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[snousle]

The more I look at the political world, the more I feel that the most significant division is not between "liberal" and "conservative", but rather between "analysts" and "partisans

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Clearly Analyst

[pink_halen]

That puts me squarely in the Analyst Camp

Re: Clearly Analyst

[snousle]

I would take care to avoid identifying liberalism with analysis and vice versa. There are lots of partisan liberals and analytic conservatives. At first approximation I'd say they aren't correlated at all

Re: Clearly Analyst

[furr_a_bruin]

Certainly there are analytic conservatives - but there seem to be a lot fewer of them in the mold of, say, William F. Buckley than there used to be... and a lot more ranting, fear-mongering ideologue partisans while the percentage of liberals impervious to reason and fact doesn't seem to have changed much.

[barbarian_rat]

I'm not sure that any state gun laws will work because guns can be brought in from another state. National gun registration on all gun sales would seem like that would work, but then I doubt that will become law any time in the near future.

[fingertrouble]

Analysts get fired by the NSA / Turn into Snowden.

So much for 'Partisans believe their cause is inherently moral and just.' - seems analysts can do that too...

[fingertrouble]

Oh snd no

Analysts overthink things and draw themselves into spirals?

[bluebear2]

Well, well, Tony, you're more than just a fuzzy face. You're also brilliant!

[h0gwash]

I enjoy your posts but rarely reply because I don't have much to say and am lazy.

Been thinking about this one for a couple days. I think we are all both- we are analysts behind the camera and are partisans when we are in front of the camera.