I wrote about this yesterday...so many Americans, especially on the Right, are seemingly content to let the talking heads interpret everything FOR them rather than taking the effort to read or research things for themselves. It is intellectual laziness. They'll argue a point because they saw/heard it on right-wing media, without going to…
I wrote about this yesterday...so many Americans, especially on the Right, are seemingly content to let the talking heads interpret everything FOR them rather than taking the effort to read or research things for themselves. It is intellectual laziness. They'll argue a point because they saw/heard it on right-wing media, without going to the source themselves to check for validity. They can't be bothered with the truth. They only ascribe to the truth AS TOLD TO THEM. Responsible citizens, especially now in these days of so much misinformation and manipulation of information, owe it to themselves to expend a little effort to get to the facts. They need to stop letting the "nattering nabobs" (wasn't that a Spiro Agnew turn of phrase?) of their press determine everything they believe and stop accepting anything they hear as factual. As has so often been said "democracy is NOT a spectator sport"!
We train children to believe the “truth” AS TOLD TO THEM in fundamentalist and evangelical churches. Then we wonder why they don’t question talking heads that start with statements that they’ve already heard delivered with the same emphasis as that used by their favorite preacher.
Again, people who go to fundamentalist/evangelical/Pentecostal churches don't seem to question what their clergy tells them. It's the same sort of authoritarianism--letting their leaders define EVERYTHING for them so they don't have to expend any energy searching for the truth--like we see in how they approach current events. A reminder: these are the same people who favour LITERAL interpretation of the Bible...no arguments, no dissent, no questions...believe these words just as they are...or else! (No use trying to tell them their "version" is a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation etc.) It's keeping your "flock" in line by scaring them to death. If you have to resort to fear to get your adherents to trust in what you're preaching, then you've got a faulty product you're trying to sell. This atmosphere of churches run by spiritual dictatorships is one of the main reasons I turned my back on these sects long ago, became a confirmed Episcopalian/Anglican, and never looked back.
I wrote about this yesterday...so many Americans, especially on the Right, are seemingly content to let the talking heads interpret everything FOR them rather than taking the effort to read or research things for themselves. It is intellectual laziness. They'll argue a point because they saw/heard it on right-wing media, without going to the source themselves to check for validity. They can't be bothered with the truth. They only ascribe to the truth AS TOLD TO THEM. Responsible citizens, especially now in these days of so much misinformation and manipulation of information, owe it to themselves to expend a little effort to get to the facts. They need to stop letting the "nattering nabobs" (wasn't that a Spiro Agnew turn of phrase?) of their press determine everything they believe and stop accepting anything they hear as factual. As has so often been said "democracy is NOT a spectator sport"!
We train children to believe the “truth” AS TOLD TO THEM in fundamentalist and evangelical churches. Then we wonder why they don’t question talking heads that start with statements that they’ve already heard delivered with the same emphasis as that used by their favorite preacher.
Again, people who go to fundamentalist/evangelical/Pentecostal churches don't seem to question what their clergy tells them. It's the same sort of authoritarianism--letting their leaders define EVERYTHING for them so they don't have to expend any energy searching for the truth--like we see in how they approach current events. A reminder: these are the same people who favour LITERAL interpretation of the Bible...no arguments, no dissent, no questions...believe these words just as they are...or else! (No use trying to tell them their "version" is a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation etc.) It's keeping your "flock" in line by scaring them to death. If you have to resort to fear to get your adherents to trust in what you're preaching, then you've got a faulty product you're trying to sell. This atmosphere of churches run by spiritual dictatorships is one of the main reasons I turned my back on these sects long ago, became a confirmed Episcopalian/Anglican, and never looked back.
Yep. Trained to believe the white man at the front of the church (making up stuff).
Like: Tucker Carlson
"nattering nabobs of negativity" From Wikipedia: Agnew pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion and resigned from office.
Another Republican luminary.
Perhaps you could share my talk with your contacts... if the pictures of the hurdles to the ballot box don't attract concern, we are doomed.
Alice, could you provide a link?