Champuckett

Breitbart and DailyKos are no different than any other media institution at their core, other than being relatively newly formed platforms, and the former acting as nothing more than a honeypot for Trump supporters and for citizens looking for alternatives to legacy corporate media, including Fox News. The media can be rejected by the people, which is something that is well underway, by simply shining a light on the false idea that it is currently existing to serve the people. Every story, every article, from all political persuasions are written with an intent to direct thought and behavior, and ultimately divide, not to cover newly available information. The demand for this is increasing and the outcry against traditional media is rising. The focus of this rejection right now tends to be on the left leaning corporate media, but will greatly expand into alternative news that pretends to have a home for right-leaning, conservative, libertarian and political refugees. The long term repercussions as a result, would be the permanent elimination of these media empires. As to the repercussions on the people, of which there are none, but the release of the shackles on our minds, and the restoration of day to day free thought and will power.

Yes, of course. But that didn't answer my inquiry.

There are many openly talking about some kind of civil war coming, tensions being high. Revolutions coming, etc. Whether or not any of this is true is up to each of us. But would you agree that racial and political party tensions are higher than they were 10 years ago.

My contention is yes, there are 2 political teams. But there are more teams now, like black vs white, black vs hispanics, conservatives vs islam, islam vs judiasm, transgender vs conservatives, gays vs conservatives, progressives vs israel, police vs blacks, police vs citizens, government vs citizens, trump vs the people, city folk vs hill billies, conservatives vs hollywood. There are a ton and many more that I missed that I'm sure others could point out, and these are just a short list of these battles. Yes some of these battles have existed in the past and have been ongoing for quite sometime, but the media has been pushing all of these at the most intense levels I have personally ever seen.

Your words, not mine.

I don't think so, I don't have every last bit of evidence in front of me, nor does anyone. And there have always been problems, societal problems, brought on by what the media pushes. And I agree, we have always had teams, but there are more teams now than than previously and they are meant to stand against each other with more ferocity than ever before as well. If the narrative wants to create more friction between the groups, then it will. If it doesn't, then it won't.

Appreciate the levity.

That's not something I can answer. I truly don't know. I would lean towards inception, but that's just a guess. Right now I can see the country tearing itself apart, and I think this is the origin of that. What's funny is we are on a sports forum, sports being largely comprised of teams. And I think it is the teams that have been and are being created by the media that are causing us to begin tearing everything down. Like I said earlier, we are in reality, all on the same team and always will be. We need to somehow reach that understanding and I think a lot of the problems we have been facing over the last many decades can actually be eradicated, but I can understand how overly optimistic that sounds. This doesn't mean we come to the same political or philosophical conclusions about everything, we are always going to have our differences, it simply means we wake up and realize how we are being pitted against one another.

You don't have to agree with how I see the world at all. In fact, that would ultimately lead us back to the same point we are finding ourselves in right now. We need variation and different mindsets, working together, but this is not possible, if we are bitterly divided through a mass media that seeks to keep us enslaved within their narrative.

The media right now, in my estimation, is the primary cause, the cancerous tumor inside of the brain that needs immediate operation. The rest of the body has infection and weakness, but without addressing the primary cause first, the rest will mean little. I would agree that there are certainly other elements at play here.

Yeah, that's exactly right. Many do have hate in their heart, I was no exception decades ago, like many, and that hate got focused on groups that it had no business being focused on. And I see that hate being used to cause hatred in people that I respect, and it's something that is very apparently a modality that we need to work our way out of. Me being here, is literally the tiny attempt to do that, as badly criticized, poorly attempted, and ill conceived in all forms that it has taken. ~30%-40% of the responses to my comments are participants attempting to correct my behavior, explaining the proper way to act. I'm taking note of everything everyone is saying, and I appreciate the concern and/or the feedback, but that's getting us off track. And there may be anger or confusion being thrown my way as we speak, but in the grand scheme of things, I'm hoping to at least reduce the hatred or fear we are all feeling these days, in the tiniest way possible, which would be considered a great victory. We and our neighbors are not enemies of each other, but right now, if you turn on the news, you would think this to be the case. Race, political party, sexual orientation, doesn't matter, every group now has their opponents, and everyone is told, even demanded, to take sides.

I am talking about politics, just not the politics you are interested in pursuing, not the status quo of what has been discussed here. It has everything to do with the world and country we live in. I have described what I feel the problem is, the narrative, since page 1 and have filled in any details people have requested of me thus far. The request has been to discuss political pre-approved talking points relating to politics, yes, and that is not what I am going to involve myself with. But others are free to speak about these topics. They were in the first couple of pages I was responding to people but have ceased now. I don't know why they have, but they can continue onward as they had been. You're mistaking that my intentions have been to make a fool of members of the thread. I think others would disagree they have been made a fool of in the first place, so it's subjective. I personally don't feel like I have attempted to make a fool of anyone and certainly did not come anywhere close to making a fool of anyone in the slightest. And I have gone out of my way to make it clear this has nothing to do on a personal level with the members here, but is occurring in forums across the internet in the same manner. I like the community here as far as discussing the Twins and talking sports. Lot of great people here I would gladly share time with in real life if we ever had an opportunity. This, however, has nothing to do with the topic at hand. I've said everything you are seeing here to every member of my family and my friends and no one has taken it as an insult or me making a fool of them to any degree. Are these insights more about me as a person and my intent or my arguments.

When the division results in blacks hating whites, whites hating blacks, endless war, endless political fighting, fear, hatred, of everyone you feel you are standing against, then the trend we are on would indicate nefarious behavior and divisiveness by not just one media institutions, but all. Doesn't matter which party you are in, you walk away after consuming these stories hating one or more groups.

I'm doubting they have to prioritize as much as we are being lead to believe. They seem to be choosing the stories that divide us most often, and the stories that may be real news goes on the back burner or gets thrown away. If that is the case though and we could come to an agreement on that, then the appropriate question would be why. But I think you hinted at that in this comment. You are right in the fact that they are limited in resources and time. And I absolutely agree that there is a lot of room to wonder.