Comments on: SOTU Thoughts Part I: Narcotics Have A Purpose

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:43:01 +0000

Not an Obama fan, but I’ll defend his use of “common sense.” For one, there is the revolutionary-era pamphlet of Thomas Paine — not that many products of public schools would recognize the reference. More to the point, everyone thinks that their view is, or at least should be considered, common sense. That’s why they hold it and not an opposing view. I think this is preferable to relativism.

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By: Kate Pitrone

Kate Pitrone — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:23:38 +0000

Americans love common sense. Haven’t we heard wildly disparate political proposals called common sense? You’re right, Paul, and I’ll raise you “balanced approach” as used by the president, which means any other proposal must be unbalanced, never mind that what he is proposing seems skewed or even loopy.

By: paul seaton

paul seaton — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:00:53 +0000

One of the President’s many rhetorical tropes is the use of the phrase “common sense”: he possesses it and his proposals and policies flow from it; disagreement, ipso facto, must have irrational sources and motives.