A Sad Observation

[billroper]

This is not necessarily true of any given individual, but certainly seems true of groups as a whole:

The farther you are to the left or the right, the more likely you are to believe any purported data point that confirms your biases, regardless of the actual truth of the situation.

Corollary: maybe I should just stop reading Facebook.

Comments

[rono-60103.livejournal.com]

I fear that at times, I resemble that remark, both now and before my leftward shift.