Re:In 2017, I’m going to stop watching the news
by fauigerzigerk on Saturday December 31, 2016 @01:56PM
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I totally agree with you on the complexity of the issues. The news won't help much with that. News are mostly about sentiment.
I don't want to hear all those people trumpeting their simple "truths" on all news channels ever more aggressively.
But I fear if I stop listening to those sentiments I could miss the moment when it's time for me to leave or warn others.
I have often wondered how my ancestors could have missed what was going on and end up in a nazi death camp.
Did they not get the news? Did they not believe it? Did it all sound too similar to what had come before until it was too late? Was it too complex to predict?
I don't know, but I can't take my eyes off the ball now even though my eyes hurt.
I don't want to hear all those people trumpeting their simple "truths" on all news channels ever more aggressively.
But I fear if I stop listening to those sentiments I could miss the moment when it's time for me to leave or warn others.
I have often wondered how my ancestors could have missed what was going on and end up in a nazi death camp.
Did they not get the news? Did they not believe it? Did it all sound too similar to what had come before until it was too late? Was it too complex to predict?
I don't know, but I can't take my eyes off the ball now even though my eyes hurt.