Readings on Conservatives
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Dealing With Conservatives |
Responding to Questions and Verbal Attacks (the CLARA Method) |
This is the article that provided the foundation of the nonviolence workshop in Petoskey in March that Laren, Anabel and David discussed in our last meeting. |
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How to Talk to “Middle America” about Progressive Issues Obaker by Douglas |
Obaker is a Midwestern Protestant minister who penned this in 2003. The approach is similar to the CLARA article above, though Obaker provides more detail and examples. | |
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How to Talk to a Tea Party Activist, by Chuck Collins, The Nation, April 14, 2010 |
While a more recent article, it is not as good as the one above by Obaker. | |
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Against Apathy: Role Models for Engagement by Paul Rogat Loeb |
Loeb suggests ways of getting college students involved in activism. | |
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Inside The Mind Of Conservatives |
The Mad Tea Party by Richard Kim The Nation. 5/12/ 2010 |
This article explains the philosophy underlying the tea party movement. |
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Many Still Believe That Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/11, and Now We Have Some Idea Why
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Of 49 people included in the study who believed in such a connection, only one shed the certainty when presented with prevailing evidence that it wasn't true. The rest came up with an array of justifications for ignoring, discounting or simply disagreeing with contrary evidence — even when it came from President Bush himself. | |
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Welcome to the Political Compass™ http://www.politicalcompass.org/ |
The Political Compass proposes that in addition to the opposition of left and right, there is a second dimension of authoritarian and libertarian. Take the test and find out where you fit in. | |
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Other |
What is involved in changing one’s mind? (Under construction) |
This is an essay I am working on and should have it ready in a day or so.
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