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Originally Posted by another Linda
But talking (and arguing about it) isn't in any way shape or form making any contribution to society as far as I can see. I make my contributions but I don't talk politics or religion.
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I, too, have grown weary of discussing politics, especially in the style of today. We start counting down election cycles years in advance; cable news, of which I don't watch at all anymore, spends it's time doing point and counter-point style shows, with little fact checking. As TalkHost said in another post, it's about ratings. You put on what sells. Put on the most bizarre, the craziest people, and you have ratings. Everyone loves a train wreck. And with the mergers allowed by big corporations in the media industries and the scrapping of the old rules, they are worried about ratings and money, and little, IMHO, with accurately reporting News.
I have my political beliefs, and will share if asked, and even debate at a philosophical level, but I refuse anymore to be pulled into an argument. Most times with people it's as Dean Martin says during one of his Rat Pack skits with Frank Sinatra. "If you want to discuss facts, I don't want to chitchat."