Whats on my mind? Today, whats on my mind is that distortion is the tactic of at least 90% of activist organizations, maybe closer to 100%. They feed distortions to the media who dont fact check and just regurgitate. They feed distortions to their own members. The ACLU, to whom I contribute, does it on literally every single campaign. Im kind of insulted that I give them money and then they lie to me to get me to act or give more. The result is that people go around with grossly distorted ideas of what is real and what is not in this country. The result is that people are totally paranoid because they now think that every food safety law bans organic gardening and farmers markets. They think every eavesdropping law prevents the filming of police. They think that every regulation of the vitamin industry will make selling herbs illegal. Etc. Etc. Etc. Yes, these distortions get people motivated to protest and write letters and are effective. But, at what cost? The general public is grossly misinformed and when I do the research and point out what these laws actually do, it seems like I am some kind of conservative pro-government freak because everyone is so convinced that every little measure is the height of evil. All I care about is truth. I may be naive, but I believe that a populace informed by the truth and not running around like Chicken Little all the time is a more democratic society. Eventually people get tired of being fooled and confused and they give up and become apathetic.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:52:19 +0000