Left vs Right...

When a certain topic came up, about the so-called American "right" having made a statement that was basically anti-Indian, one of our coterie of friends remained silent...of course, him being a staunch supporter of the American right in all issues, he refused to comment on this, 'cos he was Indian as well, and possibly couldn't make sense of what would be a correct response. I think another friend in the same group, hit the nail on the head...

As with the practitioners of most extremist, conservative ideologies, our silent friend only voices his opinion when the facts support his argument, thus providing a positive reinforcement, and basically ignores any other facts/arguments...like they never existed...even if they plainly indicate the sad causes that they so vehemently support.

Well, it seems that others agree as well, as we see in this post by Ann Althouse. Here is an interesting excerpt...

In the year that I've been blogging I've taken a lot of different positions, some left and some right. What I've noticed, over and over, is that the bloggers on the right link to you when they agree and ignore the disagreements, and the bloggers on the left link only for the things they disagree with, to denounce you with short posts saying you're evil/stupid/crazy, and don't even seem to notice all the times you've written posts that take their side.

Original link via Instapundit.