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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

The Media and Critical Thinking 09 03 2025

 I get a gist that the mainstream media believes that critical thinking is hateful?

They want you to believe that to question is to hate?

They want you to believe that to critique or suggest improvement is to hate?

That weigh in on a topic and attempt to hold the nation to a higher standard is a hateful thing to do?

And I also get a gist of the belief that only certain people should be commentators?  Only people that they are comfortable with?  And it means something.  Perhaps that they are not really comfortable with the people of our country or the structure of our gov?

The belief that only select commentators have anything to contribute?

Kind of has the gestalt of the Garden of Eden to it?  Only comfortable with a person being able to have one skill?  And that belief being an expression of self incompetence?  The truth being the person who only develops one skill likely wont be able to adapt as change happens in that trade.  But that doesn't matter if you are their blacksmith putting new horseshoes on their favorite pony.


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