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[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Good article Genuine Risk. Back to my thoughts on the religious right steering policy, seems that one word I remember from the early days of the conflict in Iraq was the word "crusade". We might also remember why allowing stem cell research to expand was vetoed.
On both sides, there are many that will do outrageous things in support of their beliefs. Radical Islams doing suicide bombs, sure. Crazy is as crazy does.

But I don't think the article is intended to right-wing bash- I think it was trying to say what makes us liberal or conservative might be established very young, and our gut, emotional responses to major events in life can affect our political leanings, however, if we remember to stop and think rationally about most things in life, we can negate the "gut response."

Mostly, I find it interesting that for all of our convincing ourselves we're not as instinctive as animals, in many ways we still do respond with instinct first.