| | While there's no doubt that some liberals do "delight in deceit", it's just as true of some conservatives. Without even thinking very hard at all, I can think of many major, notorious cases of deceit by conservative figures in the past few years. So it seems like a pretty weak thesis, and there's only one way to prove it - you'd have to compile a list of every incident of deceit by liberals, the same for conservatives, the same for centrists, and then make the claim based on which was larger. But since that is a functionally impossible list to compile, (how would you possibly even research 'acts of deceit'?) it's simply conjecture. [[User:KBinbota|KBinbota]] 14:15, 5 April 2009 (EDT) | | While there's no doubt that some liberals do "delight in deceit", it's just as true of some conservatives. Without even thinking very hard at all, I can think of many major, notorious cases of deceit by conservative figures in the past few years. So it seems like a pretty weak thesis, and there's only one way to prove it - you'd have to compile a list of every incident of deceit by liberals, the same for conservatives, the same for centrists, and then make the claim based on which was larger. But since that is a functionally impossible list to compile, (how would you possibly even research 'acts of deceit'?) it's simply conjecture. [[User:KBinbota|KBinbota]] 14:15, 5 April 2009 (EDT) |
| | + | : It's not conjecture, but is an observable fact, just as observable as an increase in crime late at night, or health issues caused by addiction, or success due to working hard. These are unmistakable correlations and it is foolish to deny them. Examples of liberal deceit outnumber examples of conservative deceit by perhaps 10:1. It's probably a higher correlation than alcohol causing liver disease, which is itself an unmistakable correlation.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 14:47, 5 April 2009 (EDT) |