How do you evaluate the truth of any given statement, or do you even bother? Is it as simple as 'If a lefty said it, it's true, and if a righty said it, it's false'? Because that seems to be your measure... You have a record of dismissing as "opinion" any facts that do not support, or directly contradict, what it is that you believe is "true".
So what is the process by which you determine the truth of any given statement?
Well, how do YOU evalutate the truth? It seems to me that in this forum in particular, ANYTHING the Left states, even with supportive evidence, is taken as a lie or as a big joke, and the few (very few. . .I count 2 at this time) "leftist" who remain in this forum are being mercilessly ridiculed for having their OWN sources and believing in factual information that differs from the Righ wing sources!
And then, even the best of you (which I count 3 total), insist in taking a pompous, "know it all," "Leftist need to be either inhilated or converted" type attitude. There is a general arrogance in the most intelligent among you that forces you to ignore or ridicule ANY possibility that you may be mistaken, even in minute part of the issues debated.
And. . .let's not even talk about the "rest" of the Righ wing posters here. . .they can't debate or discuss without insulting and belittleling. . .again, arrogance, but this time EXTREMELY misguided!
Please do not tell me that YOUR sources and YOUR facts are the ONLY correct way to look at things, and the rest is false and ridiculous. . .because EVEN among the most famous economists, there IS NO agreement!
So. . .half of those famous, respected economists are "stupid" because they don't agree with the other half?
I can see, and I can admit that there may be some "truth" and "real facts" in BOTH groups. . . But apparently, in spite of your obvious intelligence. . .YOU CAN"T!
Sorry, but being so stuck into ONE mind set . . . is not the best proof of your true intellect! And yet, I do respect YOUR, and Dr. WHO, and BOB's intelligence and . . .your frequent "attempts" at fairness.
I have even agreed with you on a couple of issues, which seem to have been embarrassing for you. . .because obviously, YOU wouldn't want to be seen in agreement with a "Leftist," even if it is YOUR point of view I agreed with!
Sorry guys. . .I may be female, I may be old, I may be a "foreigner," and I my way of expressing myself may be "awkward" at times because English is not my first language, because I only spoke (and heard) my first word of English after the age of 21. . .but I am NOT stupid, and I am NOT easily intimidated, because I HAVE discussed with the best of them. I have (which was a big suprise to me at the beginning) risen to the top of academic achievements even in a language that wasn't my own.
It took me 40 years to reach self-confidence and self-esteem. I KNOW who I am, I know that I am NOT infaillible, and that I WANT to keep an open mind. . .but not in front of people who are not smart or open enough to take the same attitude of "maybe I don't know everything," "maybe I could take, just for a moment, another stand, just to see what an issue looks like when observed from another stand point, from another view."
I am truly interested in LEARNING, even at 61. I am truly looking for a solution that would bring the world together (in small ways, of course. . .I do not plan on being a Sister Theresa or Martin Luther King Jr.), I am totally open to compromise of ideas, because I believe there is a LOT more in 100 smart people's heads, especially smart people who are willing to see the WHOLE picture, rather than sticking to "a party line," than in ONE head, no matter how brilliant that one head may be (and. . .no, I am not talking about myself...). But I am NOT willing to be patronize by people who seem incapable of even CONSIDERING that someone may have the right information, just because that information is not "within the paradigme of the party line!"
And I CERTAINLY will not let the most uneducated and sadistic people among your "party group" intimidate me in being another sheep in your coral, or in living this site with my tail between my legs because of the insults and the belittlement.
So. . face it. You're stuck with me, you're stuck with my expressing my opinions, and backing my opinions with information that comes from sources that I trust, and that I find reliable.
And. . . you can continue to do the same. . .or you can put me on ignore, which I have done with a couple of your most "polite and friendly" minds!