New Posts For Thread: high rollers and low slurshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slursThis spurious exercise in character assassination by association is funded by the Heartland Institute, a right-wing agitprop mill which spread a lot of Philip Morris's propaganda back in the days when the tobacco giant was disputing the science whichI second the request.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519462425#519462425I second the request.Tue, 08 May 2012 11:37:23 -0500Sorry, Jasr. I mis-read the snippet, thinking it said the opposite of what it actually says.I was mistaken.So I guess now I'm just looking for an example of "the left" appealing to people's emotions and "base instincts." That'll do for now.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519461529#519461529Sorry, Jasr. I mis-read the snippet, thinking it said the opposite of what it actually says.I was mistaken.So I guess now I'm just looking for an example of "the left" appealing to people's emotions and "base instincts." That'll do for now.Tue, 08 May 2012 11:12:11 -0500Ahem...that was me, Cat. I was referring to science which purports to debunk the growing body of research that confirms that man-made global warming is happening, and which affirms that it is an existential threat.It is extremely sparse, biased, Exxohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519460087#519460087Ahem...that was me, Cat. I was referring to science which purports to debunk the growing body of research that confirms that man-made global warming is happening, and which affirms that it is an existential threat.It is extremely sparse, biased, ExxoTue, 08 May 2012 10:33:29 -0500It's the left that appeals to base instincts, counting on people to not use their intellect actually, and act based on emotion alone, and to get on a bandwagon. Please provide one example -- just one -- of "the left" using "appeals to base instincts"http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519457639#519457639It's the left that appeals to base instincts, counting on people to not use their intellect actually, and act based on emotion alone, and to get on a bandwagon. Please provide one example -- just one -- of "the left" using "appeals to base instincts"Tue, 08 May 2012 09:28:04 -0500The New York Times refers to them as a "Libertarian research center based in Chicago."[/quote]Whatever the cautious, staid NYT may have said about Heartland at one time, anyone can see that a serious "research center" does not engage in such lowbrowhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519455825#519455825The New York Times refers to them as a "Libertarian research center based in Chicago."[/quote]Whatever the cautious, staid NYT may have said about Heartland at one time, anyone can see that a serious "research center" does not engage in such lowbrowTue, 08 May 2012 08:32:52 -0500The New York Times refers to them as a "Libertarian research center based in Chicago."[/quote]Whatever the cautious, staid NYT may have said about Heartland at one time, anyone can see that a serious "research center" does not engage in such lowbrowhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519455151#519455151The New York Times refers to them as a "Libertarian research center based in Chicago."[/quote]Whatever the cautious, staid NYT may have said about Heartland at one time, anyone can see that a serious "research center" does not engage in such lowbrowTue, 08 May 2012 08:11:22 -0500The New York Times refers to them as a "Libertarian research center based in Chicago."It seems you are engaging in "character assassination" and writing "ideology driven propaganda"...you have become what you loathe...when you stare into the abyss, thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519454891#519454891The New York Times refers to them as a "Libertarian research center based in Chicago."It seems you are engaging in "character assassination" and writing "ideology driven propaganda"...you have become what you loathe...when you stare into the abyss, tTue, 08 May 2012 08:01:08 -0500Wiki's a mess. I don't read it anymore. It wasn't a hard habit to break either.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519446179#519446179Wiki's a mess. I don't read it anymore. It wasn't a hard habit to break either.Mon, 07 May 2012 23:27:55 -0500Did the people who made that billboard realize that Ted Kaczynski took the demonizing of "leftists" to levels that make Glenn Beck look like a communist sympathizer?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519412239#519412239Did the people who made that billboard realize that Ted Kaczynski took the demonizing of "leftists" to levels that make Glenn Beck look like a communist sympathizer?Mon, 07 May 2012 00:26:25 -0500No, it is not. Studies have demonstrated that Wikipedia is just as accurate, and sometimes even more accurate, than the Encyclopedia Britannica. (This is something that teachers learn during inservices. And yes, I once thought as you did about Wikipehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29102269/high_rollers_and_low_slurs?post_id=519410975#519410975No, it is not. Studies have demonstrated that Wikipedia is just as accurate, and sometimes even more accurate, than the Encyclopedia Britannica. (This is something that teachers learn during inservices. And yes, I once thought as you did about WikipeSun, 06 May 2012 22:10:52 -0500