New comment on your post "Check out these WASPs"
Author : James Hanley (IP: 64.134.169.97 , 64.134.169.97)
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Jaybird,

In truth, it depends on what those different premises are.  Given my occupation, it's no surprise that I have colleagues with strongly liberal premises that I don't agree with.  Nevertheless, most of them are distinctly reasonable and thoughtful (and for those that aren't, it's not their liberalness that moves them out of the category, but their own personal attributes).  Likewise with conservatives.  Although my profession has fewer of those around, the adjunct I hired in my department last year is a Republican, a former Legislative Director on Capital Hill and GOP campaign consultant.  We have some premises on which we fundamentally differ, but he's intelligent and thoughtful, and he's not only a very good teacher  but has become a good friend.

People who distort objective reality, on the other hand, set off my "Acme Nonintelligence and Thoughtlessness Meter" (TM).  The problem is the meter isn't sophisticated enough to distinguish between those who are being tongue-in-cheek and those who are sincere in their distortions.  People who do it tongue-in-cheek can be lots of fun, because they're almost always intelligent and thoughtful.  That's why I'm asking who is who here.  The Acme Meter has triggered several alarms here, but I have to figure out which ones are false and which are real.

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