tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post1252889793999337320..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Authoritarianism: The SpectrumGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-3575463260426145862010-02-24T17:23:40.931-05:002010-02-24T17:23:40.931-05:00Then I suggest changing the first statement to &qu...Then I suggest changing the first statement to "People at the authoritarian pole see our social order as being under dangerous attack much of the time."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-26935005249549467042010-02-23T12:48:07.326-05:002010-02-23T12:48:07.326-05:00To use "never," wouldn't be fair, Fi...To use "never," wouldn't be fair, Filbert, it would simply be an inaccurate antonym. As Gruntled mentioned, after the 9/11 attacks, almost everyone, authoritarian and non, felt that the social order was under attack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-48039967163354353092010-02-23T12:30:29.650-05:002010-02-23T12:30:29.650-05:00"People at the authoritarian pole see our soc..."People at the authoritarian pole see our social order as being under dangerous attack all the time. People at the nonauthoritarian pole, by contrast, see the world in more nuanced terms, and try to solve problems with negotiation instead of force whenever possible. They are more accepting of difference because they don't see it as threatening."<br /><br />It seems to me that you start off right away with a huge bias.<br /><br />If you say authoritarians see the social order under attack at all times wouldn't be more fair to say nonauthoritarians NEVER see the social order under attack?Filbertnoreply@blogger.com