Micheal Moore tries too hard and Ann Coulter talks too much.

I’m not sure that I would consider either Moore or Coulter to be protestors. I mean they aren’t trying to do anything except promote themselves and their ideologies while ignoring the other side. They focus on making personal attacks against their opposition, which is juvenile and immature. They spend the rest of their time ignoring their opposition’s view or even their existence. For example, Moore doesn’t even consider that some people support the war. He basically thinks that absolutely no good could come from the situation and that Bush’s motives were corrupt from the beginning. In contrast, Coulter cannot admit that maybe she is fallible. She simply won’t consider anything her opponents say. It’s just too extreme for me. I cannot respect people that are so egocentric! Even though I would support some of the politics of both people, they just annoy me! I mean Ann just gabs on sarcastic tangents and Moore gets too emotional and sometimes hypocritical. Neither one of them has any real credibility for me. They don’t persuade me with their rhetoric (or lack there of).

I think the reason they are so popular is because all people are innately egocentric. People are naturally bias and born weak thinkers. People will identify with one of the two people and they will support some of their views and then pay attention to them. Neither Coulter nor Moore is “fair minded” which is what I come to believe is the mark of a true, credible, and strong critical thinker!

I think Coulter and Moore could benefit from taking a look at the “Traits of a Disciplined Mind” that Dr. Raney taught me: Intellectual Humility (opposite: intellectual arrogance), Intellectual Courage (versus intellectual cowardice), Intellectual Empathy (versus intellectual self-centeredness), Intellectual Integrity (versus intellectual hypocrisy), Intellectual Perseverance (versus intellectual laziness), Intellectual Reason (versus intellectual distrust of reason), and Intellectual Autonomy (versus intellectual conformity).

Oh and I know this is dragging on with lists but I also think Coulter and Moore should consider using the Intellectual Standards in their arguments. These include: Clarity, Accuracy, Precision, Depth, Relevance, Logicalness, Significance, Breadth, and Fairness. (Once again props to Dr. Raney). People that employ these standards deserve to heard and they earn the right of being called critical thinkers. They are the people America should be concerned with not Coulter or Moore.