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Is it part of the human condition to demonize our opponents?
Posted by LeftCoast in General Discussion
Sat Dec 29th 2007, 09:47 AM
It seems like just about every issue gets boiled down to my team/tribe/nation/group is perfect and the other is evil. The question may be over sports teams, politics, world events or whatever, but it just seems like rational discussion is overwhelmed with brain-dead, black and white thinking.
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