On Tuesday 03 August 2004 17:01, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> Moore, like any ideologue, continues to commit the same sin that other
> ideologues do: He colors facts and reinforces "possibles" so that they
> favor his view. While he may have a few valid points, people are so
> polarized by his approach that I don't think he has a real chance of
> swaying opinions. Alas, I see this becoming more of a problem over time,
> not less. As far as current politics, both Republicans and Democrats do it,
> and that's one reason why I am an independent.
Moore is not really an ideologue; he's an activist and a propagandist (and a
reasonably successful one). His activism centers on critique, not
ideological propositions (what . He's rather practical as far as politics
are concerned, really. For the record, I don't consider Bush an ideologue
either (though his administration is packed with them). Every loudmouth is
not an ideologue ...
The democratic party in the US is not very ideologically unified either -
which is most likely why they are not as successful as the (very
ideologically focused) republican party.
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