Monday, September 12, 2016

I don't care what you think

Holy smokes!!! Why are all these people so angry when they write their article??? Do they really believe that by talking all this digital smack is gonna sway anyones opinion. No way!!! Even as I was reading the article posted on the conservative website Townhall.com, I was blown away with how negative the author was. Although I consider myself a "conservative" when it comes to politics, the article "Liberals Are The Sort Of People Who..." written by John Hawkins, blew me back. What is the gosh dang point of bad nothing people with different view points. Im sorry, bad mouthing doesn't quite cover it, bashing is a better word. I mean, what is he trying to prove here? The people who read these articles from this particular site clearly already are conservative thinkers, so whats the point? I did think some of it was funny, and yes I agreed with some of the thing Hawkins says, but I mean really, thats the best you have to offer our society???

Oh well...

Now we shall cross the bridge over to the left. In the article "Donald Trump's bet: We are all chumps" written by the Washington Post, a notorious left wing news company, we see the same harsh criticism on someone who's opinions don't exactly fall in line with their own. My question with these news outlets is why the hell do they even bother posting this stuff. I mean, I understand why they do it, to re enforce their political beliefs and cement their viewers ideas on whats going on in the political world today. But man, this is annoying. No offense to anyone who subscribes to these bias outlets, but come on people, we can do better than this.

That exactly why I have grown fond towards this JSTOR daily website. A better name for it would be "information outlet". Because thats exactly what it is! Just the facts, no opinions. Love it. The first article I read from them was "Where American Public Schools Came From". I really enjoyed this article because it is something I've always been curious about and is relevant in our lives today because it affects everyone. We all have a duty to pay our taxes which funds public schools in America. So in theory, I helped pay for your brothers, sister, moms, dads, sons, daughters and anyone else education. Frankly, I'm not so sure how I feel about that. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful for the fact I have received a sorta free education, but to be honest, I think it was a shitty education. Classroom sizes were large for me growing up, which inhibited me from getting a sufficient amount of personal time with the instructor, and for me thats very important to my success in a classroom. Because of my experiences in public school, one of my biggest goals in life is to send my kids to private school so they can get a better education. But even then, I will still be paying taxes that will go to Public Schools. I wonder then, if I am able to send my kids to private, if I will be ok paying taxes for public education.

But here's the point, the JSTOR article didn't tell whats right or wrong about American Public Schools, all it gave me was the facts like how it became a thing and how it grew into what it is today. You mean I get to make up my own mind/develop my own opinion??? No way!!! LOL. But anywhoot...thats the best example of an un-opinionated article I can find that is relevant to todays society and actually gives you something to consider.

I also, took a glance at the article on JSTOR "Stranger Things", only because I binge watched it an approximately 28 hours...I know, I'm the man. I fricken love the 80's theme and of coarse Mrs. Winona Ryder. She's amazing in it. The article did a good job laying out where the whole nose bleed/psychic  powers thing derived from. All good info.


1 comment:

  1. Hey Nick! my thoughts exactly on the conservative article, i actually laughed, really hard seeing how much hate that author had. defiantly amusing.
    abased on the donald trump we are all chumps, i also agree, i don't understand why people "nit pick" so greatly to literally dig deep into something just to make an attempt on making some one look bad... its crazy. people do it all the time.
    the JSTOR's to me were harder to read because it was indeed all facts, it was super dry, but it wasn't one sided so the option wasn't there.. it was nice to take a break from the editorials.
    good job!
    --katie gerstenberg

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