tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post2513172823368792379..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: The Third (Straw) Man and the Art of Controversyd.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-32530052894366381032011-08-23T16:16:40.900-04:002011-08-23T16:16:40.900-04:00I think this author might be writing in response t...I think this author might be writing in response to a couple articles that had previously been published in the same paper calling on people to register as Independents, and work toward the election of independent and third party candidates. (See: http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/99999999/MISC/15440271).<br /><br />The fact that his response is so intellectually dishonest is a sign that the d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-37985016686122292502011-08-23T02:14:27.196-04:002011-08-23T02:14:27.196-04:00"Their only goal is to steer America into a p..."Their only goal is to steer America into a problem-free future. No recession. No racial issues. No war. Only peace and prosperity. "<br /><br />I wonder where he really got that from. I've only ever heard this shit from guru cult leaders (who were probably lying anyway), I've never heard third party or independent candidates/supporters to say this. <br /><br />"The TiradeFactionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760660346802297769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-12544294646801485572011-08-23T01:06:14.260-04:002011-08-23T01:06:14.260-04:00This writer just doesn't seem intelligent at a...This writer just doesn't seem intelligent at all. That, or he's completely delusional. His writing is just absurd - not because I disagree with what he's saying, which I do, but because he jumps to so many conclusions that are so out of sync with reality. It doesn't seem like there's an original idea running through him in any way. I find it amazing that people like that Ross Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622273758877281652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-70741914908114036222011-08-22T20:54:49.886-04:002011-08-22T20:54:49.886-04:00I think there's been some research to suggest ...I think there's been some research to suggest multi party systems, particularly ones that utilize proportional representation tend to create more moderate forms of governance (albeit ones that are highly responsive to the electorate). <br /><br />This would make sense, since when a hodge podge of genuinely differing views hold seats adjacent to one another, it's only natural they'll TiradeFactionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760660346802297769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-50189308787163122842011-08-22T18:53:41.471-04:002011-08-22T18:53:41.471-04:00Such tactics have become common throughout US poli...Such tactics have become common throughout US politics. (Though I agree with that position that the low standards of debate in the US is also a product of the two party system). I have no idea how many times I've heard an approach dismissed as "no panacea". As if, unless it can guarantee to solve every single problem we have, it isn't worth trying.DavidPSummershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03117000144782673045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-59741002541847203382011-08-22T16:47:57.536-04:002011-08-22T16:47:57.536-04:00Black does appear to be a political Manichean. He...Black does appear to be a political Manichean. He certainly doesn't make that point about moderation explicitly. He seems more to believe that working outside the two-party system is a form of extremism. <br /><br />Ironically, he makes an explicit call for compromise while categorically refusing any form of compromise with Independent and third party advocates.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-87162059466861191042011-08-22T16:18:06.468-04:002011-08-22T16:18:06.468-04:00It looks like Black was trying to refute an assump...It looks like Black was trying to refute an assumption -- straw man or not -- that a third party would automatically be a force for moderation. The more disturbing thing about his refutation is the implicit assumption that human nature results in Bipolarchy!Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com