All this has become something of a preoccupation for the 53-year-old Mr. Haidt. A longtime liberal—he ran a gun-control group as an undergraduate at Yale—he admits he “had never encountered conservative ideas” until his mid-40s. [More]Those who would tear down that on which they're completely ignorant are basically mindless vandals, which pretty much tracks with conclusions by those who have made efforts to understand the enemy.
At least when I engaged in directed destruction of knowledge, I had the basic awareness to know what I was doing, and to rue my role.
[Via Mack H]
Better late than never.
ReplyDeleteI welcome apostates over to our side in this civil war.
Linked article available only to subscribers. No gun content in the visible two inches. :-(
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