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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:16 AM Original message |
Can a well informed voter, who still votes for the GOP, be a moral person? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:17 AM Original message |
Yes |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Subjectivity is objective." |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. What's your definition of moral? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Define it how ever you want... just state how you define it and go from there NT |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Of course. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Politics is not the be all and end all. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. THey help empower something that is responsible for great human suffering and death |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'd have to disagree. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Those who disagree with me are either ignorent, crazy, or immoral |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Well informed" and "votes for the GOP" are mutually exclusive! |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Not true. You can dislike someone like Sen Mcconnell. However, he is well informed. Moral? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. if they are well-informed, and vote GOP, there are only two possibilities |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. THen is it moral to vote for the GOP for hate or selfishness? Can that person still be moral? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. depends on whether you consider self-interest moral |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Hitler thought he was a moral person. He thought he was freeing his people. Simple confusion |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Um, I wasn't excusing anyone |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Nope. I've asked this question of my local radio ex-talkshow wingnut many times: |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yes, but willfully ignorant and/or lazy |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. THe question excludes ignorant people NT |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. WILLFULLY ignorant |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. Can a well-informed voter, who still supports criminal wars of empire, be a moral person? |
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ComtesseDeSpair (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. No |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. Well Informed Vs. Self Interest |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
22. Mmmmmm, in a word, No. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
23. NO! It is impossible to be moral if you are incapable of helping your fellow man. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. NO! It is impossible to be moral if you are incapable of helping your fellow man. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
26. If all politics are local, then yes |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. Nope. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. No. Voting for Republicans is the height of immorality. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. "The *height* of immorality"? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I would think that would be genocide NT |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. "Moral", ok, but delusional and maybe nieve...I have some republican relatives who are not immoral |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
31. Not really |
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