07-25-2019, 12:53 PM
(07-25-2019, 10:50 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: As Dill is in full obfuscation/pontification mode I'll address this. I completely agree on both counts. The proliferation of non-standard news outlets has really allowed those so inclined to solely dwell within the bubble of their own beliefs. Having no common ground allows for no compromise and certainly helps promote, or even causes the promotion of, seeing the other side as an enemy to be conquered instead of a person with differing views.
It's a double edged sword, though. What I have found with social media is that I can get more unfiltered and real journalism from the journalists themselves without any editor "interpretation" included. It's just all about being selective of who you follow.
I do agree that both sides are very guilty of the "otherizing" that has been going on for some time, now. I will just point out that this is a direct result of Newt Gingrich's tactics. I'm not trying to downgrade the blame the Democrats hold, because they went tit-for-tat right away, but this all can be traced back to a memo inspired by Gingrich's tactics that was sent out by GOPAC in 1990: https://web.archive.org/web/20130902053532/http://web.utk.edu/~glenn/GopacMemo.html
This is what really kicked off the war of words we see in Washington, today.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
