tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post7914738844264664953..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Media MalpracticeDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-30863063752116749962008-07-08T23:32:00.000-07:002008-07-08T23:32:00.000-07:00If the news organizations were honest, Obama would...If the news organizations were honest, Obama would be a shoe in.Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-12214553209811313912008-07-08T16:05:00.000-07:002008-07-08T16:05:00.000-07:00Oh, and more on what leroy said -- this is precise...Oh, and more on what leroy said -- this is precisely why I've been trying to <A HREF="http://www.issuepedia.org/Issuepedia:Reclaiming_words" REL="nofollow">reclaim</A> those words (e.g. <A HREF="http://www.issuepedia.org/Patriotism" REL="nofollow">patriotism</A>, <A HREF="http://issuepedia.org/Terrorism" REL="nofollow">terrorism</A>, <A HREF="http://issuepedia.org/Dissent_is_disloyalty" REL="nofollow">dissent=disloyalty</A>, <A HREF="http://issuepedia.org/American_dishonor" REL="nofollow">American dishonor</A>) as time permits. Comments and suggestions welcome...Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-80003347667424064512008-07-08T15:52:00.000-07:002008-07-08T15:52:00.000-07:00This just emphasizes what I was saying earlier abo...This just emphasizes what I was saying earlier about our "national nervous system" being taken over by the neocons (Borg, Drakh, Sauron, Big Brother -- pick your metaphor; fear of this kind of thing runs deep in the free-thinking, anti-authoritarian SF/F world, and for good reason).<BR/><BR/>leroy grinchy says "people don't know how to think": I think this is true -- or, more to the point, people don't know how to tell the difference between a reasonable argument and manipulative bullshit, because this is exactly what the schools don't teach. (Cliff's Notes version: <B>evidence</B>.)<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking of writing a book about rational thinking. My tentative title: <I><B>Spot The Loonie</B>: How to Tell The Difference Between Sweet Reason and Utter Insanity, From Quite a Long Way Away</I>.<BR/><BR/>Every time I start writing it in my head, though, it comes out like a sort of anti-Jack-Chick tract...<BR/><BR/>...but hey, maybe that would be a good way to promote it! Put a series of JC-style tracts online, freely redistributable, with a promotional link for the book at the end of each one. Encourage people to print them out and stick them on bulletin boards, lampposts...<BR/><BR/>Know any publishers who would be interested in such a book? (Perhaps not during <I>this</I> administration.) Certainly there must be a few atheist and/or cephalopodophilic bloggers out there who would be interested in seeing such a work achieve wide distribution...Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-9630012574808145032008-07-08T10:34:00.000-07:002008-07-08T10:34:00.000-07:00Actually I don't read any news at all. If I want t...Actually I don't read any news at all. If I want to know about an event, I usually read a book on the topic. I'm not usually that interested in current events.<BR/><BR/>Somehow I still feel overly informed on current events somehow. <BR/><BR/>I think that the main issue is that people don't know how to think.<BR/><BR/>For example, words like honor can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Basically, I just ask this, is it correct or incorrect? Honor/dishonor/patriotism/traitor/terrosist <BR/>mean nothing. They have no real meaning what so ever. They are emotional cues to get people to feel a certain way. Strip these away, and there's no content to the "news." <BR/><BR/>Read a Roman history book--pick one-- and you'll see that there's nothing _new_.<BR/><BR/>My blood pressure went up just reading about how shitty the news is. Actually watching it would probably put me in a cardiac clinic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297322821136176923noreply@blogger.com