tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post5471477950004140945..comments2023-04-27T04:39:45.647-04:00Comments on JT Thinks About Stuff: Thought Exercise: Red Bus, Blue BusJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170062950345779215noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-52802093576926341562017-02-28T11:02:43.873-05:002017-02-28T11:02:43.873-05:00Yah. Policy without details is demagoguery. But de...Yah. Policy without details is demagoguery. But details without policy are vacuous.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170062950345779215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-87295711863564512782017-02-27T23:42:50.180-05:002017-02-27T23:42:50.180-05:00Nothing can really change minds except feelings. Y...Nothing can really change minds except feelings. You need to be able to answer questions when asked, I think. Just don't start with that. <br /><br />Clinton was like Gore, boring and lacking in personality, or even associated with someone that people hate, which is why people in turn hate her.<br /><br />People vote for personality first, because that is where the emotion comes from.<br /><br />I suspect (though I cannot prove) that Bernie might have done better. He said what he felt, and people believed him. He was saying, we need to go to Florida, and everyone is welcome. If you're sick, you can get off at the regular stop and take the ambulance. If you want a Borscht Burger, sure, there is always a stop at the mall. But he was saying, FLORIDA evybody, FLORIDA.seanovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00288825590780391411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-2330429828186846752017-02-27T12:28:37.736-05:002017-02-27T12:28:37.736-05:00I experience the exact same feeling of shock that ...I experience the exact same feeling of shock that you do.<br /><br />I don't think you can necessarily get people to think their way onto the bus. Moreover, I don't think we should try. The difference here is a real and substantive one. In a democratic system, it's genuinely important that the bus driver (a) have an idea of where the bus is going; (b) be able to communicate it; and (c) use that to give <i>everyone</i>–not just the one guy who wants to visit Wal-Mart–an affirmative reason to say "Hey! I should chose the Blue Bus!" <br /><br />Detail is good. Detail is important. But detail without an identifiable or articulate policy doesn't change any minds.<br /><br />Obviously there are a lot of things going on now. This analogy doesn't pretend to capture more than one small facet of the situation. I do think it's important, though.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170062950345779215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119816335163312523.post-83217924687692484732017-02-26T18:48:45.916-05:002017-02-26T18:48:45.916-05:00The emotional appeal is attractive, of course, to ...The emotional appeal is attractive, of course, to go straight to Vegas, no stops. Then you get a little more detail, like no stops means not even to fill the gas tank. Oh, and some people may only sit in the back. And some people can't even get on the bus. And if you get sick they kick you off, at 80 miles per hour.<br /><br />The question becomes, how can you get people to think rather than feel their way to the right bus. It could very well be that you can't. It just might be that we all-- even liberal, rational-thinking, "intellectuals"-- feel our way to the bus more than we think our way. <br /><br />It shocks me to realize that the was I feel now about our current bus driver is how some other people felt for the past eight years. That is not a reasoned reaction, but one that has been reinforced by radio and tv, and by "fake news."seanovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00288825590780391411noreply@blogger.com