*JimH* wrote:
wrote in message
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Chuck, it seems that approach, guilty until proven innocent, is a
favorite of
liberals.
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Are there many conservatives who cannot recognize individual behavior
and must fit everything observed into one of a few stereotypes?



And the person who said this would certainly fit that bill, eh Chuck? ;-)

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I always enjoy seeing some right winger blowing down the freeway with his
yellow plastic "support our troops" sticker plastered over a door ding on
the fender of his Suburban. I often honk and wave, with all my fingers. I
am in complete agreement with the literal meaning of that sentiment, (but
not the "code" talk it stands for in many cases-"Hurrah for the invasion of
Iraq").
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Close, but no cigar.

If I had said "all right wingers blow down the freeway in
Suburbans......." that would be a stereotype. If you read carefully, I
said "some right wingers" blow down the freeway........"

I also said I was in complete agreement with the literal meaning of the
bumper sticker. I doubt that John H is often in complete agreement with
the literal meaning of any of my opinions.

Had John said, "a favorite of some liberals" he would not have been
stereotyping, but he didn't. He claims to be a fan of binary thinking,
and in binary thinking stereotypes are probably indispensible.