Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

[abaris]

I'm sorry, but I think that sticking to falsehoods is everyone's own fault. Information is readiliy available in this day and age.

I've grown up way before the internet and was fed the bullshit about American Indians being bad and the Cavellery saving the day. I also was fed the bullshit of the galant freedom fighters in Afghanistan against the re scare. Maybe the realization of that being propaganda at it's purest made me check every bit of information that's presented to me.

I feel cheated and everyone should feel the same. If any information seems important, I don't take it at face value, since the media is still at it. For example, I hate what Putin represents, but I don't buy the narrative of the Russians being all bad and their counterparts all good. It's a two way game and there's always cause and effect.