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Dems think they are smarter than everyone else

Dawg

President
Supporting Member
SL #16

If by "they" you mean Republicans, we concur.

For you see, the smugness plainly evident in this topic is rather more Republican than Dem.

If the topic title is true QUOTE A DEM ASSERTING IT.

But you don't.
It's all just groundless insult. It's a lie.
Smug is you libs in NY proving how racist NY IS

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/8/sughed-michael-bloomberg-suggests-disarming-minori/

and as Nazi Hitler, take those blacks guns to save their lives

:)
 

UPNYA2

Mayor
ZZ #12

Some things are defined by context, doughnut holes being an obvious example.
I'll walk you through it.

a) The topic title is:
Dems think they are smarter than everyone else

"everyone else" includes Republicans.

b) The topic title is NOT a quotation of a Democrat declaring leadership position / opinion.
It's an obvious groundless partisan snipe at Dems

c) If were true we'd know somehow, whether by:
- quotation of a Democrat in leadership, or
- a valid statistical study of some sort, or
- some other valid indication.

But this topic's got SQUAT!
It's a conspicuously partisan insult without stated foundation in fact.

BUT !!

I fully understand that the profoundly self-deluded are immune to such objectivity.
Bias confirmation compels them (you) to believe:

Dems think they are smarter than everyone else

and you justify it by dismissing the challenge.

But you do not define reality. And reality doesn't need your validation.

You and the other partisans are welcome to continue to think of it in terms of on party being "smarter".

Reality is a little more complicated than that.
And just one sanity check on that is academe.
Republicans love to whine bitterly about the "liberal bias" in our colleges & universities.
But the tenured professors there aren't just high schoolers trying to make a little extra $jingle. They're quite often the tops in their field.
Do you really believe "liberals" are disproportionately represented in academe for their intellectual inferiority?

Sober up.
"Do you really believe "liberals" are disproportionately represented in academe for their intellectual inferiority?"

I don't, it isn't possible for libs to be disproportionately represented among any sub-set of society based upon intellect at all. Inferior or superior.

To be "liberal", (or "conservative", "independent", "libertarian", "socialist", "communist", "fascist", "green", or any other political/social "party" affiliation as well), is based upon one's personal views, opinions, feelings and beliefs. None of which reflect one's intellect.

At issue here is how some people among all groups will tend to, over time, come to the conclusion that if another has a view, opinion, position or belief that they do not share it must be because the other lacks the intellect to see things in their "proper perspective".

THAT is why I personally believe "liberals" are disproportionately represented in academe.
 

sear

Mayor
U2 #23,
I appreciate your thoughtful consideration here.
Rather than you perceiving me to correct you, if I may merely add:
"is based upon one's personal views, opinions, feelings and beliefs. None of which reflect one's intellect." U2
I believe your list is useful, but incomplete. I'd add "experience", which is a two-edged sword.
- The young learn what it is to get caught in the rain.
- The experienced know the virtue of carrying an umbrella.

Whether academe is in fact dominated by liberals I cannot prove. Seldom if ever have I heard a liberal complain about it.
But I've lost count of the ostensible conservatives that whine that it is so, though I don't recall any proof they've offered of it.

BUT !!

If it is so, my suspicion is that the conservative is attracted to material reward, a well-paying Wall Street job for example.

WHEREAS:

The liberal may prefer the rewards of Bodhisattva.

I don't base this observation on premise of religion per se, I'm not proselytizing for the Buddha, or anyone else. I'm not in academe.

But I enjoy concepts, my reason for posting here.

It's a ratio of course. The Wall Streeter doesn't sequester his mind, never to think another thought. And the academic doesn't live in a cardboard box on the sidewalk.
But in coarsest terms, the academic seems willing to settle for a shorter yacht, in exchange for a richer interaction with humanity (pun not intended, but enlightening).

Ref:
bodhisattva (bo´dî-sùt´ve) noun
Buddhism.
An enlightened being who, out of compassion, forgoes nirvana in order to save others.

[Sanskrit bodhisattvah, one whose essence is enlightenment : bodhih, perfect knowledge + sattvam, essence, being (from sat-, existing).]

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.
 

UPNYA2

Mayor
U2 #23,
I appreciate your thoughtful consideration here.
Rather than you perceiving me to correct you, if I may merely add:

I believe your list is useful, but incomplete. I'd add "experience", which is a two-edged sword.
- The young learn what it is to get caught in the rain.
- The experienced know the virtue of carrying an umbrella.

Whether academe is in fact dominated by liberals I cannot prove. Seldom if ever have I heard a liberal complain about it.
But I've lost count of the ostensible conservatives that whine that it is so, though I don't recall any proof they've offered of it.

BUT !!

If it is so, my suspicion is that the conservative is attracted to material reward, a well-paying Wall Street job for example.

WHEREAS:

The liberal may prefer the rewards of Bodhisattva.

