Assumptions you didn't know you've made

[Dieter]

Probably the best one I've heard was, "I'm very open-minded, but if you ask me, those intolerant Republicans should all be loaded onto a spaceship and shot into the sun."

Intolerant of the intolerant when they act on their intolerance....

[AgAuMoney]

That's messed up Jan. The forums wouldn't be the same without our liberal brethren.

Besides, there's little more funny than a serious communist.

(Guess I'll go see if Fidel has written/said anything new lately, I could use a little comedic relief...)

[Pointedstick]

Probably the best one I've heard was, "I'm very open-minded, but if you ask me, those intolerant Republicans should all be loaded onto a spaceship and shot into the sun."

Intolerant of the intolerant when they act on their intolerance....

The point is, intolerance of intolerance is a tautology. It's a great illustration of MT's point how people who consider themselves open-minded and tolerant can have huge blind spots. You don't have to be intolerant to be disapproving, or to do what you have to do.

"When you must kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."
- Winston Churchill

[k9]

I always thought you were the K9 who used to hang with Doctor Who.

No, I'm not. I'm a Mark IV.

[Jan Van]

My favorite Nigel Powers quote:

Nigel Powers

[Dieter]

Probably the best one I've heard was, "I'm very open-minded, but if you ask me, those intolerant Republicans should all be loaded onto a spaceship and shot into the sun."

Intolerant of the intolerant when they act on their intolerance....

The point is, intolerance of intolerance is a tautology. It's a great illustration of MT's point how people who consider themselves open-minded and tolerant can have huge blind spots. You don't have to be intolerant to be disapproving, or to do what you have to do.

"When you must kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."
- Winston Churchill

That was the point - difference between my response to someones beliefs vs them making me adhere to beliefs.

Someone believe the earth is flat - one response (may discuss, may just shake my head and move on)
They want to pass a law making globes illegal - no

And maybe intolerant is too strong, but the first definition "1 : unable or unwilling to endure", which iimplies more active disagreement than "disapprove".

[GT]

OP – What a great post. I did not even realize that I looking at the avatar and running it through my own past experiances and what the picture meant to me.

What I think I "see" in the Avatar:

PS – Nelson Mandela pops into my head

Medium-Tex – first glance Charlie Sheen from Platoon; at the end of the movie – then a young Bruce Campbell from Army of Darkness

Wild About Harry – thought that was his real picture until I found out it was Harry Browne from the 1970’s.

TennPaGA – Rick Springfield; song Jessie’s Girl pops into my head

Craigr – shrunken head maybe; movie Beetlejuice pops into my head

[Mountaineer]

Liberal assumption:  Conservatives are idiots!

Conservative assumption:  Liberals are idiots!

Moderate assumption:  Conservatives are half idiots, liberals are half idiots!

Libertarian assumption:  Who cares, just leave me alone.

My assumption:  We are all simultaneous saints and sinners!

Anyone want to make an assumption about me? 

[smurff]

I always thought you were the K9 who used to hang with Doctor Who.

No, I'm not. I'm a Mark IV.

I stand corrected.  But you look so much like a Mark III.

[MediumTex]

I'm happiest when I approach those with different ideas like an anthropologist.

I really want to understand the rationale for other people's beliefs.  I want to understand the mental processes that led them to assemble and interpret reality in the ways that they do.

I don't want to distract them with my own beliefs unless they ask me to explain them and I think that they really want to hear what I have to say.

I don't want to make people feel uncomfortable while talking with me.  It's not that I fear challenging them, it's just that I know once most people feel threatened their thought processes turn more reptilian and this state of mind seems to generate very little in the way of new insights.

[Xan]

Speaking of assumptions, PointedStick, I've always assumed that your name comes from the old Monty Python sketch about the self-defense class.  Does it?

[Pointedstick]

Guilty as charged. 

[Xan]

Hah, great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

[MediumTex]

Hah, great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

I was watching that clip and saw the following 3:15 clip from George Carlin and it blew me away.  So much packed into three minutes.  It's a summary of much of what we talk about here.

http://youtu.be/-PkWf9M3rUw

[Gosso]

Hah, great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

I was watching that clip and saw the following 3:15 clip from George Carlin and it blew me away.  So much packed into three minutes.  It's a summary of much of what we talk about here.

http://youtu.be/-PkWf9M3rUw

Speaking of "assumption you didn't know you've made", as a child I had always assumed Mr. Conductor from Thomas the Tank Engine was a sweet old man:



Then once I grew up a bit and watched this, well, my mind exploded, "Seven Dirty Words" (9:47 - warning: contains dirty words):

http://youtu.be/vbZhpf3sQxQ

[dualstow]

I always thought you were the K9 who used to hang with Doctor Who.

I don't know if you use a Mac, smurff, but I'm lovin' these icons.
http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/s ... -Icons.htm
It's especially nice to have a tardis icon for Time Machine-dedicated volumes.

[smurff]

I always thought you were the K9 who used to hang with Doctor Who.

I don't know if you use a Mac, smurff, but I'm lovin' these icons.
http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/s ... -Icons.htm
It's especially nice to have a tardis icon for Time Machine-dedicated volumes.

Thanks for the  link, dualstow.  I'm on a Mac, so this is a great site.  I liked the Tardis, but the Daleks are my favorite evil robots--which reminds me of that other topic we're doing on this forum about a world full of robots.