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Monday, November 14, 2016

Is any media trustworthy?

There is a ton of Propaganda on the internet. One might say that all media is currently Propaganda.

So how do we best learn the truth?
Can we trust any media?
Where do you get your news from?
Do you consider that your views are being recorded by network analytics and you only see media that reflects what you already believe?
Do you realize this happens heavily on either side of the idealogical spectrum?
Do you think that media needs a new independent voice?
How can we find a voice for truth when in a world of strong beliefs?



An Indian Sikh man analyzes Propoganda against Trump in 'DISHONEST ANTI-DONALD TRUMP PROPAGANDA EXPOSED'



Propaganda on both sides of the election



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What is being said #3: Pie thinks he knows who is to blame for the rise of Trump...and you're not going to like it!

Jonathan Pie gives his opinion on How and Why Trump won the election. I'd love to hear your critical analysis of some of his points. 


What is being said #2: How do we support Marginalized groups?

The following links lead to articles that revolve around the support of Marginalized groups. Please refer to the article you're speaking of in your replies for clarity.

Article #1: So you want to wear a Safety Pin?

Article #2: Dear white people, your Safety Pins are embarrassing

Article #3: How to easily be a white ally to marginalized groups


Sunday, November 13, 2016

What is being said #1

Please read and reply to this post with your thoughts regarding these opinions I've found on the internet:

"This could have ALL been avoided if the left didn't abandon the values of classic liberalism (freedom of speech, thought, association...etc) to take on this new cancerous neo-progressive identity politics. How to stop Trump:

STOP, for the LOVE of GOD, STOP peddling identity politics. Trump voters – working class people – despise it. They know what you’re doing – it’s obvious.

STOP treating ethnicity, gender, sexuality and religion as a proxy for class warfare; you are trying to displace them by creating a new under-class and stoking ethnocentrism, gynocentrism and tribalism for the purpose of manufacturing a new electorate and a globalist governance that NO-ONE wants.

STOP speaking about groups, start speaking about individuals (you know, actual liberalism).

Stop polarizing ALL debate. Just because you aren’t rabidly pro-feminism, it doesn’t make you a misogynist. Just because you aren’t rabidly in favor of the EU, it doesn’t make you a fascist. Just because you don’t support black lives matter, it doesn’t make you a white supremacist. Just because you don’t support SSM, it doesn’t make you a homophobe.

STOP pushing mass third world immigration for the purposes of creating a new electorate that will vote for you in the future. They know what you’re doing. Every group in US is opposed to mass third world immigration that further depresses wages down and decreases social cohesion. Even Hispanics are opposed to mass immigration, and are more conservative – on a policy basis – and religious than white males.

STOP preaching cultural relativism; if you oppose something for one identity, oppose it for ALL identities. Murder doesn’t suddenly become more acceptable because the perpetrator is Islamic; sexism doesn’t become more acceptable because the perpetrator is female; racism doesn’t become more acceptable because the hatred is being spewed at white men.

Get it? Until all of this STOPS, until we start to assign rights and responsibilities at the level of the individual and not the group, until all of the incessant shaming, self-loathing and guilt-tripping subsides, this will get infinitely worse."

- Reddit User

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Day 1: What can I do?

These are the first words I wrote on Facebook after succumbing to the reality that we just elected Donald Trump.
I have to be honest with myself and I hope everyone can be as well. These are questions I must ask myself: 
If we spend most of our lives calling our political system a fallacy, why would we expect it to succeed when we want it to? 
If we spend most of our lives taking little political action, why would we expect it to succeed when we want it to? 
If we spend most of our time being active on social media instead being active in politics, why are we surprised that there is such a large disparity between our social views and our political outcomes? 
Logic leads me to believe that things can only change when the amount of effort put into it necessitates change, not when we want it to be that way. 
Are we going to take action for a difference tomorrow or hope for a difference tomorrow? 
What am I, you, we doing that is going to change tomorrow?