I believe it’s time for all of us to begin being more skeptical of the i formation we consume daily. We can have an opinion, but that doesn’t blunt facts and opinion is like a wish, nothing else required. Sure, some will say their opinions are fact based, but I venture this: Those facts are harvested only to prove a preconceived notion. When all the facts are gathered and evaluated together, sometimes it’s discovered that nothing presupposed is true.
there’s a YouTube channel I watch on a semi-regular basis, Zach Costello. He’s an interesting guy, very opinionated, and for my entertainment, clearly a conspiracy theorist. He has been openly doubtful of the official story of Charlie Kirk’s murder last year and spends an inordinate amount of time on his channel, discussing the case directly, or the machinations of turning Point, Kirk’s company now run by his widow.
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By the way. In case you are under the impression that people care what you think? Guess again, because they don’t. Not even those closest to you. There was a time when the family dinner table was the place where thoughts and ideas may be exchanged. even including the children, but those days are long past and the responsibility for children has migrated to the state and families, if they even have a meal together, rarely discuss anything in fear of some sort of retribution for another member. The same is with those we cll friends, only discussing how. long the gras is getting or work colleagues, never venturing outside the box they’re in, daily. Why? We’ve become so fractured as a society, that the prohibited topics have moved well beyond politics and religion, to anything cultural. It doesn’t matter how insignificant the topic may appear, someone will take offense (or pretend to take offense). No one wants to even try to listen to each other, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. Our leaders are our worst example and many believe, it seems, that this behavior is now normal. It isn’t it’s destructive and we should be doing ll we cn do dissociate ourselves from it. It’s time to bring back courtesy.
There’s something that always irritates me and of course it happens every day and no matter how hard I try, I can’t avoid it. This occurs on every news channel and every politically oriented podcast (even some that aren’t particularly politically oriented). You’ve heard this too, even if you never watch or listen to anything that is the slightest political. For me it’s when, especially in politically oriented media, a person uses the phrase, all Americans, or all of America. I always question how this is known.Is there a poll? Well, sometimes there’ll be a mention of a poll but I’ve never seen one where 100% of American voters, either registered or likely, agree on anything. There’s always going to be a majority of sorts, but none at 100%.
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Does being anti-Zionist make a person antisemitic? Some, without hesitation, would answer yes to that question. Others, and that number is growing, would answer in the negative. Why? Because being against the State of Israel (anti-Zionism) does not equate to Jew hating (antisemitism) in their minds. Israel supporters say different:In order to support the Jewish people, you must support the State of Israel. For some reason, many Americans believe that we not only should support Israel, but are commanded to do so in the bible. Genesis is the verse most quoted(to me): I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Well, that’s it, isn’t it? God spoke this to Abram (Abraham) and we must obey this even today. Or not.
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