Comments on: More on the Red and the Blue http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070 A rough draft of my thoughts... en Wed, 4 May 2024 09:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.1 by: Dave Schuler http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2024 15:15:17 -0400 18414:5070@http://poliblogger.com I think I understand your point a little better now. But your example …other countries where signs of division and political discontentedness manifest more in the form of tanks and AK-47’s is flawed. That doesn’t require what’s been referred to lately as “a closely divided electorate". That just requires a minority that’s very unhappy and willing to be pretty nearly anything to get their way. The Bolsheviks were a tiny minority. And there were, in fact, fewer of them than there were of the Mensheviks. That doesn’t mean they didn’t use force to overthrow a government. I think I understand your point a little better now. But your example

…other countries where signs of division and political discontentedness manifest more in the form of tanks and AK-47’s

is flawed. That doesn’t require what’s been referred to lately as “a closely divided electorate". That just requires a minority that’s very unhappy and willing to be pretty nearly anything to get their way.

The Bolsheviks were a tiny minority. And there were, in fact, fewer of them than there were of the Mensheviks. That doesn’t mean they didn’t use force to overthrow a government.

]]> by: Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2024 20:52:56 -0400 18431:5070@http://poliblogger.com Indeed. But has the alleged major division in our country come anywhere near to spawning that level of discontent? No, it hasn’t. Hence my point. Indeed. But has the alleged major division in our country come anywhere near to spawning that level of discontent? No, it hasn’t. Hence my point.

]]> by: pennywit.com http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2024 23:48:59 -0400 18434:5070@http://poliblogger.com Polarization … Where does one find evidence of polarization? Steven Taylor insists that evidence must be found in certain places and cannot be found in other places. While Taylor is right about many, many things, his analysis here Polarization …
Where does one find evidence of polarization? Steven Taylor insists that evidence must be found in certain places and cannot be found in other places. While Taylor is right about many, many things, his analysis here

]]> by: Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2024 06:29:41 -0400 18440:5070@http://poliblogger.com MOre importantly: any such manifestation would be considered utterly unacceptable by the vast, vast majority of people in the society. While revlutionaries are small in number, revolutions only take place with significance acquiescence from the general population. MOre importantly: any such manifestation would be considered utterly unacceptable by the vast, vast majority of people in the society. While revlutionaries are small in number, revolutions only take place with significance acquiescence from the general population.

]]> by: PoliBlog » Yet More on the Polarization Issue http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2024 01:05:30 -0400 18458:5070@http://poliblogger.com […] e on the Polarization Issue By Steven Taylor @ 8:05 pm Apropos of my recent postings on the issues of ideological polarization in the US (or the lack thereof) was a commercial I heard on th […] […] e on the Polarization Issue
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Apropos of my recent postings on the issues of ideological polarization in the US (or the lack thereof) was a commercial I heard on th […]

]]> by: PoliBlog » Yet More on the Polarization Issue http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2024 01:10:32 -0400 18460:5070@http://poliblogger.com […] e on the Polarization Issue By Steven Taylor @ 8:10 pm Apropos of my recent postings on the issues of ideological polarization in the US (or the lack thereof) was a commercial I heard on th […] […] e on the Polarization Issue
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Apropos of my recent postings on the issues of ideological polarization in the US (or the lack thereof) was a commercial I heard on th […]

]]> by: Kathy K http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2024 19:28:47 -0400 18518:5070@http://poliblogger.com Glad you said that. I’ve left a comment on two blogs recently that basically said “calm down, people, there isn’t going to be another civil war.” Glad you said that. I’ve left a comment on two blogs recently that basically said “calm down, people, there isn’t going to be another civil war.”

]]> by: On The Third Hand http://poliblogger.com/?p=5070#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2024 19:42:23 -0400 18519:5070@http://poliblogger.com Calm down. It isn’t as bad as you think it is. Go read More on the Red and the Blue, take a deep breath (into a paper bag if necessary), try to slow the hearbeat, take a long walk, whatever…. We Will Survive, no matter who gets elected. We Will NOT have a civil war. Okay? Calm down. “Y2k” was n… Calm down. It isn’t as bad as you think it is.
Go read More on the Red and the Blue, take a deep breath (into a paper bag if necessary), try to slow the hearbeat, take a long walk, whatever…. We Will Survive, no matter who gets elected. We Will NOT have a civil war. Okay? Calm down. “Y2k” was n…

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