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In reply to the discussion: Y'know... [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)The circles I ran with out of choice, shunned those who acted the way that young men seem to have been taught since the troglogdytes like Rush got on the airways. The stupidification of males (and females) on television played a major role. It became the new 'cool' because of the lulz. A lot of dreckt is packaged in 'humor' like Rush has always said.
The idea that television is merely entertainment is not taking into account the power of moving images, sound and acting. Those things teach the brain quickly and engage the limbic system and bypass buffeing and judgment. The use of that in a negative fashion is the victory of Fox News.
I agree totally with what you say. In my day, the neanderthals were in retreat and we made progress. The beginning of the end of that was when the media used all those tricks by the GOP machine. The televangelists became a force to be reckoned with in politics. Nothing as dumbing down and restricting reason as religion.
We lost Carter and the legal framework that was moving us forward. You didn't work in that era, and I am glad to see that you turned out as progressive as you did! Thanks for your views here.