You are misdirecting your anger on this, lowing. I have nothing personal against Palin. In fact, on a personal level, I have quite an affinity for her, as a fellow parent of a special-needs child. I don't have any issues with any of the mindless things you seem to be attributing to my argument...none of which I have mentioned a single fucking time.lowing wrote:
She resigned, she has more publicity and more money now than ever before, sounds like sound thinking to me. You may not like WHY she did it, but it sure as fuck looks as if she knew EXACTLY what she was doing and it is undeniable it is paying off for herFEOS wrote:
Her critical thinking IS real, lowing. There are many examples of her poor critical thinking (bridge to nowhere endorsement before not endorsing it anyone?). Choosing to quit the office the people of her state had elected her to execute. They did not elect her to do nation-wide bus tours and reality TV shows in order to "reach more people with her message." Those "real" enough for you, or will you choose to view them as "unreal" because they support someone else's argument?lowing wrote:
I already gave it to you. Now, do you have anything REAL to base your opinion on? Like how she handled being mayor, or a governor? Or is the man vs dinosaur it?
Like it or not, they are indicators of poor critical thinking on her part, just as taking the position that man and dinosaurs coexisted--even though all scientific data says otherwise and the Bible doesn't say anything about it, either--is the same. She has nothing to base that position on, yet she makes a statement like that, knowing it will cause a political shitstorm beyond her own platform, but she has nothing to justify the position--scientifically or theologically. Faulty critical thinking all the way around. Multiple other decisions on her part that can be dissected similarly.
She supported the bridge to nowhere, changed her mind, kept the funding for Alaska and put it to use elsewhere, YOU may not like it, but it sure as fuck sounds like she knew what she was doing and thought the matter through, and it benefited Alaska, hardy an example of a lack of "critical thinking". So, what else you got? A boob job maybe? Or the REAL color of her hair?
She is riding a wave of popularity and wealth based on her decisions for herself, that is not a lack of 'critical thinking" or "retardation". I tis nothing more than proof that "haters gunna hate" and they will find whatever reason they can, regardless as to how lame, irrelevant, or desperate the reason may be. I can live with that actually. What I find absurd is the inconsistency of the hate, based on the person and not the opinion.
She's making decisions for herself. She wasn't elected governor of Palin, was she? Yes, I have an issue with her quitting before the halfway point of a term that she volunteered for and that the people of Alaska voted for her to serve in its entirety or until they remove her. To step down for such clearly selfish reasons, IMO, makes her unfit to lead. Leaders do not put themselves first. That's clearly what she did.
As to her critical thinking skills: look at the things she says. She constantly has to go back and "adjust" what she meant. If she applied true critical thought to her positions on things, she wouldn't have to do that. Or at least not nearly as much. It's not just an eloquence issue with her. When it's an issue she's well-versed on or has ownership of, she doesn't have to backtrack later. Pop-offs and off-the-cuff comments on policy issues are inappropriate for someone who is (possibly) aspiring to the Presidency.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
