Zealots on both ends of the political spectrum hurt their causes.

bertha katzenengel

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:20 AM
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Zealots on both ends of the political spectrum hurt their causes.

zealot

A thought inspired by a review of GD.

Discuss.

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:23 AM
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1. Is this thought inspired by the crazy guy...

who never has an intelligent thought, likes to disrupt, and argue without any sort of logic or reason whatsoever?

That is, the zealot?

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bertha katzenengel

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:35 AM
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2. if you're speaking of a specific person - no

But yeah, someone so rabid they can't see reality. I'd put the guy who drives this truck through DC in this category:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/politicalmuscle/images/truck

But there are other zealots. Not all of them are insane, foaming at the mouth, illogical. Zealots refuse to see any other point of view. They are completely convinced that they're right and everyone else is wrong.

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unpossibles

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:42 AM
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4. I hate to nitpick

but there are times that any sane person could be called a zealot:

slavery, bigotry, etc. do not ever have a justifiable excuse. Is it wrong to refuse to see the other POV in those type of situations? There is another POV, but....

Sorry. I am not trying to start a fight, and for the record I tend to dislike extremism in general, but there are some cases where I cannot agree with not taking a side.

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wildhorses

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:38 AM
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3. and gd has more than their share of them --

way more...exponentionially more ;)

:hi:

if you just came from gd you prolly need one of these -----> :hug:

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Tyler Durden

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:44 AM
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5. A given.

But I will say the ad on the Miriam Webster site to "Pimp my web space" was very disturbing. That WAS a dictionary after all.

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ThomCat

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:50 AM
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6. It's the extremes that determine where the middle is.

The neocons have succeeded in pulling everyone to the right because their extreme has power and ours does not.

Even if you are not part of the extreme far left, it makes sense to support them. You need them.

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undeterred

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Tue Jul-10-07 10:53 AM
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7. I want every single one of the troops home by sundown

Edited on Tue Jul-10-07 10:53 AM by undeterred

if not sooner. :rant:

You mean like that?

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