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An experiment on partisanship

POSTED BY: kpo
UPDATED: Saturday, June 22, 2013 15:55
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KPO

Monday, June 17, 2013 7:38 PM

Who's ready for a fun new experiment? It's meant to measure how partisan you are, and how ready you are to understand the positions of the other side.

The challenge is:

If you are liberal, to write a short essay arguing why Bush 43 was a good president.

If you are conservative, to write a short essay arguing why Obama has been a good president.

Obviously you don't have to believe your arguments, and you can refute your own essays later. But the challenge is to write something that somebody from the other side would read and enthusiastically agree with, and someone neutral might read and find convincing.

BYTEMITE

Monday, June 17, 2013 8:42 PM

Quote:
If you are liberal, to write a short essay arguing why Bush 43 was a good president.

If you are conservative, to write a short essay arguing why Obama has been a good president.

O.O

Ow my head

KPO

Monday, June 17, 2013 8:51 PM

Byte you get to do it for both presidents. Yay!

It's not personal. It's just war.

BYTEMITE

Monday, June 17, 2013 10:03 PM

NooooOOOOooooo Melting melting whatta world

PENGUIN

Monday, June 17, 2013 10:13 PM

Mama taught me not to lie.

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

BYTEMITE

Monday, June 17, 2013 10:24 PM

...They... They didn't kill everyone on earth. Yet. Despite laying the groundwork for it. Murders were kept to a minimum of targets that their propaganda machines insisted deserved it - such as wedding parties and among cultures considered undesirable.

They're both very good liars and manipulators, and their lackeys managed to maintain the appearance of deference to the rule of law despite flouting the spirit of the law at every opportunity. The American public even voted for them both twice, which as we all know, popularity as determined by vote is a sacred trust that is never rigged and is an entirely valid measure of successful policies.

And... they... said in their state of the union addresses that they would put money into researching AIDS and cancer, even though they later totally looted those funds for some ill-advised wars.

AURAPTOR

Monday, June 17, 2013 10:30 PM

Obama. Drones r a good thing. Fin.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

1KIKI

Monday, June 17, 2013 10:32 PM

Byte

I have to say that was an admirable little essay.

KPO

Monday, June 17, 2013 10:52 PM

Good effort Byte, but I don't think you swayed many neutrals... in the right direction.

Auraptor, you're using this as an opportunity to say there's only thing about Obama's presidency that you can approve of. That's fine.

Does anyone want to have a real go at the challenge? It's like debate class, where you have to take a position that you don't necessarily agree with?

It's not personal. It's just war.

BYTEMITE

Monday, June 17, 2013 11:17 PM

...Right direction...?