tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504743302216685882.post5072168605324507103..comments2023-07-20T22:20:26.143-06:00Comments on Social Justice and the Common Good: Student Blog #7: The Importance of Critical ThinkingProfessor Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674504542498469042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504743302216685882.post-45689216180746272922015-03-21T23:14:53.403-06:002015-03-21T23:14:53.403-06:00I really enjoyed reading this, thanks Whitney! I l...I really enjoyed reading this, thanks Whitney! I like your opening paragraph, that Vic Toews argument is such a good example of radical polarization of an issue.<br /><br />While I tend to agree with you about critical thinking and informing oneself through questioning everything, I'm curious what you think about post-structuralist arguments that say objective truth isn't something human beings can ever fully know; or that meaning is socially constructed, thus evidence can never be fully analyzed without being tainted by the perceivers own beliefs. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523845517706917103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504743302216685882.post-86173538673976152372015-03-20T16:17:55.401-06:002015-03-20T16:17:55.401-06:00Relevant links:
CBC story about the mailout: Lin...Relevant links: <br /><br />CBC story about the mailout: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/terrorism-mailout-from-conservative-mp-lawrence-toet-called-preposterous-1.2990095" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br />Globe and Mail story on the Vic Toews comment: <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-on-e-snooping-stand-with-us-or-with-the-child-pornographers/article545799/" rel="nofollow">Link</a>Whitney Loerzelhttp://www.google.canoreply@blogger.com