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Re: Back to the Real Wasteland of the mind
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Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:03:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
> > > > In a world of perceptions so carefully crafted by spin, challenging
> > > > some of these 'facts' back seems almost like a duty.
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> > > Yes, but simply reprinting the counter-clockwise spin is a rather poor
> > > way of "challenging" things.
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> > Don, If you really think that is what I'm doing, please just show us
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> [snip]
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> Yes, that is exactly what you're doing. You failed to provide even
> a paragraph of your own valuable insight. No need to be so lazy. We
> all know you can do better than that.
Hard to see this as simply counter-spin. Indeed, its a bit light on for spin at
all. It is a grave concern when folks can't seperate the spin from the facts.
Its like treating the various newspapers in Don's other post (which for the most
part seem to recycle government media sources or are heavy on opinion as opposed
to facts) as somehow authoritative compared to the work of the 911 Commission.
Simply picking the news you like without considering or weighing the sources
lets you support whatever you feel like, pretty much regardless of the
underlying facts. It gives you a nice warm glow to know that your own
uninformed (and quite possibly horrifyingly blinkered) guess turns out to be
right, but it doesn't address or improve anything. Indeed, it prevents others
from addressing or improving anything and simply preserves blissful ignorance.
Cool huh?
Richard
Still baldly going...
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) All media is biased in some way. And you're right, it's a problem that folks like yourself can't seem to see that. Anyhow, the point that I seem unable to make is that simply reprinting it adds nothing. It merely serves as propaganda. No doubt (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote: (...) Whatever. I simply dug up the link because Dave's original post mentioned it and then immediately dismissed it with a somewhat misleading comment. With that link you and others are now (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) snip Yes, that is exactly what you're doing. You failed to provide even a paragraph of your own valuable insight. No need to be so lazy. We all know you can do better than that. (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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