Day 75: Walking the Talk

[itasianinvasion]

This isn’t a new argument, but it’s something that has always struck me as funny.  The Bill of Rights grants to us the Freedom of Speech.  Now what exactly is covered and not covered isn’t something I want to get into here.  Hate speech or sentiments considered unpatriotic are all very complicated topics, and I’m just not well-versed in law or

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[ceffylitis]

I applaud you for this. I also cannot stomach a wait on videos ... if it's that important, someone clearly has written something infinitely more intelligent about it somewhere. A leaning or other distortion is also easier to see in a written news story, and therefore more reputable to me.

YouTube is only worthy for the few moments of mindless hilarity I use it for.

The shift of culture from that of a written base to that of a visual one seems to be a contributing factor in the dumbing of society. As I see it, people who lack the ambition to figure things out for themselves and actually analyze stories and points of view are beginning to make important decisions based on the opinions of those delivering the news. A lack of discretion can only breed bad things to come.

Okay, well before I write a novel ... I have final projects to tackle.

[spanishbullshit]

Your confusion re: the First Amendment is well founded. As my First Amendment professor once said, "If you have a view of the First Amendment that makes any sense and always matches your viewpoints, you have a pretty shallow view of the First Amendment

[spanishbullshit]

My answer, and I think you hint at it, is that unlike any other generation before us, it is not necessarily that we have to make a concerted effort to lift our prose and ban popular media (though it'd help), but that we have to make deconstructing the media's messages a part of our children's education.
Our generation is able to do this somewhat because we sort of "grew up" as media grew up, and we've seen how its tricks have come into being. However, we will need to actively help our children to, as you say,
"decide for [themselves] what’s worth becoming a part of [them]."

[not_a_girl]

Today I'm in a mood to say fuck the stupids, and let them die. Let it fall apart, because I know how to make my own food and clothing and essential things.

But I'm just angry because I've been in too many meetings.

That, and I continue to rest easy in the knowledge that the flu will kill us all first anyway.