(December 11, 2012 at 8:40 pm)A Theist Wrote: LOL! The lady behind the curtain is right...you're a Dork!
Actually, his story is quite similar to what I've heard from my boyfriend. His previously conservative political beliefs were entirly dependant on his being in what I call 'the mormon bubble.' When he went to college, even just a local community college, it broke the bubble and he saw that the minorities and how they were treated. He learned facts about how the government works that went specifically against the Fox News dogma he had been raised with. He learned about geology and astronomy, defying the creationist beliefs he had been taught. Most importantly, he met other queer people and realized we're not the evil deviants he thought we were. And once his mind had been stretched by these ideas, these experiences and even these people, it can't go back no matter how hard you try.
I'm wondering what those business classes say about a shrinking customer base for business, because that's what why I suspect the economic recovery has been so sluggish. Big corporations and banks bounced back pretty quick because they got so much government assistance. Little guys, like the home owners who had their home repossessed or the millions of people who wound up laid off, they didn't get any help. When they lost their money or home or whatever, the demand the created was suddenly taken out of the market and hasn't really been replaced. We need a champion for demand side economics.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama