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From: "R. Quenett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> mutilated misquotes
> from Net Llama!'s 8 Jan 2006 classic prose
> may follow:
>
> " On 01/08/2006 07:24 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
>
> [8><....]
>
> " > me "Those guys, O'Reilly and Hannity really tell it like it is!" They
> "
> " Which is really their way of saying, "they're telling me what I want to
> " hear".
>
> There is enough truth in Llama's point that the honest people among
> us really ought to feel more than just a bit uncomfortable. It seems
> to be a natural tendency, and one that makes getting to the
> completely accurate truth more difficult than it ought to be, that
> each of us tends to seek out commentary that we agree with. But if
> there were to be an implication that a person's opinion is incorrect
> or ought to be dismissed because someone else, no matter who, agrees
> with it - that implication would have no merit. 'Wrong is wrong even
> if everyone does it; right is right even if no one does it.'
Thank you.
I see that as the largest danger of the internet, in general. I think of it as
the echo chamber effect. We tend to hang out online with communities that
agree with what we already believe. That tends to isolate us even further from
the diversity of opinions that is our country.
That is the main reason that I enjoy the political discussions on this list.
We have a fair diversity of viewpoint, with some from the international scene.
We have enough respect for each other that those viewpoints are not dismissed
out of hand. I hope that these "episodes" expand our own understanding of what
others truly believe. I look at is as an opportunity to refine my own
political views, and they have changed some.
-- Alma
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