Why do users act like they understand politics?

[Germms]

So there's been "400 Russian bot articles posted on here in the past few months." but you can't remember any of them?

It was an exaggeration but calm down. Nonetheless I just said a users name and that they’re the most memorable to me and instead of going to look you said “you can’t remember?” I clearly remembered a name. Are you a dumb ass?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Really? I think local politics is harder to follow than national.

Depends on where you live, I guess. I get notices to attend Town Hall meetings and whatnot while speaking with the candidates, locally.​

 

[Germms]

Depends on where you live, I guess. I get notices to attend Town Hall meetings and whatnot while speaking with the candidates, locally.​

I just moved to a new state and I’m having a hard time keeping up. In Ohio I was very involved.

 

[Lexington Steele]

It was an exaggeration but calm down. Nonetheless I just said a users name and that they’re the most memorable to me and instead of going to look you said “you can’t remember?” I clearly remembered a name. Are you a dumb ass?

So what would a "Russian bot article" look like? I need to know so I can go find them on The Coli.

 

[I Really Mean It]

you “this isn’t how politics works. you don’t understand how laws get passed” dudes are so robotic in your defense of the status quo that it’s embarrassing. your reading material consists of articles on politico and huffpost, with a daily dose of msnbc.

these are books i’ve read this year alone:













the OP truly sounds like someone with his finger on the pulse of geopolitics.

 

[feelosofer]

To be honest this site is a microcosm of America as a whole as educational standards, local level civil engagement and media accountability have all plummeted even from the 90s.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Americans largely have not been taught HOW to think.
And so few of us question things at anything more than a superficial level.

But the simplest thing people can do is try to verify information from trustworthy news sources.

Look, I understand that to SOME DEGREE, any news source will have some political lean.

That said, a story posted from AP, Reuters, NYT, Washington Post, WSJ, Axios, Newsweek (and there are others) tend to be more trustworthy than something from the far extremes of the spectrum. And certainly better than anything your stupid ass Twitter feed shows you from a random nobody.

So if you do see a wild, salacious story from an uncommon source, the first thing you should do is try to verify it by finding a similar story on a much more popular media outlet. That's at least a start.

The next step might be to ask yourself "who benefits?" from a certain narrative being shared. Because at least then you may be able to see if there's manipulation, propaganda or political games being played.

A major problem is that increasingly, since the 1970s, there has been a focus on being 1st with less of a focus on being accurate. And in this information/social media age where clicks and going viral is everything....it becomes harder for the truth to shine through.

America is an anti intellectual nation. A dumbed down society. The absence of critical thinking leads to intellectual laziness and inertia.

In politics, most people act out of emotion instead of thinking objectively. It's the attachment that prevents people from thinking clearly on the issue. But since when neutrality was ever taught in academia?

Sensationalism heightens the senses. Propaganda no matter how ridiculous it sounds, reaches the masses quicker. In other words, the more traffic, the better the ratings.

Social media isn't a helpful source. There's a lot of smoke and mirrors; bunch of logical fallacies that loses credibility.

It's best to find an impartial source where the party is considering the FACTS. The background issue that emphasize on the "How", "What", "and Why".

 

[Remote]

@I Really Mean It

I think I read that Chomsky book. Or maybe I’m confusing it with the documentary of the same name.

Anyway it’s good.

Wait. No. I’m confusing it with Manufacturing Consent, which I think is a documentary/movie and a book.

Last Chomsky book I read was maybe ten years ago: Hopes and Prospects.

Problem for most people is Chomsky is like 95 years old and has an annoying raspy voice so it’s hard to listen to him for very long. He’s right about a lot tho.

 

[I Really Mean It]

@I Really Mean It

I think I read that Chomsky book. Or maybe I’m confusing it with the documentary of the same name.

Anyway it’s good.

Wait. No. I’m confusing it with Manufacturing Consent, which I think is a documentary/movie and a book.

Last Chomsky book I read was maybe ten years ago: Hopes and Prospects.

Problem for most people is Chomsky is like 95 years old and has an annoying raspy voice so it’s hard to listen to him for very long. He’s right about a lot tho.

manufacturing consent is great. he’s actually written hundreds of books, a only a fraction of which i’ve read. i intend to read them all at some point.

howard zinn is another author you should check out, if you’re interested in a thinker who peels back the veneer of democracy to show you what’s really going on.

 

[Remote]

manufacturing consent is great. he’s actually written hundreds of books, a only a fraction of which i’ve read. i intend to read them all at some point.

howard zinn is another author you should check out, if you’re interested in a thinker who peels back the veneer of democracy to show you what’s really going on.

Yeah I have that Zinn book. I maybe read half and never finished it.

You could probably make a whole social studies class with that shyt.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

This thread is too funny.
Another paid democrat poster.
This site has went down because of it

^Look at this nikka rep

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

I own property, work, and pay taxes.

If it can be seized by the government you don’t really own it.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

you “this isn’t how politics works. you don’t understand how laws get passed” dudes are so robotic in your defense of the status quo that it’s embarrassing. your reading material consists of articles on politico and huffpost, with a daily dose of msnbc.

these are books i’ve read this year alone:













the OP truly sounds like someone with his finger on the pulse of geopolitics.

Those books are all good reads. breh! good shi

 

[Lexington Steele]

Wait. No. I’m confusing it with Manufacturing Consent, which I think is a documentary/movie and a book.

Everyone should watch that movie and then sit down and watch all this coverage of the war. You will start to see it.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

I own property, work