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| IDEOLOGUES - A CHALLENGE |
| Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| Consistency in position within issues is not the same as consistency in position between issues. For example, we find people who are amazingly consistent on issues like abortion. Any time there is a debate about the issue, regardless of scientific data, new information, etc., these individuals will predictably come down on one side of the argument no matter what.
In the example above, the group who advocates terminating innocent life are staunchly against killing criminals for capital crimes. For example, they will say that John Coueyshould not be executed for his rape and murder of a 12 year old little girl.
I remember pointing this out to a liberal friend, and he immediately jumped in saying that I believed in capital punishment, therefore I couldn't say anything about abortion. I kindly reminded him then that he couldn't say anything about capital punishment then, if he believed in abortion. Needless to say, I accomplished nothing, as I was not "nuanced" enough to understand the difference between killing unwanted, unviable children and socially contructed criminals.
Here's the challenge. It is obvious what position people will take on an issue based on their ideology. While these positions are consistent within their particular issue, they are always inconsistent between issues. If there are any out there who would like to present an issue, the Snipet will tell you the exact position that ideologues will take on it. |
posted by Jack Mercer @ 3/21/2005 08:12:00 PM   |
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Not necessarily in the order most important to me
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I think the conservatives are on more stable ground in this one. The criminal could be said to have earned the death sentence.
Having said that, I'm pro-choice and extra pro-death penalty. This might lead one to believe that 'to hell with the living' is my motto, but that's only marginally true.
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