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To: AlbionGirl
No serious social movement happened by impetus of bland reason. Everyone loves a good speaker because a good speaker can move them.

Uh-huh. Do you have any female friends or colleagues who are liberals, who are pro-abortion, who have gone through very bad divorces, who are lesbians, or just generally couldn't care less about politics? My guess is that most American women fall into one of those categories. Or do you mostly interact with people who think just like you do?

35 posted on 05/23/2003 6:47:17 PM PDT by independentmind
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To: independentmind
Uh-huh. Do you have any female friends or colleagues who are liberals, who are pro-abortion, who have gone through very bad divorces, who are lesbians, or just generally couldn't care less about politics?

What does this have to do with my point about bland reason not being as effective as passion to persuade those who can be persuaded? How many pro-abortion women are going to give that one up easily, most especially with the tool of bland reason? My guess is that most women who have gone from pro-abort to pro-life have done so because of something vibrant and not bland. Uh-huh INDEED!!

My guess is that most American women fall into one of those categories.

So what? Again, how does that prove against my view of the benefit of a passioned response?

Or do you mostly interact with people who think just like you do?

Why that question lacks definite grace, and has a bitchy component to it. We don't agree, so what?

Try not to let a little word like bland set you off, especially when your expounding on the efficacy of prosaic formulation as a superior method of persuasion for the average, non-political archetype you've created.

Try not to indulge your insecurities, it'll make your mind even more 'independent'.

40 posted on 05/23/2003 7:46:59 PM PDT by AlbionGirl (A kite flies highest against the wind, not with it. - Winston Churchill)
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