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News Sources: A Political Divide

DG3 said:
You deny that the tunnels is liberal? I can count the number of conservative posters here on one hand.
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hey, we had a vote on a pretty clear philosophical point and it was clearly in one camp.

We report. You decide.
 
Deacs89 said:
Kind of like the tunnels for liberal elitists.
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Truer words were never spoken. "Echo chamber for confirmation bias" perfectly describes The Tunnels for the millennial liberals who post on these boards. There is evidently a deep desire to be "socially acceptable" to their peers and a morbid fear of being rejected if they offered a single contrary opinion to the popular "group-think" on any given subject.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
hey, we had a vote on a pretty clear philosophical point and it was clearly in one camp.

We report. You decide.
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Because I think you're an intelligent guy, I'm going to assume you're not being serious.
 
Liberals are certainly more vocal on here. In real life I know a good number of intelligent conservatives and have in-depth and substantive conversations with them over policies where there is no devolution into name-calling and absurd strawmen. Unfortunately the number of intelligent conservatives that post regularly on the Tunnels I think I can count on one hand (maybe two).
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
Liberals are certainly more vocal on here. In real life I know a good number of intelligent conservatives and have in-depth and substantive conversations with them over policies where there is no devolution into name-calling and absurd strawmen. Unfortunately the number of intelligent conservatives that post regularly on the Tunnels I think I can count on one hand (maybe two).
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I bet all the liberals you know are intelligent people.
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
Liberals are certainly more vocal on here. In real life I know a good number of intelligent conservatives and have in-depth and substantive conversations with them over policies where there is no devolution into name-calling and absurd strawmen. Unfortunately the number of intelligent conservatives that post regularly on the Tunnels I think I can count on one hand (maybe two).
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You simultaneously condemn name calling and then name call. Bravo.
 
Deacs89 said:
I bet all the liberals you know are intelligent people.
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No I know dumb liberals too.

I will say though that the number of conservative friends I've met in different stages of my life has constantly decreased. There are a ton in my family and I knew a lot in high school. I knew fewer at Wake (even in the poli sci department), and I haven't really met any conservatives in Massachusetts (met plenty of Republicans up here, but we agree on most social issues and just differ on tax/fiscal policies - at most these have been fiscal conservatives). I don't remember the last person I had a serious academic or legal discussion with who was against same-sex marriage for instance. A lot of this is likely based around Massachusetts being extremely liberal and going to an extremely liberal law school.
 
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with discourse like this who needs good debate
 
Seems legit but hard to believe Carlson would have much sympathy for most other women in that situation.
 
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