Agravan
08-22-2012, 09:22 AM
...Liberal intellectuals like to pose as bearers of the culture of reason, as fiercely independent thinkers. But they are kidding themselves. They have traded their intellectual primogeniture for the mess of pottage of group identity. They are fully integrated into the socially and politically dominant tribe, sharing the same visceral likes and dislikes, the same shaming code. Rather than being autonomous rational actors, they are merely an assemblage of cipher units marching in lock step to the tribal drumbeat. Harold Rosenberg mordantly branded them the herd of independent minds.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/the_herd_of_independent_minds.html#ixzz24Hho14ou
I have noticed this of many liberal acquaintances (it's not possible for a conservative to have a true liberal friend). The liberal is always harping on their "independent thinking" when, in reality, they mirror each others thoughts and actions and adjust their thinking to whatever their party currently tells them to think.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/the_herd_of_independent_minds.html#ixzz24Hho14ou
I have noticed this of many liberal acquaintances (it's not possible for a conservative to have a true liberal friend). The liberal is always harping on their "independent thinking" when, in reality, they mirror each others thoughts and actions and adjust their thinking to whatever their party currently tells them to think.