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Originally Posted by Boomer
Hey, thanks-  The post you are referencing was #44 in this bizarro thread. That post was mine,
The “news” is causing so much anger— along with all those other negative emotions — to run rampant.
Add FB and its spawn to what those television channels grind on and on about and we sure are in a mess.
The so-called “news” is calculated by the power brokers to keep the viewers in a heightened state of negativity.
It is interesting — though actually terrifying — to read about something known as the amygdala hijack. That’s when the emotional part of the brain takes over the thinking part of the brain.
The amygdala is the emotional response territory of the brain and when it is constantly under siege it can take over normal thinking and cause behaviors that can wreck all kinds of important, in-person relationships.
Pogo was right. (sigh)
Boomer |
Totally coincidentally, I was having a conversation yesterday with a friend of mine, who approaches politics from the opposite end of the conservative-liberal spectrum, than I do..He was telling me about a friend who has a family member glued to TV news. All day, every day, always tuned into the same network, never hearing any other message. It has so affected her personality that nobody wants to have anything to do with her, regardless of their political leanings. She has become so unpleasant to be around that nobody will do it.