Followup to my observation.....

[poltr1]

My previous observation about logic vs. emotion by political parties was based on a very small sampling from several years ago. Since 9/11, things have apparently changed.

I don't read a lot of political blogs. However, if I read a political post by filkertom, I often observe a very visceral reaction without a lot of logic contained. I don't get that emptional charge when I read something by billroper or owlsforodin.

Many of the people I used to work with over the years were engineers and computer/IT types, and they typically skew toward the conservative side. They're even more conservative if they work in the defense industry as active-duty military, retired military, civilians, or contractors.

I am on moveon.org's maliling list, and I occasionally respond to their calls of action. I've noticed that a lot of their posts (besides asking for money) urge their readers to Act Now!

I also tend to avoid political conversations with conservatives, since I'm not good at quickly recalling specific examples to defend my position.

I would like some specific examples to refute my initial observation. I'm a logical kind of guy.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Well, one could, for instance, contrast the American Family Association with MoveOn.org, they occupy similar spots in their respective fields (though the AFA might be a little more centrist for conservatives than MoveOn is for liberals). And I know liberals on LJ who present reasoned essays.

I'm not sure things have changed since 9/11, except that 'terrorist' gained more prominence as a watchword and a worthy successor to 'Communist'. I remember as a kid being raised in a fundamentalist church hearing the most hysterical screeds about how LGBT organizations wanted to prey upon me and my fellow children and how Planned Parenthood wanted to kill every American baby, starting with the unborn ones. I've heard a fair amount of arm-wavy rhetoric from both sides (well, all sides, the liberal/conservative distinction collapses a lot of different groups under just two banners, but I diggress).