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<blockquote>Unity is not the great need of the hour ''[agreed]'', it is the eternal struggle of our immigrant nation ''[agreed]''. The three Durkheimian foundations of ingroup, [[authority]], and purity are powerful tools in that struggle ''[sure, if you want a religious dictatorship; Nazi Germany was a pretty unified place, I hear. Very interested in racial purity, too. And authority.]''. Until Democrats understand this point, they will be vulnerable to the seductive but false belief that Americans vote for Republicans primarily because they have been duped into doing so.</blockquote> I've just shown the truth of that "seductive but false" belief, and you have failed to show that it is wrong. | <blockquote>Unity is not the great need of the hour ''[agreed]'', it is the eternal struggle of our immigrant nation ''[agreed]''. The three Durkheimian foundations of ingroup, [[authority]], and purity are powerful tools in that struggle ''[sure, if you want a religious dictatorship; Nazi Germany was a pretty unified place, I hear. Very interested in racial purity, too. And authority.]''. Until Democrats understand this point, they will be vulnerable to the seductive but false belief that Americans vote for Republicans primarily because they have been duped into doing so.</blockquote> I've just shown the truth of that "seductive but false" belief, and you have failed to show that it is wrong. | ||
| − | + | My "gut" says to tell you this, Dr. Haidt: Bite me. | |
| + | ===Barone concludes=== | ||
| + | <blockquote>You might even conclude, as I suspect Haidt does, that Republican voters tend to be more nuanced and sophisticated than Democratic voters.</blockquote> | ||
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| + | ....yyyyeahhh, right. No, Haidt has shown that Republican voters will buy anything if it's packaged right, and then will justify it post-facto however they can | ||
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