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RE: By Request: Why I stopped watching TV...

in #philosophy7 years ago

No, I don't disagree with you. I was asked "Why I stopped watching TV?" which I answered. That doesn't mean I haven't come to many of the same conclusions as you when it comes to OTHER sources of information. All I can try to do is apply reason and use my mind based upon ALL of the information I can gather.

It was sad as the people generally had no clue what the word Conspiracy or the word Theory mean, much less when combined together.

It also seems you may be reacting to that sentence some. Notice it is not an absolute. I said generally. Generally the general public really does not understand the meaning of those words, as they don't take time to find out.

Does that mean everyone? No there are quite a lot of people that do know what it means, and hopefully the number is growing.

Yet it is rare that someone that actually knows what those words mean, and what they mean when combined will actually use it as a derogatory term against someone.

I really hope you will not find this comment disrespectful to your post or to yourself as it is not intended to be so. I know those are touchy subjects, but I find it productive and personally enlightening to engage with people that I disagree with at least on some level.

Not at all. You handled it well. I prefer to talk to people that disagree with me as long as we keep it civil. That is generally where I learn the most new information. Learning by talking to people that only agree with you can be a much slower experience.

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Yep, a good deal of my comment was on a tangent really ;)

I guess we certainly agree on most of the methods as I do agree with everything in your reply; we might be getting varying results on some questions, but that's to be expected anyway, isn't it? :)

P.S.: I keep forgetting to mention the Nevermore song! Good share! \,,/