I don't base this observation on premise of religion per se, I'm not proselytizing for the Buddha, or anyone else. I'm not in academe.

But I enjoy concepts, my reason for posting here.

It's a ratio of course. The Wall Streeter doesn't sequester his mind, never to think another thought. And the academic doesn't live in a cardboard box on the sidewalk.
But in coarsest terms, the academic seems willing to settle for a shorter yacht, in exchange for a richer interaction with humanity (pun not intended, but enlightening).

Ref:
bodhisattva (bo´dî-sùt´ve) noun
Buddhism.
An enlightened being who, out of compassion, forgoes nirvana in order to save others.

[Sanskrit bodhisattvah, one whose essence is enlightenment : bodhih, perfect knowledge + sattvam, essence, being (from sat-, existing).]

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

An interesting concept.

Especially the part where you explain the ratio aspect of the concept. The example of, " The Wall Streeter doesn't sequester his mind, never to think another thought. And the academic doesn't live in a cardboard box on the sidewalk.
But in coarsest terms, the academic seems willing to settle for a shorter yacht, in exchange for a richer interaction with humanity (pun not intended, but enlightening)."

Makes sense. Something I can certainly see being the case when someone is beginning to develop a belief system for the way they wish to live out their lives I mean.

But, when it comes to the part about, "The liberal may prefer the rewards of Bodhisattva.", I definitely begin to tilt the other way in my belief on the matter, and it is your supplied definition that I base my opinion upon.

"Ref:
bodhisattva (bo´dî-sùt´ve) noun
Buddhism.
An enlightened being who, out of compassion, forgoes nirvana in order to save others
."

Based upon this, I too feel that liberals may very well prefer the rewards of Bodhisattva.
But ONLY those who are liberal in the purest sense of the word.

My disagreement comes from the actions and words of those who have come to be known as "liberals" but are not actually willing to forgo nirvana in order to save others. On the contrary, these "liberals" actually seek nirvana for themselves by claiming they seek nirvana for all. These "liberals" actually desire the same monies the Wall Street non-liberals seek but to do with as they desire and call that "compassion" for others, not themselves.

But is it? Really?

The "liberals" to whom I refer do not seek enlightenment by sacrificing their own money, their worldly goods, in exchange for personal inter-action with, providing compassion for, others. The "liberals" I am speaking of want things for themselves and others, they want everyone to be open and accepting to everyone else when it suits their beliefs.

You will not find them going to work, cashing their checks and taking whatever money is left after they pay their bills to purchase goods and services that they then go personally provide to others.
You will however find them not working, marching in protest, demanding more of the monies from other people's checks, while somehow being provided food and services themselves.

I admire liberals as you have defined them here. I do not the ones as I described here.
I suspect our only real disagreement involves who is deemed to be a "liberal" and why they feel that the word applies to them personally.
 
Dems have hard time connecting to voters because they know so much: Hirono

Hirono, 71, said Democrats need to stop speaking in a way that comes off as manipulative or strokes fear and resentment.

“But we have a really hard time doing that and one of the reasons-- it was told to me at one of our retreats-- was that we Democrats know so much, that is true. And we have kind of have to tell everyone how smart we are and so we have a tendency to be very left brain," she continued.

______________

First, study shows they talk down to minorities because they think they are smarter....now they admit they think they are smarter.

Dumbasses, the lot of them.
Nah, we're just smarter than dumb fvcks who think in part or whole that a presidential candidate would run a child sex ring in the basement of a restaurant ... to the tune of nearly 50% !!!!

Buncha dumb ass'd kkkons ...

You people are really stupid
 

sear

Mayor
Republicans in these fora have been using the word "liberal" as a derisive euphemism for Democrat for decades. It complicates matters as they are not the same, and in some cases Democrats are more conservative than Republicans.
"These "liberals" actually desire the same monies the Wall Street non-liberals seek but to do with as they desire and call that "compassion" for others, not themselves." U2
Nearly everybody wants a brand new Ferrari. Few if any of us hawk up the $Quarter $Mil it costs to buy one.

Nearly everybody wants a $six $figure salary. But most of us are sensible enough to skip living in mid-town Manhattan to obtain it.

We mustn't forget the ratio.
Plenty of Wall Streeters might enjoy the philosophical salad enjoyed in academe. They too are unwilling to pay the price.

liberal (lîb´er-el, lîb´rel) adjective
Abbr. lib.
1.a. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. c. Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism. d. Liberal
Abbr. Lib. Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
2.a. Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor. b. Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes.
3.Not strict or literal; loose or approximate: a liberal translation.
4.Of, relating to, or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a liberal education.
5.a. Archaic. Permissible or appropriate for a person of free birth; befitting a lady or gentleman. b. Obsolete. Morally unrestrained; licentious.

