What is it about human nature that predisposes a significant number of people never to examine new data once they've formed an opinion? Psychological instruments point to this phenomenon, which apparently is loosely predictable based on specific preferences or attributes such instruments identify. We see it in ideologues on both the far left and far right. And people apparently also self-select for roles.
The Brady Campaign is delighting in the VA Tech shooting report--seeing this as a "win." If you haven't read it, the task force made recommendations based on rhetoric in lieu of reason and ignored Virginia Governor Kaine's directive. And officials in DC and MD recently have tipped their hand--they also are in bed with the Bradys and Joshua Horwitz's Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. What makes these well-meaning people rigorously ignore facts in favor of emotional rhetoric? This is nothing short of a national amygdala hi-jack at the expense of individual rights--it will make the ignorant feel good so they can go to bed happy.
Thomas Jefferson, we hardly knew ye. How do we diffuse knowledge to those who close their eyes and cover their ears?
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