Who? Democrats or Republicans perceived as "Smarter"?
Democrat-Republicans , a party at one time ..Today, there is little if any difference between Democrats and Republicans , but actually we have liberals and conservatives (more conservatives than liberals ) and the conservatives are, IMO, simply NOT as smart .
:shrug: the old saw is that if you disagree with a liberal, he will think you are immoral, while if you disagree with a conservative, he will think you are stupid.
Meanwhile, self-congratulation seems to be the basis for much of the lefts' tribalism.
It seems both sides perceive the other as less intelligent than themselves, but the right makes more allowance for liberals to be "Smart, But Wrong" than the left does in return.
:shrug: the old saw is that if you disagree with a liberal, he will think you are immoral, while if you disagree with a conservative, he will think you are stupid.
Meanwhile, self-congratulation seems to be the basis for much of the lefts' tribalism.
It seems both sides perceive the other as less intelligent than themselves, but the right makes more allowance for liberals to be "Smart, But Wrong" than the left does in return.
My irony meter just assploded...
So the left is very self-congratulatory, and you end your post with being self-congratulatory.
:shrug: As I recall, the last time we went over this, I showed you how it was the modern day puritan left that was more likely to try to purge Heresy from our public discourse, and you did not respond.
Nah. It's hardly self-affirming to recognize that intelligent, well-thought out people disagree with you for good reasons. That is an argument that imposes a certain humility. It's self-affirming to argue that people who disagree with you are stupid, evil or both.
Considering how quickly the anti-semitism card is played in any thread about...well just about anything
And yet, you call the left more self-congratulatory. Are you really a liberal, or do you just choose not to be as better as you claim to be?
......what?
I tell you what. Let's start counting the number of times that public conservatives have accused Democrats of being anti-semitic, and the number of times that public liberals have accused Republicans of being racist. Whatcha think the results are going to be?
About equal
Sorry to not play into your persecution complex, but to say that there's no idiocy or self-congratulation on the right is idiotic and self-congratulatory.
My irony meter just assploded...
....are you calling him stupid?
:lamo Not even close.
You are correct. It would also be a strawman, since no one made that argument
Have you been taking a break from here? I see it all the time from the right.
And you are making the argument that there's no self-congratulation on the right - in a very self-congratulatory way.