[Middle English, generous, from Old French, from Latin lìberâlis, from lìber, free.]
- lib´erally adverb
- lib´eralness noun

Synonyms: liberal, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, handsome, munificent, openhanded. The central meaning shared by these adjectives is "willing or marked by a willingness to give unstintingly": a liberal backer of the arts; a bounteous feast; bountiful compliments; a freehanded host; a generous donation; a handsome offer; a munificent gift; a fond and openhanded grandfather. See also synonyms at broad-minded.
Antonyms: stingy.

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.
 
S

Sickofleft

Guest
SL #16

If by "they" you mean Republicans, we concur.

For you see, the smugness plainly evident in this topic is rather more Republican than Dem.

If the topic title is true QUOTE A DEM ASSERTING IT.

But you don't.
It's all just groundless insult. It's a lie.
Babbling incoherence is not going to hide you and your parties complete lack of self awareness.
 
"white kids nowadays get college degrees, wear white collars, and vote democrat"
For awhile anyway, until they get slapped around by reality enough to figure out where they fucked up.
Until they have a Venezuelan experience and that really fucks it up for the rest of us.
 
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SL #28

No. But I'm sure you'll keep trying anyway. Good afternoon.
Nobody can follow your posts unless they come by them at random or assiduously read every thread. You have got to learn to quote your responses properly or you more often than not won't get the replies to them.
 

freyasman

Senator
Nobody can follow your posts unless they come by them at random or assiduously read every thread. You have got to learn to quote your responses properly or you more often than not won't get the replies to them.
We have mentioned that to him before; he does it on purpose in order to be a dick.
He's a passive-aggressive douchebag.
 

John Doe

I detest liberalism
Nah, we're just smarter than dumb fvcks who think in part or whole that a presidential candidate would run a child sex ring in the basement of a restaurant ... to the tune of nearly 50% !!!!

Buncha dumb ass'd kkkons ...

You people are really stupid
Case in point ^

The liberal mentality can be summed up as, arrogant, elitist, snobby, condescending, intolerant and bigoted, contemptuous, and arrogant, did I say arrogant?
 
"white kids nowadays get college degrees, wear white collars, and vote democrat"
For awhile anyway, until they get slapped around by reality enough to figure out where they fucked up.
Never Mind and You Will Never Matter

College education prepares them to think unrealistically. As students, they formed a mindset of denial of the overwhelming reality that, not being paid to learn, they lived like teenagers afraid to grow up. A college graduate suffers from the Peter Pan syndrome; he will never grow up.

What kind of reality do you live in for believing that these zombies can ever change their programmed attitude because of reality checks? Traitors feed us that comforting lie. From the demographics of the election results, it is undeniable that Yuppies remain in the Liberal bubble until the bitter end.

We are headed for disaster if we sit back and passively expect things to change from the way the ruling class has programmed them to be. Therefore, the Conservatives who tell us that their Liberal pets will mature, and that we don't have to worry about elitist-snob Democrats continuing to force destructive laws down our throats, are trying to put us to sleep. The ideological duopoly wants things to continue on this downhill slope for the rest of us until it is too late to wake up to the fact that college graduates will never wake up.
 

John Doe

I detest liberalism
Democrats are so smart, one thinks Guam will tip over, another thinks that mowing the grass on the border will prevent illegals crossing and you want to lose some IQ points, listen to occasional Cortex for a few minutes.
 

JuliefromOhio

President
Supporting Member
Dems have hard time connecting to voters because they know so much: Hirono

Hirono, 71, said Democrats need to stop speaking in a way that comes off as manipulative or strokes fear and resentment.

“But we have a really hard time doing that and one of the reasons-- it was told to me at one of our retreats-- was that we Democrats know so much, that is true. And we have kind of have to tell everyone how smart we are and so we have a tendency to be very left brain," she continued.

______________

First, study shows they talk down to minorities because they think they are smarter....now they admit they think they are smarter.

Dumbasses, the lot of them.
Oh, dear. You goofed on your reading of the article. Hirono was repeating what she'd heard, not making the claim herself.
So does that make you stupid and me smart?
Or perhaps I could call myself a stable genius.....like Trump does?
 

freyasman

Senator
Never Mind and You Will Never Matter

College education prepares them to think unrealistically. As students, they formed a mindset of denial of the overwhelming reality that, not being paid to learn, they lived like teenagers afraid to grow up. A college graduate suffers from the Peter Pan syndrome; he will never grow up.

What kind of reality do you live in for believing that these zombies can ever change their programmed attitude because of reality checks? Traitors feed us that comforting lie. From the demographics of the election results, it is undeniable that Yuppies remain in the Liberal bubble until the bitter end.

We are headed for disaster if we sit back and passively expect things to change from the way the ruling class has programmed them to be. Therefore, the Conservatives who tell us that their Liberal pets will mature, and that we don't have to worry about elitist-snob Democrats continuing to force destructive laws down our throats, are trying to put us to sleep. The ideological duopoly wants things to continue on this downhill slope for the rest of us until it is too late to wake up to the fact that college graduates will never wake up.
Some of them do wake up; there are folks out there all over handing out red pills.
 
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