tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post115435808392866569..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: Philosophers: Dead or AliveRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1154532858890469342006-08-02T08:34:00.000-07:002006-08-02T08:34:00.000-07:00Well, you know, religious fanatics and communists ...Well, you know, religious fanatics and communists (and all political fanatics) tend to cling to articles of faith over and above the evidence of their senses. Common sense is the first thing to go in the face of ideological certainty. And then they attack anyone who points out the obvious disconnects. As those disconnects grow, their attacks become more and more unhinged.<BR/><BR/>(I could make an obvious joke here about how many people have insisted to me that things are going swimmingly in Iraq, but the 'MSM hates America'. I'll refrain.)Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1154487267456068122006-08-01T19:54:00.000-07:002006-08-01T19:54:00.000-07:00Well, they've got their own Shi'ite version of Mao...Well, they've got their own Shi'ite version of Mao's "Cultural Revolution" going on, and have for some time now. Only they seem to always find new ways of breathing new life into it.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.com