My take is that you had a friend like tucker who pretty much agreed with 90% of what your beliefs are, ran similar circles, and just generally went along with each other. And then one day you and ALL of your friends got robbed, literally. And when it came time for everyone to talk to the police, tucker just looked at the floor and said “I didn’t see anything. Can I go now” I wouldn’t want to be friends with him anymore.
That said, good information, if you can detach yourself from the psychological warfare and Propaganda, is good information. The key is the individual’s ability to separate emotional driven, psychological tactics and misinformation from real information and analyze it.
Thanks. I appreciate your rational response and discussion.
I see so much passion (and aggression) these days, here and elsewhere, that it makes me worried that good people can unwitting fall into (be manipulated into??) denouncing and trashing the good or the excellent. The targets are framed as "not good enough" or, sometimes unrealistically, "not perfect enough". Do that, and eventually you find yourself in a very small circle. Yes, all "correct-thinking", but likely a group so small that you can't get anything done. Pretty self-defeating.
Politics require people. Lot of them. If one's ideas are good, makes sense, and align with people's values and interests, there's no good reason why large numbers of people can't agree about the 90% and figure out how to iron out the 10% differences. And vote similarly to accomplish good things.
No apology needed pede. Thanks for the input.
My take is that you had a friend like tucker who pretty much agreed with 90% of what your beliefs are, ran similar circles, and just generally went along with each other. And then one day you and ALL of your friends got robbed, literally. And when it came time for everyone to talk to the police, tucker just looked at the floor and said “I didn’t see anything. Can I go now” I wouldn’t want to be friends with him anymore.
That said, good information, if you can detach yourself from the psychological warfare and Propaganda, is good information. The key is the individual’s ability to separate emotional driven, psychological tactics and misinformation from real information and analyze it.
Thanks. I appreciate your rational response and discussion.
I see so much passion (and aggression) these days, here and elsewhere, that it makes me worried that good people can unwitting fall into (be manipulated into??) denouncing and trashing the good or the excellent. The targets are framed as "not good enough" or, sometimes unrealistically, "not perfect enough". Do that, and eventually you find yourself in a very small circle. Yes, all "correct-thinking", but likely a group so small that you can't get anything done. Pretty self-defeating.
Politics require people. Lot of them. If one's ideas are good, makes sense, and align with people's values and interests, there's no good reason why large numbers of people can't agree about the 90% and figure out how to iron out the 10% differences. And vote similarly to accomplish good things.
Cheers.