February, 2009

A Brief Reply to Rosenblum

by Brink Lindsey
The Conversation
February 17th, 2009

Nancy’s response is a model of judicious, careful, and thoughtful argument. I don’t find much in it to disagree with. Which raises the question: why are our overall evaluations of partisanship so different? We both see a mix of good and bad in both partisanship and antipartisanship, so why does she end up siding with [...]

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A Brief Reply to Farrell

by Brink Lindsey
The Conversation
February 12th, 2009

Henry argues that my criticisms of partisanship are valid enough, but that the vices I identify (ideological blinkers, differing standards of judgment for comrades and rivals) aren’t specific to party ID. I agree completely! The problems I discuss go to basic aspects of the human condition: namely, confirmation bias on the one hand and ingroup [...]

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