Politicians and commentators on behalf of political parties rely on demeaning and degrading their opponents to attract attention and gain support. While this has been normalized and even expected in the realm of politics, that does not make it okay. We should not support or enable any politicians from any party resulting to insults and petty attacks to achieve their goals. — AntonioP
Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans are the Problem — Brookings Institution
Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans are the Problem — T Clark
My main advice is to not spend any time giving attention to those who don't deserve it and only care about gaining attention and power, and politicians are at the top of that list. — AntonioP
This a backlash to everything progressive that's been accomplished in the last six or seven decades. — Vera Mont
In the US in particular, conservative values have been marginalized and their expression restricted for a long time. — T Clark
Getting these things out in the open is probably a useful, if painful, thing. — T Clark
Tell about that. — Vera Mont
That's a lot of vague accusations at unidentified perpetrators.Universal access to abortion. Lack of respect for traditional values - patriotism, religion, marriage. Normalization of unconventional ways of life - transgenderism, gay marriage. Anti-family policies. Anti-gun policies. Pornography and the sexualization of culture and children. Lack of respect for the work ethic. Failure to support working people. Contempt for working class and white people. — T Clark
No vaguer or less specific than yours. — T Clark
people should start with implementing critical thinking classes into basic education. — Ying
It hasn't changed; Texas is well on the way to eliminating fact- or reason-based public education.Republican Party of Texas wrote into its 2012 platform as part of the section on education:
Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.
102. No Regulation of Homeschooling or Private School Curriculum: We oppose any attempt to regulate homeschooling or the curriculum of private or religious schools.
Republican Party of Texas wrote into its 2012 platform as part of the section on education:
Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority. — Vera Mont
Critical thinking is a survival skill nowadays. — Ying
It is... but most people lack these skills. I know I am going to sound pessimistic, but I feel that the youngest generation lacks critical knowledge and does not even make a basic effort. I am part of the "Millennial" generation, and I must admit that we are losing both time and hope. The people of my age live permanently connected to social media, and they are so easy to manipulate. — javi2541997
Critical thinking skills are indeed essential. As is walking.
Did anyone 'teach' you to walk? — Isaac
Indeed. We can just let this conversation stand as an excellent example of how to apply critical thinking. when presented with an idea which questions the status quo, ignore it, end the conversation and put a laughing emoji in place of actual argument. — Isaac
Did anyone 'teach' you to walk? — Isaac
The suggestion is that 1. people are not explicitly taught critical thinking, and 2. They are not able to do it very well. — unenlightened
So your example of something that is not explicitly taught but that people can nevertheless manage, is entirely beside the point. — unenlightened
It is an attempt at ridicule that relies on the difficulty of critical thinking and the tendency of ridicule to provoke anger that clouds judgement. — unenlightened
That this can happen to you is evidence in favour of the explicit teaching of critical thinking. — unenlightened
You think I was spouting off an unexamined cultural dogma? Me? That already is quite the assumption. Then you assume I do stupid things. Another one. You also assumed I was a fit target to ridicule, as bullies do. Do you know what I do in my free time? I use Bing Chat as a kung fu training dummy to practice my old school style of rhetorics on. You know, what the Romans used. To get each others heads chopped off. I used to do that on the old forum too, on trolls. Anyway, my practice run (There's an evaluation at the end since I doubt you know much about discourse analysis):Ying spouted off an unexamined cultural dogma in an argument about critical thinking. It was a stupid thing to do and I appropriately ridiculed it. — Isaac
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