Red Pill, Blue Pill
At Ted.com, psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains "the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most."
Boiled down, Haidt's ultimate assessment -- i.e., liberals and conservatives balance each other out and that we should try and respect this scheme -- pushes aside the fact that most conservatives, to go by almost all appearances and allegiances, are heathens in the sense that many if not most of them are against conserving and preserving the sanctity of the planet earth. And that this can't be tolerated because the survival of the planet is on a clock.
We can't indulge ourselves to the hilt and then...whatever, let our grandchildren get around to finally preserving the planet 30 or 50 years from now. Procrastination is no longer an option. The tipping point is here and now.
The heavily moneyed conservatives I've observed, considered and listened to believe in dominion over the earth -- in swaggering around in Hummers and shooting wolves from helicopters and doing what they want whatever and whenever, and that means they need to ignore and deny the irrefutable facts that tell us global warming is real and growing. They don't believe in nurturing what we have -- they stand for unbridled consumption and satisfying every lavish whim and appetite because it's their right because they have the economic power, and who in this country is going to tell them different?
I think abortion is vile, and that traditional moral values must be respected at all times as long as everybody understands what Catholic priests seem to be about these days and as long as nobody frowns at the idea of sex on the first date. But global warming has changed everything. Which is why the selfishness that conservatives are so good at needs to be exterminated. The Cheneys of the world have to be pushed over a cliff.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 18, 2008 at 9:08 AM
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quintus arrius
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You first, jetter to film festivals.
Posted by quintus arrius
at September 18, 2008 10:10 AM
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mitchtaylor
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Abortion is the solution to a problem.
Posted by mitchtaylor
at September 18, 2008 10:11 AM
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Rich S.
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Where does opposition to wind farms because they might kill birds (or spoil the view out the back of your summer home) fit in all this?
Posted by Rich S.
at September 18, 2008 10:24 AM
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arteye
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If it was only "heavily-moneyed conservatives" that believed in "dominion over the earth" there would be more reason for optimism. As it is, at least in America, that view is held and put into practice by the majority—on the right OR left, in spite of much talk to the contrary.
Posted by arteye
at September 18, 2008 10:38 AM
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BurmaShave
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Jeff, as always, do a little research. Disagreement over environmentalism is actually beginning to cause a right among evangelicals. Guys like Pat Robertson are fully on board, insane though they may be. It's never as simple as you want it to be. But then neither is global warming.
"I think abortion is vile, and that traditional moral values must be respected at all times as long as everybody understands what Catholic priests seem to be about these days and as long as nobody frowns at the idea of sex on the first date."
That has to be one of the strangest sentences I've ever read.
Posted by BurmaShave
at September 18, 2008 10:48 AM
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TL
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Where does opposition to wind farms because they ... spoil the view out the back of your summer home) fit in all this?
It doesn't. Sorry, Ted Kennedy, I like you, bud, but Cape Wind needs to get done, now.
Posted by TL
at September 18, 2008 11:07 AM
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Ogami Itto
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Genuine conservatives (as opposed to the fraudulent neocons and theocons) are appalled by the last 8 years, too:
http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?nm=Core+Pages&type=gen&mod=Core+Pages&tier=3&gid=B33A5C6E2CF04C9596A3EF81822D9F8E
Posted by Ogami Itto
at September 18, 2008 12:19 PM
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hatchetface
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Quintus, I'd like to hear your response to the Wick Allison article linked by Ogami.
Posted by hatchetface
at September 18, 2008 1:18 PM
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Three
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This entire conversation is absurd: "liberals?" "conservatives?" These are cheap, empty labels for those who are too lazy to appreciate or investigate someone's point of view.
What's worse is, self-labeled "conservatives" think their positions are somehow unique.
"Convervatives" love "fiscal responsibility" and "limited government" -- who doesn't? "Conservatives" have "values" - who doesn't?
The fact is, just about everyone agrees with these slogans. The hard questions are, "how much" limited government," and "what are your 'values' in a particular circumstance"? The only categorical, distinguishing trait between self-styled "liberals" and self-styled "conservatives" is that the "conservatives" are usually too lazy to care about the details or deal with the idea that life does not come in black and white.
Posted by Three
at September 18, 2008 1:24 PM
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janee
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at May 18, 2011 3:09 AM