Hi y'all - yes I think laziness is the big issue. People are willing to accept scraps of info on major issues from their "trusted" sources rather than find out for themselves. Anyone with a computer and an internet connection (figures?) really has no excuse for not simply visiting candidates' websites and reading the manifesto. I suppose time is a factor - but there are no bigger issues for the country - time should be found. Also, I suppose, that people are happy to hear the scraps that they wish to hear from their "trusted" sources. I'm beginning to get nervous about agreeing with Isp, but he is quite right that if deliberate misinformation can be pinned on members of a campaign team or other authoritative source, criminal action should be instigated against them.
On Dec 29, 9:07 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Isp, very nice. Now if only reality conformed to your thinking and > 'shoulds'! > > On Dec 29, 5:23 pm, Isparklaria <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Nice post Aaron. It is sad how misinformed some people are. In my > > opinion it is becuase they are both lazy and gulible. I think that > > lies in politics are serious business. The people who spread them > > should be forced by law to pay to undo the damage they have done. I > > even think that elections should be thrown out when lies like these > > are spread, believed, and possibly make a difference in the outcome > > (like the swiftboating of John Kerry). I will go even further to say > > that those who continue to spread lies should be thrown out of our > > country, for treason. Their lies are undermining out democracy. One > > more thing, I think we should move towards issue and candidate > > literacy in order to vote. > > > On Dec 29, 12:54 pm, Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > An interesting post election analysis from the Annenberg Public Policy > > > Center: > > > >http://www.factcheck.org/specialreports/our_disinformed_electorate.html > > > > Aaron- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
