Comments on: A Worthwhile Charity http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:38:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: HispanicPundit http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164062 HispanicPundit Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:49:02 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164062 :-) It does. :-) It does.

]]> By: DCNats http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164053 DCNats Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:44:30 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164053 yeah but it saves so much time! j/k yeah but it saves so much time! j/k

]]> By: HispanicPundit http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164033 HispanicPundit Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:15:11 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164033 I've been in online discussion forums for more than ten years now and one thing I learned over the years is that if you cannot explain your adversaries point of view in such a way that you can understand why someone would hold such a view (though one you still disagree with), then you probably don't really understand it at all. So caricatures like, "Democrats are just a bunch of communists/socialists", or "Republicans only care for the rich/white", are just ways for us to be mentally lazy. They tell us nothing about the reality of the situation. Same with caricatures of minority conservatives or liberals. I’ve been in online discussion forums for more than ten years now and one thing I learned over the years is that if you cannot explain your adversaries point of view in such a way that you can understand why someone would hold such a view (though one you still disagree with), then you probably don’t really understand it at all.

So caricatures like, “Democrats are just a bunch of communists/socialists”, or “Republicans only care for the rich/white”, are just ways for us to be mentally lazy. They tell us nothing about the reality of the situation. Same with caricatures of minority conservatives or liberals.

]]> By: » A Worthwhile Charity Car Donation and Charity News Vine: http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164032 » A Worthwhile Charity Car Donation and Charity News Vine: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:24:12 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164032 [...] This post by HispanicPundit made me smile a bit. [...] […] This post by HispanicPundit made me smile a bit. […]

]]> By: DCNats http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164015 DCNats Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:50:45 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2007/10/24/a-worthwhile-charity/#comment-164015 hey wait a second, I thought all conservative minorities were supposed to pull the ladder up behind them?! Now here you go trying to destroy the well crafted stereotype I had built in my head with these scholarship links... damn you HP!!! hey wait a second, I thought all conservative minorities were supposed to pull the ladder up behind them?! Now here you go trying to destroy the well crafted stereotype I had built in my head with these scholarship links… damn you HP!!!

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