Showing posts with label false dichotomies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label false dichotomies. Show all posts
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Friday, November 18, 2011
Clarification
Someone can be against capital punishment, and still be in favor of law and order.
Someone can be in favor of marijuana legalization, and still be against drug use.
Someone can be opposed to the "No Child Left Behind Act", and be in favor of education.
There are people who oppose the "American Jobs Act" who hope that Americans can get jobs.
You really can care about the environment, and continue believing that it was a bad idea to give half a billion dollars to bankrupt solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra.
There are people of good will who oppose the "Employee Free Choice Act" while also believing that employees should have a free choice in the matter of joining a union.
Some of the people who think that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are the biggest messes ever birthed by bureaucrats - some of those very same people don't believe that old sick people should be thrown out in the street.
It is possible to be in favor of a strong national defense, and also believe that sending 2,500 Marines to Australia is a bad idea.
Many people who oppose Affirmative Action aren't racists.
1) There are people who had a default setting of "No" when asked to contribute money to Jimmy Swaggart, Bernie Madoff, Enron, Pets.com, and that lady in Nigeria who sent you the email about putting some money in your bank account for a short time just to get it out of the country.
2) There are also people who have a default setting of "No" when asked if they favor almost any government program.
If you understand the suspicions of the first group, you are closer to understanding the suspicions of the second.
Someone can be in favor of marijuana legalization, and still be against drug use.
Someone can be opposed to the "No Child Left Behind Act", and be in favor of education.
There are people who oppose the "American Jobs Act" who hope that Americans can get jobs.
You really can care about the environment, and continue believing that it was a bad idea to give half a billion dollars to bankrupt solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra.
There are people of good will who oppose the "Employee Free Choice Act" while also believing that employees should have a free choice in the matter of joining a union.
Some of the people who think that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are the biggest messes ever birthed by bureaucrats - some of those very same people don't believe that old sick people should be thrown out in the street.
It is possible to be in favor of a strong national defense, and also believe that sending 2,500 Marines to Australia is a bad idea.
Many people who oppose Affirmative Action aren't racists.
1) There are people who had a default setting of "No" when asked to contribute money to Jimmy Swaggart, Bernie Madoff, Enron, Pets.com, and that lady in Nigeria who sent you the email about putting some money in your bank account for a short time just to get it out of the country.
2) There are also people who have a default setting of "No" when asked if they favor almost any government program.
If you understand the suspicions of the first group, you are closer to understanding the suspicions of the second.
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