Just about everyone that seeks out political news, via aggregating sites, CNN, Fox News, the New York Times, whatever, at some point rests snugly on the information curve.
We all reach a digestion point where we reflexively stop caring and/or stop looking. This is normal, I suppose. We skim for key words that trigger an emotional response, which ultimately lead us to deduce the extent to which the content aligns with our own philosophies. I suspect most of this is a subconscious process. One only has so much time to allot for this. We work to pay our bills and to raise our families. We watch sitcoms and ball games for enjoyment, escapism. And we're (globally speaking) lucky enough to devote some time to further or own sense of where we all belong.
This is normal, and through no legitimate fault of the individual.
However, this should not be acceptable as some ingredient, some pathology of the working American's legacy.
We vote against whom we dislike, yet can rarely articulate what we believe, and how we need and hope our elected officials can represent this. There is clearly a systemic problem. There are too many barriers to unfiltered information, and this labyrinthian setup exists as a preservation.
And so I ask, what is it preserving?
I'm just a guy who's made social science and journalism a hobby, since getting his BA at a Midwestern J-School. I'm just trying to figure out how to unlock the pieces, even a microscopic amount without resorting to gut-punches to someone's belief structure different than mine.
Read along, if you like.
I'll be around.
