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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
...I'm far more likely to come across left-wing zeal and dogma than right-wing. And the people who parrot the left-wing talking points seem even less self-reflective than their counterparts on the right. Maybe it's because they're younger, and because the mainstream media has adopted many of the shibboleths of the left, but many on the new left seem to have never had their beliefs challenged, or had to defend them with reason and empiricism. And the prospect of a whole generation that holds very strong opinions that are unchallenged and unexamined is troubling. So I don't hesitate to challenge and poke and question them, even though it often brings down a pack of righteous puritans on my head.
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This. 1000 times this!
In this whole Trump's kerfuffle, the outrage is pouring from both sides of the political spectrum and deservedly so, it is an outrageous comment. But purely for the sake of an analytical argument exercise, substitute the word "Muslims" with the word "guns" and you have the "no more guns" argument right there and then. (BTW, I do not have a definitive stance on the gun issue - I don't own one, don't intend to own one and can easily see pro's and con's of either outcome). Just use the rationale most left-wing radicals apply in favour of the total gun prohibition and you get the exact reflection of Trumps' logic and rationale for restrictions against Muslims.
Goes to support my deep and sincere belief that the further people get to either end of the political spectre, the more stupid, unreasonable, extreme and dangerous they become.