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ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
9. Well, I don't know many conservative media outlets, so I go with what I got.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:47 AM
Mar 2016

I should probably find some and read them so I'm not stuck in my liberal bubble.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
10. No, don't do that to yourself.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:49 AM
Mar 2016

Unless they're trashing Donald Trump. Then it's funny--they have to admit that misogyny is bad (because women vote).

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
12. My critical thinking exercise beliefs require me to read things I don't agree with.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:57 AM
Mar 2016

I've only been doing it about once a month this last year, but I feel that I should read things I don't agree with more often. I read some Stormfront earlier, and it was soooo boring. "Jews are lame, Mexicans are lame, etc." Would it kill them to post an actual argument? I almost passed out on my laptop after three minutes.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
18. I'll check them out sometime.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 01:19 AM
Mar 2016

I'm not looking for sanity so much as arguments. Arguments = reasons for an opinion. I used to watch the libertarian TV show "Penn and Teller's Bullshit," because even though I rarely agreed with them, they did make clear arguments for their opinions, and I respect that. I usually felt I understood why they felt the way they felt after watching their show. They made sincere attempts to challenge their viewers, though my values are very different than theirs, so I found their arguments to be unconvincing.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
4. Links to anti-Semitic articles, a Holocaust denier's website and Stormfront.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:37 AM
Mar 2016

Oh wait, those were used against Bernie.

My bad.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
5. Fr Charles Coughlin?
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:37 AM
Mar 2016

He's dead though and that dude who used to hold seances with historical dead folks has been banned

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
17. You do realize that one of your associates actually did link to Stormfront, right?
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 01:15 AM
Mar 2016

And that several others have been outed as raging anti-Semites?

I find it odd that you would use that as an example, care to explain the reasoning behind referring to a Neo-Nazi organization?

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