If you've followed this blog at all, you know at the core of most of what I write about is getting to some factual truth. The title of the blog isn't meant simply that contained here is a rant just for ranting's sake. Instead, the anger that is elicited comes from and toward the lack of conceptual and critical thinking shown by so many of the today's public, particularly by those using the internet.
Message boards connected to articles are filled daily with snap judgments, thoughtless insults and comments. Rarely does it appear that the writers of these comments (the viewers/readers of whatever piece of news/media/gossip) have taken into account the publication or website or forum in or on which the piece appears. Rarely do they question who owns that publication and is there any agenda that the forum seeks for its readers. How was whatever video presentation was seen been edited? Are the edits natural or are they even connected, from the same event?
This link was posted on Facebook by a friend/colleague of mine, and it sums up what is really going on in this country. While many of the rich and powerful claim their America is under attack, or the religious zealots on the right demand that we've lost the way G-d had set forth for us, the truth is that education and intellectualism is under attack from people that simply want to toss facts aside, even when no proof exists beyond blind faith for their position, and have us yield to them.
The Attack on Truth
Hopefully, you'll pass it along to everyone you know, even those that have the above claims in an effort to shake them from their willful ignorance.
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