Ferguson, Missouri Community Furious After Teen Shot Dead By Police

Discussion in 'In the News' started by Sirius Dogon, Aug 10, 2014.

  1. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    Don't worry I got him for you
    Great post but unfortunately we all live in echo chambers.
     
  2. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    Speak for yourself Malibu
     
  3. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    My point is everyone who agrees doesn't need to be convinced and those that do ain't listening to this anyway.
     
  4. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    Self-segregation in media choices means that we aren't getting much information beyond those items that confirm our preconceptions. I'm as guilty of this as anyone. I push myself to read The Economist and the FT to try to beat this, but I admit I can't handle the Fox B.S. Channel.
     
  5. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    Same...I try to look all around to see the view from the other sides

    I'll look at black voices @ huffpost to see news that's affecting the black community and to get a majority black view of things, then I'll switch over to cnn or the New York Times, followed by daily check of faux news and a ton of other sites

    Hell I'll even head over to the lgbt section of huffpost to see what's going on in that world, as sometimes their issues overlap ours....just from a different perspective

    Just limiting yourself to one group or one way of thinking seems pretty narrow minded
     
  6. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    What you're doing is a good example of what we all need. So many people aren't informed and that's the most important requirement of any democratic form of government.
     
  7. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    its been said "liberals" are more opened minded and tend to look at several different medias while conservatives are very limited in their viewing. that is why fox has bigger numbers in the ratings.
     
  8. samson1701

    samson1701 Well-Known Member

    Somebody rep this guy for me. I wish more people would do this.

    I have a conservative friend whom I offered to listen an hour of whatever news program or talk show he'd like as long as he did the same. An even hour for hour exchange. He said flat no. He knew everything he got all the info he needed from his conservative news sources.

    Too many people are like that.
     
  9. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    That's also part of why "liberals" tend to have more "nuanced" views and less black-and-white absolutes. Thus, progressive ideas don't readily lend themselves to nifty soundbites.
     
  10. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    lol...exactly...they dont know how to get the attention like the conservatives
     
  11. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    I think it also plays a role in the oft-noted differing educational and intellectual levels of liberals and conservatives.
     
  12. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    yeah...kiss....keep it simple son
     
  13. lippy

    lippy Well-Known Member

    This^ you have to be willing to listen to a variety of reporting to see the slant...I think conservatives are only open to one view...I also think that on the opposite side of the spectrum there is a group that thinks hater site is an authority on news reporting
     
  14. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    You think those people would identify with being liberals?
     
  15. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    What are you doing on hater site :p
     
  16. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    lol....hater site....the reliable news source
     
  17. lippy

    lippy Well-Known Member

    No not at all if we are considering the liberal as being open to both fox and hater site just to see the spread on a topic as well as everything in between

    Someone that tunes in to only hater site may be considered not different than an exclusive Fox News viewer just on opposite sides
     
  18. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    Because they're black?

    Just say it

    :p
     
  19. Sirius Dogon

    Sirius Dogon New Member

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  20. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    Was just trying to be polite, goodlove, lol.

    The nonsense articulated on sites such as hater site is not liberal at all. It's largely the sound of the forces of black ignorance, the equivalent of Rush Limbaugh's audience on the white racial continuum. Black reaction, and deserving of the same treatment as white reactionary thinking.
     

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