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Generalizations like that are dangerous, so there may be other factors at work, such as age -- the older people are, the less likely they are to get their news from other media than talk radio -- and political party; the South has been solidly Republican since the success of Nixon's Southern strategy in 1968 and the appeal Ronald Reagan made to state's rights in 1980.
Going South 2009
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Generalizations, sure, but at least there is a variance in the generalization. heteromeles on Dec 18th, 2009 at 12: 07 pm
When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009
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Generalizations about environmentalists get you nowhere.
What is Recycling?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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His self-published 2008 book, "Generalizations of a Banker," had lines like, "Every 20 or 30 years the bankers, by their greed, almost destroy the country," citing disasters ranging from the First Bank of the United States in 1795 to "the subprime mess today."
Allan Sloan: Remembering Art Snyder, a banker who did good work Post 2011
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Generalizations for treatment are difficult since elderly who present with actual or suspected poisoning often have multiple pathological processes occurring, all of which need to be addressed.
Elderly 2010
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Generalizations are outside statistics, just as any effort to explain (i.e. to come to corroborated or otherwise plausibly argued conclusions) is.
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Generalizations, we all operate with them and “stereotypes” are one form thereof.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Children Who Form No Racial Stereotypes Found” 2010
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Generalizations based on religion are disturbing because they reduce rich, diverse, and complicated belief structures to monolithic and inaccurate convictions.
Joshua Stanton: Islamophobia: Targeting an American Community 2010
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Generalizations based on religion are disturbing because they reduce rich, diverse, and complicated belief structures to monolithic and inaccurate convictions.
Joshua Stanton: Islamophobia: Targeting an American Community 2010
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Generalizations about what Pentecostals achieve and affirm cannot be made the way one might attribute something to Mormons, for instance.
TEXAS FAITH: Do religions oppress women? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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