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Originally Posted by Electrophil
He was Right on it, No WMD's, the emergence of a "Zarqawi" and an Al Queda branch in Iraq, a swift victory followed by unending attacks from continuously regenerating "freedom fighters"....... dead on... down to every detail.... except two.
1: Iraqi Civil War by Nov 2004
2: Presidential Impeachment by Sept 2006.
A few months back I ran into him and started joking around with him and hit him up. I said "Well, you were off on that Civil War, you get a C-".
He replied: "What do you call it when Iraqi Civilians run around blowing up other Iraqi Civilians?"
I said: "I call them terrorists."
He replied: "Which is exactly what the Britains called Samuel Adams and his gang as they threw tea around dressed up like Native Americans."
Touche..... If Sept 2006 turns out accurate, I'll be falling out.
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There is a huge flaw in his logic. Samuel Adams didn't kill anyone, Iraqi terrorists did. That is like comparing Gandhi's peaceful protests to rioting. They are two different things.
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Originally Posted by Electrophil
There must be weight given to education. And if the majority of PhD's lean toward the left..... There must be a reason. They weren't "born" that way because it costs money to go that far. And most big money....especially "old" money leans right. What caused these guys to start leaning left like I finally did? It can't be persuasion from false propaganda... because I watch Fox News daily, and I haven't switched back.  |
You are missing a huge factor. Universities are islands of free speech, safety, and isolation. A perfect petri dish for philosophical approaches to issues. On a campus, you have no threats and can let your mind wander into Utopia. I'd be curious to know how many professors lean left as opposed to other Phd's out in the working world like the financial, legal, and the medical industries. I don't know what the answer would be, but I have a hunch that the majority would lean right.
PS: I think this is the most civil social debate that this board has ever had
Doug