We’re all Getting Duped And It’s Our Own Fault
Categories: News, Opinion
This isn’t some hater post bashing us all for being dumb or getting duped. Rather if it’s bashing anything it’s bashing our willingness to immediately find outrage in basically 99% of what we’re shown. Take any headline in the last six months for example. Has there not been shown to be more to each story than we’re initially shown? Of course, there has. We’re not idiots, we’re not simpletons incapable of critical thought and analysis. But what do we do?
We rage out. I won’t say get offended because being offended…well that buzzword is so played out and overused to the point where if you merely disagree with someone suddenly you’re a precious flower whose feelings get hurt (waits for the inevitable smart ass asking if we’re offended by the word offended). Anyways, we rage out, whatever side people choose to take, there is always always always always people who feel that the knee jerk reaction is appropriate. We’ve all done it. I’ve done it. You’ve done it. Let’s not pretend we’re the dudes or dudettes walkin’ on water here.
We’re all getting duped and it’s our own fault because we’d rather be the first to have an opinion or rally the “troops” than to wait and see all of the facts. I’ll make a better effort, whether or not you all make a better effort, but the truth is we’re capable of being better. We’re all capable of sitting back and going
“Whoa there Bill, don’t you think this instance is almost TOO perfect of an example of what the opposition says about us?”
“You know what there Sam, this does fit a little too perfectly, almost like it was designed that way, we should investigate more.”
Like, I said, we’re all guilty of these knee jerk reactions, but the great thing about it being our fault is…we can fix it and we should.
I almost always use the caveat “if this is true” when I post something I cannot verify at that moment. If it sounds too good, or it is badly written. I just want people to read. Make up their own minds and research like I do.
Yes, but people are lazy, and the point of this article states, people fly off the handle and don’t research. So by just posting with the “if this is true” makes you part of the problem…
Sounds like all the politicians calling for Trump to be impeached last weekend…if this is true..blah blah he should be impeached immediately, well dammit find out if it’s TRUE first then open your damn mouth.
NEWS is media. Media is for profit. Headlines are for grabbing attention. Attention means more readers / viewers / listeners. The more of these you have the more you can charge advertisers. This is about MONEY , News use to be a public service provided by radio ,and tv stations.
It now is a for profit only show system.
When and if the populace figures this out we can change it. Till then this it what we have.
I take ALL information with a grain of salt until I can cross check it… Even positive info… I truly think we, and I mean everybody, are being played and I refuse to be part of it. Not always easy though….