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To: Golden Eagle

“There’s plenty of evidence, in the eyes of many conservatives, and Clinton critics. You just aren’t looking at this from that perspective.”

See, this is what this comment means, to me:

“There is plenty of evidence, if you lower the standard of evidence because YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IT.”

That’s called confirmation bias. I try not to indulge in it.

If someone was making the same claims against someone we are fond of, for example, Donald Trump, then 99% of the board would be here with me saying “show us some real evidence”. But, since these accusations are made against your ideological opponents, people want to believe they may be true, so they are naturally not as skeptical. This is the same reason liberals are not skeptical when people call Donald Trump the next Hitler. They don’t require any solid evidence for the claim, because they want to believe it.


233 posted on 12/02/2016 6:10:42 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
If someone was making the same claims against someone we are fond of, for example, Donald Trump, then 99% of the board would be here with me saying “show us some real evidence”.

I don't believe that for a second, because that's not how conservatives, or especially most Freepers, are wired. Were not as tolerant as liberals, and don't defend phony conservatives when they do something wrong, especially something as immoral as this. No one defended Hastert, Foley, or any of those creeps claiming to be conservative. I don't see anyone defending you, now either.

234 posted on 12/02/2016 8:23:00 AM PST by Golden Eagle (In God We Trust)
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