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"Matt Black" <albedo0@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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> In article <FHW05.1290$AZ3.7195@news2.mco>, Tom Malone wrote:
>
> > the mistaken belief that negativism suggests critical thinking
>
> It suggests neither critical thinking nor the absence of critical
> thinking; assuming either of those is pretty dumb.  yert's post
> amounted to not much more than "America: Love it or leave it!", and
it
> contained no evidence of critical thinking either, which is why I
just
> gave it a <razz> and nothing else.  In the article of mine that
> preceded that, I *was* being negative, for the good reason that
there
> are lots of things in the current U.S. situation to be negative
about.
> My only point there was that utterances like "This is still the best
> country in the world" are bull.  Speaking of critical thinking, does
a
> statement like that one show any evidence of it?

Don't waste your time with the yerts and Malones of the world; they
think John Rocker is a role model for their kids.

> The details of how, why, and when the USA's society, economy, and
> government have gone drastically wrong are probably not wanted or
> needed here: I doubt that many people would be interested (certainly
> not the "Love it or leave it" folks), and besides, if you gots to
ask,
> you ain't never gonna know.

This is the thought process: "I live in a nice house in the suburbs;
America's worked out just fine for me. Everyone else must be a lefty.
Moo."