend to be closed minded because their job is to get things done. Most will listen to brief arguments, but the alternatives offered better be compelling.