[Vision2020] Divisiveness and blogs

[Donovan Arnold]

Carl is right. Blogs and email forums do create  conflict and divisiveness. I find people on V2020, including myself,  less considerate and polite to others online, versus in person. 
  
  I think it is in part because we do not see the person, often do not  know them, mistranslating their meaning, and/or get so caught up in the  argument/content and lose site of the human on the other end.
  
  I know many people on V2020, and none of you have horns and a tail.  However, just reading the content of some people, I would swear you  could trace their IP address directly to a dark tiny corner room on the  bottom floor of Hell.
  
 Carl, or anyone else, it would be  interesting to see a study on the increase of divisiveness caused by  blogs and ways to counter them.
  
  Take Care,
  
  _DJA

Carl Westberg <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com> wrote:  I, after extensive research and cogitation that started about 4 minutes ago 
and concluded just now, have determined that blogs are responsible for much 
of the divisiveness that comes with just about anything that's discussed 
anymore, from Wal-Mart to the pledge and everything in between.  With 
approximately 4 million blogs being born every 5 minutes, it's incredibly 
easy to find those that mirror your worldview, and assure you of your 
absolute rightness in your beliefs.  I'm as guilty of it as anyone, hanging 
out at Commondreams, etc., while those with a right leaning penchant can 
visit theirs, and everything is pure black and white for us, with no gray 
areas to complicate matters.  I know I'm correct in this, because I just 
found a blog that says I am.                                                 
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
   Carl Westberg Jr.


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