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Originally Posted by Aubs
I would agree with you on that 100%. From my time spent at UMass Amherst I got the same feeling. And when you actually have a moderated discussion, and break their unfactual position apart, they start crying... so the emotional attachment is very much a part of it. I debated a few people, and most got quite irrational, red faced, and one just started sobbing. It was fascinating. The profs are a little better, though they all drive hybrids and refuse to believe in the validity of the CNW study.  They're in their own little liberal bizzaro world that is a total disconnect from reality -- exactly why I'd love to be a professor!  |
Or stand up and openly yell at you. But, in general, the more extreme somebodies views are, the less they are able to defend them and the farther they deviate from verifiable reality.
The other day one of the most liberal people that finds his/her way to my social circle stood up from a chair and screamed at me, then later said they'd lost hours of sleep stewing about my craziness. My commentary was this:
-the democratic party should take some responsibility for having bush in office, because they failed to produce a remotely passable candidate to oppose him. instead they found gore and kerry, two of the perhaps freakiest buggers they could have found.
Obviously that guy is an "enviromentalist". Drives an "hour car" if you guys know what those are and everything. He vehemently opposed nuclear power years ago and yelled at me for my support of it then... he supports it now.
Extreme views are what give rise to hummer hate, and to alot of what gets publicized in america today, and they are basically just never thought through. They are closer to temper tantrums than to something born of sitting down and crunching numers.
There is, of course, an equally extreme view on the opposite side, and extreme conservative views aren't necessarily any better. The KKK isn't any better than the wild liberal left, just nutty in a different way. (and, it seems to me, the two extremes are about equally bigoted and biased and stereotyping and so forth, they just "hate" different groups of people).
I don't mean to soap-box, and i do apologize if my blabber bores anybody, but while i accept that H2s get crappy mileage and i'd be willing to fund a petition to GM to really try to improve that, the singling out of the H2 is essentially without merit (either by enviro's or offroad enthusiasts, as the truck is used by 36% of drivers offroad and as DRTY said the other day "isn't it funny how our trucks seem to handle all these "hardcore" trails that we throw them at", and its mileage isn't stunningly bad, just about as crappy as some far-more-common also crappy mileage vehicles that should all be improved). My pocketbook doesn't mind the gasp rices at all, but for the sake of public relations, GM should really try to bump the H2 up a notch or 3 in the mileage department.
