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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
When one doesn't agree with what is written, without even reading it in the context of all the information available, it demonstrates with laser-like focus exactly the point that Brooks was making in his column.
In the last paragraph of he column, Brooks makes his main point...
"We live in a country in which many people live in information cocoons in which they only talk to members of their own party and read blogs of their own sect. They come away with perceptions fundamentally at odds with reality..."
Wow! Some of the responses here demonstrate exactly what Brooks was saying about the situation in our country right now. If this dosen't demonstrate the metaphor used to describe the act of lashing out at the bearer of bad news, I don't know what does. Kill the messenger.
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What bothers me about some of the posters who disagree with you, Brooks, the President and anyone else whom they dislike, is that they seem angry and frustrated enough to literally kill the messenger. These folks aren't just in information cocoons, their comments betray real hatred. They are so emotionally charged that they can't respond reasonably or factually to anything which is outside of their political mindset.
I've thought about being manipulative and testing this theory with a post like: "Hey, Obama may have his faults, but he sure seems to be a good father to his kids". I have a hunch that there would be some very negative remarks about the President in response.
And to those of you who are fuming at this, let's take an objective measure: imagine you are a secret service agent supervising the President's visit to Sumter Landing next month. (ok, ok, that'll never happen, but just make-believe for a minute!).. you've been briefed about TOTV and read what these posters have said about the President.
Would you make sure they were weren't anywhere nearby?
I think the answer is "yes".