Larry Winget
It’s Easier To Be Stupid
That’s right. It’s easier to be stupid than it is be smart.
It is easier to listen to the political pundits and television news anchors and trust their words completely than it is to study, read, and search to discover the truth about a political issue or to actually read one of the bills or proposals you are so vehemently for or against.
It is easier to believe Rush or O’Reilly or Hannity or Olberman or Rachel or Beck or even Larry Winget than it is to actually do a little fact checking of your very own. It’s work to find the truth out about any issue, so it’s easier to just accept what you hear as fact.
It is easier to listen to the preachers and believe every word they say from their pulpit than it is to read the book yourself, or maybe lots of books and search for your own insight and develop your beliefs based on your own experiences.
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yep - we are a representative society. We elect representatives to government, and must trust them to look out for our interests (as a person / neighborhood / state / country).
ReplyDeleteThen we pick a representative reporter and trust that person to present to us the facts we want to hear (and trust that they're actually FACTS).
We seem to be getting a little more wary of fact vs opinion... but we've got a long way to go.