tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post1110307336854995785..comments2024-03-28T05:18:49.289-04:00Comments on the daily howler: From the tribal thinking files: Other people are not all alike!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88458226414325328692011-10-21T15:37:09.069-04:002011-10-21T15:37:09.069-04:00"Might we describe a certain type of disorder..."Might we describe a certain type of disordered thinking?<br /><br />To the tribal mind, “those people” must always be all alike. We often see Digby thinking this way. If one tea party supporter spits on the sidewalk somewhere, then all forty million have done it!"<br /><br />We are tribal creatures, Bob. It's a human characteristic and it's not going away anytime soon.<br /><br />If one OWS supporter doesn't bathe or goes around topless, then all OWS supporters have done it.<br /><br />If it's "disordered thinking," then we're all insane. Which is probably true...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719212263455435772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44235104261707283382011-10-21T07:41:39.670-04:002011-10-21T07:41:39.670-04:00It should be noted the comments over there at Holl...It should be noted the comments over there at Hollerbaloo all now must get the Atkins/Digby sign of approval before being posted. <br /><br />No wayward souls are allowed into the Digby tribe nowadays. <br /><br />Haven't you heard? <br /><br />A big Presidential election is on the horizon which means intellectual honesty will have to take a backseat until at least November 2012.bayvillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-52376742229793942552011-10-20T18:28:04.368-04:002011-10-20T18:28:04.368-04:00"I think you should condemn Sadly, No! next.&..."I think you should condemn Sadly, No! next."<br /><br />Oh, Snap! Clever beyond compare, witty friend.<br />[/end sarcasm]<br /><br />Somerby: "Go ahead—read the comments to the Atkins post. You will see this intellectual tendency ["they" are all alike/awful] suffusing the comments."<br /><br />I resisted visiting Hullabaloo again (I have lost count of the times I've said "never again" to reading the site), but finally complied. Sadly, No, Bob was not wrong.<br /><br />I am sympathetic to the view that says Digby's audience/influence may not be significant enough to merit this site's sustained critical attention. Color me agnostic on that one.<br /><br />But hey, ittdgytm32rc, what should The Daily Howler attend to in your opinion, instead of what you seem to feel that he's wasting his time on?Swannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61086389323164300052011-10-20T18:20:45.930-04:002011-10-20T18:20:45.930-04:00Sometimes Somerby gets a little tiresome on this t...<i>Sometimes Somerby gets a little tiresome on this topic.</i> <br /><br />I suspect he gets tired of repeating himself, but some people never seem to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-47556421460663642602011-10-20T17:48:55.531-04:002011-10-20T17:48:55.531-04:00In light of the past Presidential primary, I sort-...In light of the past Presidential primary, I sort-of like this approach with Cain:<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/38/31703729527788050006210.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> Herman Cain - Why Hold Him to a Higher Standard Poster </a><br /><br />- My friends who supported Hillary got to get angry all over again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72388034914005450452011-10-20T17:25:40.217-04:002011-10-20T17:25:40.217-04:00Excellent point, Bob.
While Cain's plan wou...Excellent point, Bob. <br /><br />While Cain's plan <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/herman-cains-misleading-pitch-for-the-999-plan/2011/10/12/gIQAHszPgL_blog.html" rel="nofollow">would hike taxes on most Americans</a> (except those who could most easily afford a tax hike), he has (surprisingly!) not admitted it, himself. So you totally busted Digby and company on that one.<br /><br />I think you should condemn <a href="http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/35800.html" rel="nofollow">Sadly, No! next</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-92004106419051026362011-10-20T15:06:07.589-04:002011-10-20T15:06:07.589-04:00Sometimes Somerby gets a little tiresome on this t...Sometimes Somerby gets a little tiresome on this topic. I suspect we all know people who aren't the worst stereotype of a racist--they have black friends or black people they admire, just as Atkins says, and then they use that role model as a reason to diss all the blacks they don't think live up to that model. I grew up around people like that. I know others with this sort of attitude towards Muslims. If you don't see the bigotry in the Republican Party you're not looking very hard.<br /><br />Which is not to say that all Republicans are like this and that liberals themselves aren't guilty of stereotyping too. <br /><br />And notice how Somerby tends to trash every liberal/lefty who doesn't put things EXACTLY as he would. It's almost like he has his own stereotype of the dumb liberal who isn't as sophisticated as he is. The condescending tone (that royal "we" for instance) Somerby puts on is funny a lot of the time, but it also puts him in a position where he seems to be looking down his nose at anyone who doesn't put things exactly as he would like them put.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15000793852666892052011-10-20T14:58:08.025-04:002011-10-20T14:58:08.025-04:00The Tax Policy Center has conducted a more in-dept...The Tax Policy Center has conducted a more in-depth analysis on how Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan would redistribute the federal tax burden. It found that 83.8 percent of all taxpayers would experience a tax increase, and in some cases that increase would be substantial.<br /> <br />For example, those making less than $10,000 a year would see their after-tax income fall by 20 percent. Those making $40,000 to $50,000 a year would see their after-tax income fall by 11.1 percent.<br /> <br />Conversely, those making between $500,000 and $1 million would see their after-tax income rise by 11.1 percent. Those making more than $1 million would see their after-tax income rise by 22.4 percent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-50284097322036468652011-10-20T14:57:09.787-04:002011-10-20T14:57:09.787-04:00I will not read that hack David Atkins.
Since D...I will not read that hack David Atkins. <br /><br />Since Digby has purged her comment section and brought on a Atkins I see no reason to read her tired tribal thinking. Thank you for reading the blog so we don't have to. <br /><br />But in fact, the more I think about it, Digby and Atkins deserve even more condemnation because they know better--they know not all Tea Party people are alike and are not all motivated by the same reasons. But Digby and Atkins engage in this partisan dishonesty intentionally. They're nothing but party hacks.Walter Wit Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-38699185281782800942011-10-20T14:24:52.720-04:002011-10-20T14:24:52.720-04:00Bob, you should know by now that in politics and t...Bob, you should know by now that in politics and the MSM A = Not A.<br /><br />Q. Does Herman Cain believe all abortions should be outlawed, or does he think the families should decide?<br />Please document your source.gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34525752749279884162011-10-20T14:18:32.315-04:002011-10-20T14:18:32.315-04:00I scanned spoon's post before coming over here...I scanned spoon's post before coming over here. The typical "All conservatives believe X" junk, with X being some caricature of conservatives' beliefs that, at most 1% of them believe.Alex Blazenoreply@blogger.com