RE: A kid on my childhood street and Trump
December 18, 2016 at 2:53 pm
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2016 at 2:55 pm by Faith No More.)
(December 18, 2016 at 1:07 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: You can't have a well informed opinion without reading conservative news in addition to other sources. When people on here say 'stop reading Brietbart' or 'Turn off Fox News' they are basically saying they don't like listening to opinions other then their own. Also, unlike most people, I'd much rather read opinions that I disagree with. How boring is it to only read your own opinion all the time? I already know what I believe, I don't have such a fragile ego or intellect that reading Brietbart or listening to Christian radio or whatever is going to do anything negative to me. People who say not to listen or read conservative news maybe don't have that much strength or resolve in their own opinions.
Lol, that's absurd. People don't say not to read Breitbart and watch Fox News because they don't like different opinions. They say to stay away from them because they often willfully manipulate statistics, tell half-truths and even outright lie to push a conservative narrative. Sure, every news source is going to get something wrong on both sides, but sources like Breitbart and Fox purposefully peddle bullshit to pander to conservatives. Hell, even the normally politically neutral Weather Channel had to come out and tell Breitbart to stop misusing what they say to spread lies. Anyone who is looking for a conservative viewpoint is much better off reading the Wall Street Journal or something like that. They don't have to make shit up.
It's funny. The liberal news sources will give liberal interpretations of stories and push a liberal narrative by selecting what they report, and I'm sure they're even guilty of reporting half-truths sometimes. The conservative sources like Breitbart, Drudge Report, Fox News and Infowars stoop to outright lying and manipulating statistics to push their narrative. It's almost as if they're trying to prove that you can't push the hard-right view without being dishonest.
(December 18, 2016 at 1:36 pm)scoobysnack Wrote: As a former leftist myself I understand how it takes time to deprogram yourself and wake up from the matrix. Not as easy as taking a red pill, but it can be done. All it takes is getting outside of your comfort zone and bubble and looking at the other side. When you do you suddenly feel free and realize you were under a mind controlled cult of collectivist thought to keep you there and from straying away. It's all about control, and when you realize there is a world out there, and you start being proactive instead of reactive in your thinking you understand veritas!
Ha, the guy that sources InfoWars is talking about waking up from the Matrix.
You didn't free your mind. You just crammed your head even further up your ass.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
