"Hell of a start. What have we learned since then?"
That there have only been 2 good presidents (Reagan and Clinton) and most people on both the left and the right are fucktards.
"I love LBJ just saying. I was tickled when Obama compared Romney to Goldwater lol. "
LBJ wasn't a good president, the only good think he did was pass the civil rights acts in the 60s, of which he was initially opposed to.
Goldwater was misunderstand, most of his constituents when he was elected to the senate were black, however he opposed a civil rights act in the senate in 1964, despite supporting all the previous ones. That one nay vote was blown out of proportion and for the first time in history the minorities voted for the Democrats instead of the Republicans, and act that has been repeated in every election since. (I don't mean minorities in a racist way, just that LBJ supporting the civil rights act (despite opposing previous ones) and one republican voting Nay on behalf of his constituents was the defining moment in the that election for minority voters).
That pretty much defined the left and the right socially, with the racist southerners now voting Republican, and the tolerant northerners voting Democrat.
"Yes absolutely correct, will you join me in stamping on the absurdity next time it is proposed in the forum? "
It depends if I am in the mood to troll
"I think that a lot of the trouble stems from misunderstandings such as this, wouldn't you agree?"
As well as the media. Lots of movies/tv shows with social Darwinism creating 'better' 'evolved' species. Etc.
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At some future point, not distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace the savage races throughout the world. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilised state, as we may hope, than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla.
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Charles Darwin. "
Wait, what? I think I lost you.
"Paraphrasing the abstract:
Study 1 - drunk people tend to conservatism
Study 2 - people preoccupied with something else tend to conservatism
Study 3 - people with no time to think tend to conservatism
Study 4 - people who don't think tend to conservatism
How does this in any way support conservative views? "
People who are drunk, preoccupied, with no time and not thinking are also more likely to tell the truth then those who aren't.
So it can be argued that naturally people are more conservative and many liberals are actually closet conservatives who only pretend to be liberal.
I get drunk all the time, and when I'm drunk I don't get stupider, I just stop thinking things through, talk a lot etc.