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CassandraFemale17 · 26-30, F
An open minded society is dependant on an educated society.
Usually, educated people cannot be coerced into doing something against or contrary to their own or to the common good. However we now cherry pick our news these days, so that leads to one mindedness. Look at Donald Trump coverage. I think he's a disaster, yet the insane things he says are no problem to those who ink he is amazing. He gets a pass, no matter the outburst. Yet, my opinion is he is destructive, and even more so if he were elected President.
You may watch Fox News, I may watch CSpan. Both of us may be educated, yet we will have extremely different perspectives on the same news story, and it is based on who delivered it and how, and what the agenda was inherent in that delivery.
So, basically, truly open minded people are rare. Everyone skews one way or one of a hundred other ways.
With tens of thousands of sources available, we are probably poorer receivers than ever, because we cherry pick and choose news based on our own interests, prejudices, and viewpoints.
It's really rare to talk to someone who reads from the right and the left, and adds peripheral view points as well.
Usually, educated people cannot be coerced into doing something against or contrary to their own or to the common good. However we now cherry pick our news these days, so that leads to one mindedness. Look at Donald Trump coverage. I think he's a disaster, yet the insane things he says are no problem to those who ink he is amazing. He gets a pass, no matter the outburst. Yet, my opinion is he is destructive, and even more so if he were elected President.
You may watch Fox News, I may watch CSpan. Both of us may be educated, yet we will have extremely different perspectives on the same news story, and it is based on who delivered it and how, and what the agenda was inherent in that delivery.
So, basically, truly open minded people are rare. Everyone skews one way or one of a hundred other ways.
With tens of thousands of sources available, we are probably poorer receivers than ever, because we cherry pick and choose news based on our own interests, prejudices, and viewpoints.
It's really rare to talk to someone who reads from the right and the left, and adds peripheral view points as well.