tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post114713347021931844..comments2023-07-16T07:03:20.896-04:00Comments on GedankenTravelExperiment: Higher Ed Todaykarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-1147244460960148052006-05-10T03:01:00.000-04:002006-05-10T03:01:00.000-04:00I would argue that it's not that the left doesn't ...I would argue that it's not that the left doesn't care about other people or their views, the stereotypical liberal elite thinks they know what is best for these other people and writes their views off as being the result of ignorance or just plain evil.Treifalicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672931978391731719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-1147202975884536332006-05-09T15:29:00.000-04:002006-05-09T15:29:00.000-04:00I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment at the ...I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment at the end that there are left and right wing extremists, and little place for the middle ground. I also suspect that since I am around the political left I notice it so much more. <BR/><BR/>But I think that the problem on the left is compounded by a hypocricy you don't find of the right. The right will come straight out and tell you how they couldn't care less about other people or their views. The left believes this but speaks openly of the need for diversity and inclusion. But diversity is just empty rhetoric if it just means a wide variety of people saying the same thing. It is just a way to hide their closed mindedness in a way that the right cannot.karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511491414073382506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564064.post-1147160702306437252006-05-09T03:45:00.000-04:002006-05-09T03:45:00.000-04:00You know, "Karl", I think the phenomenon of which ...You know, "Karl", I think the phenomenon of which you complain is the tendency of people to want to hang with those they agree with and stay away from people who are different from them in opinion or any other matter. Both right and left are guilty of this. <BR/><BR/>The amen corner is a comfortable place to be, and the people in it are popular with the preacher. <BR/><BR/>You do have a point about how "inclusion" often does not apply to those on the other side of the political spectrum. <BR/><BR/>Once I was at a minyan in a notoriously liberal section of Brooklyn just before I stopped going regularly out of a certain annoyance with their haskafah (and the fact that they moved deeper into Brooklyn where they were harder to get to). There was some big political issue going on and various VERY leftist Jewish groups were organizing rallies and protests at City Hall. The women doing announcements said, somewhat jokingly if there were any Bush related announcements as well. Chuckles around the room.<BR/><BR/>Afterwards while we were eating our vegetarian potluck dinner I asked, "If a Republican came to the minyan, would people here appreciate the diversity?" <BR/><BR/>They got really tense and said something about how the hypothetical Republicans wouldn't feel comfortable here and most likely wouldn't be back. I took that as a no. <BR/><BR/>It confirmed a realization I have had in recent years, that there are right wing fascists and left wing fascists and the middle ground between them can be a lonely place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com