When faced with the full panoply of human existence, intolerance withers
markos nails it...
one of my biggest beefs is how the u.s. segregates itself according to income, race, and age... we see these ghettoes of old people, rich people, poor people, blacks, hispanics, and, yes, gays... one of the reasons i enjoy being outside the u.s. as much as i do is that tendency is much less evident in many other countries...
i think markos is absolutely right in his observation... it's very hard to maintain bigotry and intolerance when the full panoply of human existence surrounds you on a daily basis... Submit To Propeller
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I'd love to see someone research the correlation between density and partisanship, which I believe may be stronger than other demographic factors. As people are forced to live in closer proximity to each other, the feeling of community and shared purpose appears to drive people to the left, compared to the "I've got mine" ethos of gated communities and fenced-off megahouses. If one is around grandmothers on social security, gay couples, sick people, unemployed people, and other people unlike them, then their appreciation for the government's role in leveling the playing field and social tolerance increases.
one of my biggest beefs is how the u.s. segregates itself according to income, race, and age... we see these ghettoes of old people, rich people, poor people, blacks, hispanics, and, yes, gays... one of the reasons i enjoy being outside the u.s. as much as i do is that tendency is much less evident in many other countries...
i think markos is absolutely right in his observation... it's very hard to maintain bigotry and intolerance when the full panoply of human existence surrounds you on a daily basis... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
11/27/2006
