Comments on: On Politics (I need your feedback) http://tylerwillis.net/blog/politics-and-arguments-feedback/ "This isn't exactly Rocket Surgery" Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tyler Willis http://tylerwillis.net/blog/politics-and-arguments-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Tyler Willis Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:53:50 +0000 http://tylerwillis.net/?p=218#comment-86 This is a pretty compelling quote that reminded me of this issue: <a href="http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/142231234/contending-factions-in-a-social-struggle-require" rel="nofollow">http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/142231234/conte...</a> This is a pretty compelling quote that reminded me of this issue: http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/142231234/conte...

]]> By: Tyler Willis http://tylerwillis.net/blog/politics-and-arguments-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Tyler Willis Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:53:50 +0000 http://tylerwillis.net/?p=218#comment-60 This is a pretty compelling quote that reminded me of this issue: <a href="http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/142231234/contending-factions-in-a-social-struggle-require" rel="nofollow">http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/142231234/conte...</a> This is a pretty compelling quote that reminded me of this issue: http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/142231234/conte...

]]> By: Notes on Politics, News and otther matters « Brian L. Colbert http://tylerwillis.net/blog/politics-and-arguments-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Notes on Politics, News and otther matters « Brian L. Colbert Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:08:20 +0000 http://tylerwillis.net/?p=218#comment-58 [...] Willis weighs in on politics.  It’s an interesting and thoughtful piece.  I hope to find the energy and coherence to [...] [...] Willis weighs in on politics.  It’s an interesting and thoughtful piece.  I hope to find the energy and coherence to [...]

]]> By: Tyler Willis http://tylerwillis.net/blog/politics-and-arguments-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Tyler Willis Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:12:07 +0000 http://tylerwillis.net/?p=218#comment-59 Super-long comments are totally OK (encouraged even!)<br><br>I really liked this: "by the time it's cocktail hour and everyone's in the mood to talk about whatever the president did today, it's absolute nonsense."<br><br>Fully describes my annoyance with general political discourse. I'm happy to admit my ignorance when I have it, but my goal then is to eradicate it -- it seems like most people don't engage to listen/learn but rather to talk/convert, and that's no fun. Super-long comments are totally OK (encouraged even!)

I really liked this: “by the time it's cocktail hour and everyone's in the mood to talk about whatever the president did today, it's absolute nonsense.”

Fully describes my annoyance with general political discourse. I'm happy to admit my ignorance when I have it, but my goal then is to eradicate it — it seems like most people don't engage to listen/learn but rather to talk/convert, and that's no fun.

]]> By: JolieODell http://tylerwillis.net/blog/politics-and-arguments-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-57 JolieODell Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:23:51 +0000 http://tylerwillis.net/?p=218#comment-57 Pundits are team mascots, not thought leaders. I say this after a couple decades (I started young) of paying deep attention to politics, first on the right wing of things and then on the left.<br><br>In my opinion, you're quite right about the complexity of our systems, the brokenness of our interaction, and the alienation we contribute to when we make blanket judgements or polarizing statements.<br><br>Everything's more complicated than it seems. Participating in political conversations with any kind of integrity requires distance from one's own emotions and beliefs. It's a science, after all, is it not?<br><br>This is also why I generally refuse to talk about politics. It's all this emotionally weighted BS regurgitated from third- and fourth-hand parties, and by the time it's cocktail hour and everyone's in the mood to talk about whatever the president did today, it's absolute nonsense.<br><br>Sorry for the superlong comment! But I do agree with you and am refreshed by your rationality and common sense. Pundits are team mascots, not thought leaders. I say this after a couple decades (I started young) of paying deep attention to politics, first on the right wing of things and then on the left.

In my opinion, you're quite right about the complexity of our systems, the brokenness of our interaction, and the alienation we contribute to when we make blanket judgements or polarizing statements.

Everything's more complicated than it seems. Participating in political conversations with any kind of integrity requires distance from one's own emotions and beliefs. It's a science, after all, is it not?

This is also why I generally refuse to talk about politics. It's all this emotionally weighted BS regurgitated from third- and fourth-hand parties, and by the time it's cocktail hour and everyone's in the mood to talk about whatever the president did today, it's absolute nonsense.

Sorry for the superlong comment! But I do agree with you and am refreshed by your rationality and common sense.

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