[Paleopsych] polarity

[G. Reinhart-Waller]

And that's how Revolution begins.

Gerry Reinhart-Waller

Steve Hovland wrote:

>What I am thinking is that if the FEC cracks
>down on the bloggers they will be more mad
>at the FEC than they will at each other...
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>Steve Hovland
>www.stevehovland.net
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Michael Christopher [SMTP:anonymous_animus at yahoo.com]
>Sent:	Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:31 AM
>To:	paleopsych at paleopsych.org
>Subject:	[Paleopsych] polarity
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>>>This may radicalize a whole new group on
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>both sides.  Sounds like a good move to me.<<
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>--Inevitably, if two sides become totally opposed and
>make decisions based on ideology and partisan
>posturing, some group in the middle will eventually
>reject the polarization. In the US, we are not all
>isolated into ideologically opposed groups. Those who
>are are not in the mainstream, they live in a world
>where everyone around them reinforces their views, an
>echo chamber. But most of us have friends and/or
>family on both sides. A real dialogue emerges,
>overriding the bumpersticker mentality of the isolated
>extremes. It takes a little time (simplistic
>ideologies have the advantage of certainty at every
>step, which is also a disadvantage in the long term)
>but at some point, those in the middle will speak up
>and renounce the extremes. 
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>Michael
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