tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post6678934237183656348..comments2008-02-28T12:28:35.506-07:00y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-36674536139671902802008-02-28T12:28:00.000-07:002008-02-28T12:28:00.000-07:00

Raymond,What you described as "critical thinking" is precisely what people were doing in traditional analysis.This tradtional analysis was the foundation of education from the Middle Ages through to the modern era.The foundation of classical education was a thing called "The Trivium." The three legs of the Trivium are grammar, logic and rhetoric. The foundations of classical education was to give

y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-13476192309805491552008-02-21T09:46:00.000-07:002008-02-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

"I had a progressive education. In my progressive education, I was taught a propaganda technique called "Critical Thinking." The idea behind critical thinking is to criticize American culture, the free market and people on the right. Being hypercritical of America is supposed to somehow lead to social justice and progress."First, I certainly did not have the same education as you. Critical

Raymond Sebondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161129819285130208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-45933216845600310072008-02-18T12:46:00.000-07:002008-02-18T12:46:00.000-07:00

I think there is a great deal of value for individuals to write about national and international politics. The writing produced, however, is less valuable than the writing that encourages people to look at area where they live.It is perfectly fine for a flow of conscious blog to be on whatever. People who are writing blogs with the idea that the blog would affect change would do better blogging

y-intercepthttp://communitycolor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-7714254742718302602008-02-18T10:32:00.000-07:002008-02-18T10:32:00.000-07:00

I disagree that blogging about national politics is unneeded. I blog to get a better grasp on what I actually think and why I think it. Writing forces me to parse things out. It helps me to drop less useful philosophies and develop more useful philosophies. I learn much be reading. I learn even more by writing, even if no one else read what I write.

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