Insisting it’s “common sense” = bullying

Gbh said:

One definition of Common Sense = a set of shared fundamental assumptions.

When someone says to you, "it just makes sense to do it this way", the statement is limited by their knowledge of the subject and certain assumptions.

These lawmakers don't have the knowledge of firearms or understanding of the subject of gun violence to the degree that they can establish what would be common sense measures.

throw it back at them.

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Common sense is anything but common. Like every action a human being can perform, either physical or mental, common sense must be learned. A human being is not born with such ability, fully developed. And logic must accompany common sense. Logic is a discipline that is based upon fact and evidence of whatsoever is true. Logic teaches one to think. Without it, “common sense” would still dictate that the earth is flat. Logic used to be a required subject in school. It isn’t anymore. That isn’t an oversight. In his book The Intended Result of Education Bertrand Russell {an avowed communist} wrote: “Education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their schoolmasters would have wished.”

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gmhowell said:

Nobody should be able to use the phrase 'Common Sense' in public discourse without first having read, among others, Thomas Paine.

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hogarth said:

I find it funny when people, especially lawmakers, use this term. "It's time we had some common sense gun laws on the books....". Well, who wrote the gun laws that are CURRENTLY on the books? A lot of the same people! It's like they are admitting that they sucked a$$ the first 20 times they wrote gun laws, but somehow THIS time they will get it "right".

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edleary1227 said:

The Founding of Our Idiocracy



Does it come to anyone's surprise that The One has now embarked on a new campaign to indoctrinate preschoolers ? Common sense must be learned, but rout recitation of the words of Chairman Obamarx will be commonplace in the not too distant future preempting any critical and logical thought.

Get ‘Em Young: Obama’s Plan for Universal Preschool

I would suggest, for the sake of our discussions, that 'common sense' be changed to Constitutional Sense.

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edleary1227 said:

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JohnnyE said:

I believe when gun grabbers try to justify their position by insisting it’s based on “common sense,” they are really saying that, since gun owners don’t already “get it,” we are too stupid to see what “everybody” instinctively knows. They won’t waste time justifying their position to idiots. They know better and it’s their way or the highway.

This approach is just another form of bullying. When insisting their position is based on “common sense,” if we disagree, we must lack common sense and be intellectually inferior, so we’re not worth listening to. Their strategy is: don’t engage your opponents, dismiss them.

When addressing very serious issues of violence, crime, and rights, cutting off discussion is the LAST thing to do. In a real discussion everyone would attempt to justify their position by going through the facts point by point. Worse yet is listeners, who haven’t thought deeply about the issues and hear few facts being discussed, get very little education. All they hear is cheerleading. Most of these folks tend to just accept the “common sense” approach. Who could be against using “common sense”? Don’t complicate things by bringing facts into the discussion.

Anyone else see it this way?

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edleary1227 said:

Get a FREE Kindle copy from Amazon.com

Common Sense [Kindle Edition]

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