[lbo-talk] Hersh on Bush & Iran

Marvin Gandall marvgandall at videotron.ca
Tue Apr 11 17:33:34 PDT 2006


Dwayne Monroe wrote:


> Reviewing the statements of Wolfowitz,
> Rumsfeld, Rice and so on along with their chattering
> class supporters in the "Weekly Standard" and similar
> outlets it was clear to me from the start ...
>their understanding was fatally flawed by ideological
> blinders which have the effect of making you "stupid".
==================================== Yes, I agree with you about their ideological blinders; you see what you want to see, you replace wishful thinking for facts, you have trouble adjusting to the unexpected. Are you suggesting that commitment to an ideology invariably results in a distorted view of reality (has "the effect of making you stupid") or can it also produce clarity? Depends on how one understands ideology, I suppose, that old debate...



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