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Originally Posted by 12clicks
and that was the last time we had a dem president. now we have obama trying to stir up envy for the same reasoning of raising taxes.
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Well, this is what we have. 2 parties... one branded as the "big business and wealthy people are bad and we are on the side of the little guy" party. One as the "let business conduct business and let people create wealth" party. Both have to demonize the policies of the other. No ones minds will be changed.
It's not a question of logic or reason or making the better argument. It's a simple question of right brain vs left brain thinking. You won't turn an artist into a mathematician by explaining the merits of math with any greater probability than you will in attempting to turn a mathematician into an artist by explaining the merits of art.
It all boils down to how each persons brain perceives and processes and interprets the world around them, with each coming to radically different understandings and perceptions of "reality" and creating that individuals bias towards that perception. Each side believes that they "see all the facts, and they are so clear", believe that it is an objective reality, rather than subjective and inevitably leaves him/her with the only logical conclusion, that the other side has to be wrong and they "don't get it" because they don't perceive things in the same way they do. The arrogant conclusion of a simplistic mind.
The interesting thing about debating these things is that they aren't debates. It's two sides stubbornly trying to prove something to the other who is equally intent on proving their side - where neither side is receptive to the others view.
At the end of it all, the core purpose of these conversations is not to convince others of anything, but is actually rooted in each individuals innate need to continually reaffirm ones own beliefs.
