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brnrd
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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:12 pm Post subject: Are foreign teachers primarily conservative minded here? |
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I'm liberal minded,and I have a strong feeling that disproportionately I'll find most Western FTs will be conservative(notice lower case "C")
Would you agree ?
Cheers,
William |
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buravirgil
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Are foreign teachers primarily conservative minded here? |
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| brnrd wrote: |
I'm liberal minded,and I have a strong feeling that disproportionately I'll find most Western FTs will be conservative(notice lower case "C")
Would you agree ? |
That's some fairly polarized thinking for someone claiming to be liberal. |
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johnslat
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Dear buravirgil,
Well, instead of Polar opposites, maybe "mirror images"- reflect on this.
http://www.civilpolitics.org/content/2010-02-are-liberals-and-conservatives-polar-opposites-or-mirror-images/
Regards,
John
P.S. In my experience, I found the political leanings of my colleagues to be a mixture of both, along a spectrum ranging from Tea Party supporter to Bernie Backer, kind of a microcosm of American society, not much, if any, different from most working environments anywhere. |
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buravirgil
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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RE: Seeing the other (something I was told the Prophet Muhammad observed: Through our differences we see ourselves.)
Obama&Robinson:A Conversation in Iowa (NY Review of Books)
Robinson: Because [of] the idea of the “sinister other.” And I mean, that’s bad under all circumstances. But when it’s brought home, when it becomes part of our own political conversation about ourselves, I think that that really is about as dangerous a development as there could be in terms of whether we continue to be a democracy. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| In UK terms there are more "Guardian" readers than "Telegraph" readers. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Are foreign teachers primarily conservative minded here? |
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| brnrd wrote: |
I'm liberal minded,and I have a strong feeling that disproportionately I'll find most Western FTs will be conservative(notice lower case "C")
Would you agree? |
How are you defining "Western?" |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Lahore rather than Dacca. |
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CANDLES
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That's funny Scot.
But the OP is right that the 'Westerners'.....who I've seen and have met; American Somalians, Brit Somalians, any number of Brit+...Canadian+' American+ Middle Eastern+, etc become really rigid and uncompromising and believe that they cannot be questioned on anything and they in turn look down upon the Arabs and the rest of the world as 'corrupt'.
Odd situation! |
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nomad soul
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