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The empiricist will change his opinion in light of contrary evidence. The ideologue will retain his opinion despite contrary evidence.

Yep

Even worse, Dan Cook died.

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke

I'm crushed

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Why do people gravitate to extremes? What makes the left attractive to some and the right attractive to others? From the middle you can see both sides well.

Though I probably disagreed with most of his socio-political positions, my condolences go out to his family.

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"Extremes to the right and left of any political dispute are always wrong."
—Dwight D. Eisenhower

It never ceases to amaze me that people can get so wrapped up in their politics/political hatred they forget the "other side" is comprised of human beings who are doing what they think is right every bit as much as their own particular side.

And this happens whether the person is a Republican, Democrat, or just general, all-around nuisance.

Just sayin' ....

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke

In 1950, Helms became an unofficial researcher for United States Senate candidate Willis Smith. Smith was a conservative Democratic lawyer and former president of the American Bar Association. While working on the primary campaign against Frank Porter Graham, Helms helped create an ad that read, "White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races." Another ad featured photographs Helms doctored to illustrate the allegation that Graham's wife had danced with a black man. (FAIR 2001-09-01, The News and Observer 2001-08-26)

Helms was "bitterly opposed to federal financing of AIDS research and treatment".[12] Opposing the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS bill in 1988, Helms stated, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."[13] When Ryan White died in 1990, his mother went to Congress to speak to politicians on behalf of people with AIDS. She spoke to 23 representatives: Helms refused to speak to her even when she was alone with him in an elevator.[14] Despite opposition by Helms, the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Care (CARE) Act passed in 1990.

Yes. I am aware of such ads, as is Wikipedia (my favorite reference).

Jesse Helms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It would be nice if you would provide a link to websites from which you quote.
Anyway, what was your point in bringing this to our attention?

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"Extremes to the right and left of any political dispute are always wrong."
—Dwight D. Eisenhower

Helms was an advocate of the tobacco industry since much of North Carolina's rural economy relies on tobacco. (Hubert Humphrey once said that, "I'll trade Jesse Helms his tobacco vote for my wheat support any day.") Tobacco companies such as R. J. Reynolds and Philip Morris have supported him, both directly and through donations to the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University. Helms became chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s.

Helms had close ties to the rightist Salvadoran death squad leader Roberto D'Aubuisson and was considered a main sponsor of D'Aubuisson's political party, the Nationalist Republican Alliance.[8] When confronted with evidence that D'Aubuisson ran death squads that systematically murdered civilians, he replied that "[a]ll I know, is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious."[9]

What does "[12]", "[13]", and "[14]" mean?

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"Extremes to the right and left of any political dispute are always wrong."
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Footnotes on Wiki.

I know. I meant it as a subtle implied request for you to post references when you quote from other sites. Anyway, what was your point in posting those things?

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"Extremes to the right and left of any political dispute are always wrong."
—Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was my point? To show what kind of man he was.