[Vision2020] Divisiveness and blogs

[John D]

Interesting, but it is the chicken or the egg?  Have opinions become polarized because polarizing blogs have been set  up or do these blogs fill an already existing demand? I think the  latter.
  
  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. 

		
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