The collapse of history

The thing that gets me is that there's a political agenda from both the left and the right that tells us everyone is on either side of the extreme. If someone says they support the troops people are to quick to conclude that that person is also a gun toting conservative who hates gays, transgender people, women, blacks, and more. If someone says they support debt relief for students in college, theyre labelled as a communist/fascist that wants total government control over every fascet of life. It is absurd. It isnt their faults either; quite the contrary: The agendas by the right and left and the media have been feeding this to the average citizen on the daily. What's worse? People actually buy it. They dont think for themselves. They dont realize that just because they disagree with abortion they have to align all their moral and economic and social values with the extreme right. Same goes for vice versa (the left).
It's a crying shame because people dont realize they can think for themselves. And all it does is divide us and be quick to label others (just as youre speaking about).
Critical thinking is so important. So so important. People need to wake up and realize this.
I dont have all the answers. Im so far from it. But i at least see the absurdities in it, and i refuse to see someone as an enemy simply because they disagree with me. And i refuse to immediately label them as something theyre most likely not. People are extremely diverse and varied. We need to be better.

Your words are wise and well spoken. We need to listen to them

those who forget history are doomed to repeat it...

This was my point ten years ago. It's not at all in any way shape or form a social medium.

Private behind scene side conversations can take place.

Countless numbers of people read anything you wrote, then draw unverified conclusions and don't even bother to look for clarification.

Most "social" sites lead to nowhere for any thinking person. It's always a matter of time before these shrewd narcissists overtake a site and drive away every free thinking person.

Interesting thoughts tonight. I think we are conditioned by social media, news outlets, politicians, and even our families to see something as a snippet and to see it the way the reporter sees it. Well the world doesn't work that way. It isn't just black and white; there's every color imaginable if we seek it out and take the time to uncover the true facts.

Exactly. With a great tool like the internet at our fingertips, many still choose to simply repeat what they hear and follow blindly, instead of finding valuable information and drawing their own conclusions.

They are going to say bad things about any group they can get away with saying it about.
Kind of sucks

The antidote is to accept that we don't know.

But "don't know" mind is uncomfortable.

That means not having a story that explains everything. It means not having every person and every thing sorted into their boxes. It means not knowing whose fault things are, what we're going to do, what the outcomes are.

In truth-- we don't know any of that.

"Don't know" mind really gives us freedom. Pliancy. Space.

So True.. And never forget the effect of the time on values. Statues are now being torn down to people who are demons in this time, but were upstanding (mostly) men in their day. No one mentions that George Washington was a slave owner.. In his time that was the way of things and it isnt fair to judge him by the standards of today..😷

The greatest trick that someone pulled was turning people against each other. Sadly.

Too many ppl prefer to be spoonfed their info and told what/how to think.
The number of ppl who have been recently opposed to individual research is astounding.

The internet has created millions of low-info consumers. They have shortened attention spans and prefer to read headlines, not articles. This all points to the increased hive mentality.

Just ride the wave. It's all you can do at this point.

Thanks for the BC 💙

It’s just easier for some to resort to this approach rather than having an opinion based in and on reality.

Well of course. History leads to learning from the past. That is actually Marxist.

Wise observations !