Ep. 50 - The Truth About Party Over Principles

It bothers me immensely when politicians and talking heads propose intellectually lazy and dishonest policies that they know will do more harm than good. Then your friends, family and the faceless, and often nameless, folks on social media jump on the bandwagon. Their prescriptions are not based on principles (or so I thought) rather, they appear to be based on party (or group think). I am no longer willing to cut these folks any slack because they can easily spend a few minutes on an Internet search and read multiple sides of any argument or policy. They can easily spend a few minutes trying to determine what the truth is. Why then does this phenomenon exist? Why do those who subscribe to this form of public policy advocacy resort to low-ball tactics when it comes to the treatment of their ideological foes? You know: name-calling, violence, vilification, shutting down the speech of dissenters, mocking, de-platforming, boycotting, and censorship! After much reflection and study, I believe these people are, indeed, principle-driven. That principle is winning - - - winning at all costs. Nothing else explains this behavior. Show Notes: William Watkins – The New Absolutes Pritical Thinking - Amazon Pritical Thinking - eBooks Michael Malice - The New Right Truth Quest Podcast Episodes: Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage Episode #7 -The Truth About Climate Change Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism - Part I Episode #32 - The Truth About Socialism - Part II Episode  #33 - The Truth About Abortion - Mental Gymnastics The Truth Quest Podcast Patron Page Join the conversation at The Truth Quest Facebook Fan Page Order a copy of Shawn's books, Pritical Thinking, The Proverbs Project, The Termite Effect. The video of this episode is available on Rumble, Thinkspot and on BitChute. Check out short highlight videos of each episode on Instagram.