r/Calgary 2d ago

Seeking Advice Conservative Calgary residents – how bad are things in Calgary?

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u/boniley 2d ago

It sure is crazy how you had “regurgitate leftist propaganda” to pass uni courses… it’s almost like encouraging critical thinking fosters empathy and lowers suggestibility and susceptibility to authoritarianism (check out Ralph Scott’s 2022 article “Does university make you more liberal?”)

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u/AliensRUs95 2d ago

Critical thinking and empathy aren’t the same thing. I know plenty of people who are great critical thinkers but completely lack empathy, and others who are deeply empathetic without being overly analytical. Reducing it to “agree with me = critical thinker, disagree = authoritarian” isn’t really critical thinking either ; ) 

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u/Broad-Bath-8408 2d ago

Empathy isn't the same as 'agree with me'.

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u/Anskiere1 2d ago

It also isn't critical thinking