Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: 4. An irrational belief in the power of reason
By this I mean many Liberals have a mindset that all you have to do is pursuade citizens of how right you are. Author Michael Kazin in particular felt that this is not enough, you have to understand the psychology of what people need and how you can meet those needs.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:29 am Post subject: Re: 4. An irrational belief in the power of reason
Simone wrote:
By this I mean many Liberals have a mindset that all you have to do is pursuade citizens of how right you are. Author Michael Kazin in particular felt that this is not enough, you have to understand the psychology of what people need and how you can meet those needs.
So we should lie to them and tell them what they hear? I might be irrational in this, but I have absolutely no desire to tell my politicians to lie to me or anyone else.
