Ideology is a system. You can plug a statement or action into it to determine whether it conforms to the ideology, and whether the person who said or did it is one of the anointed or one of the infidels.
Ideas and principles exist independent of a system. It's possible to own several conflicting ideas or principles at the same time, and live with the tension. Equality v. individual achievement, for example, or justice v. mercy. REB, in this thread, talked about his personal conflict, pacifism v. fighting terrorism. People who walk that balance beam will step off in one direction or other, either deliberately or forced by the situation, but will usually get back on it. They're more complex individuals who fine-tune their own way of organizing their lives according to thoughts they prize rather than according to an ideological package.
Current Events » in reply to re: I was actually leaning toward Obama before, oh, 3 months ago.
Ideas and principles v. ideology, my take.
The whole thread (78 posts)
- Obama feels the pain of the Flyover People
- Well, *I* was insulted...
- Well, you're dead wrong
- re: Well, *I* was insulted...
- "Red state" attitudes?
- I was watching MSNBC, and heard the tape played.
- I believe you
- Video of a similar statement from a few years ago.
- Fuuny how he plays along and uses that "bitterness".
- re: I was watching MSNBC, and heard the tape played.
- Counterpoint.
- Great post
- Sure does
- And the point you are trying to get across by cut and pasting Yet Another Blog is....?
- I thought that was one of the more rational things a politician has said.
- Well, *I* was insulted...