Do you think we are over-exposed to contention and hostility daily in communities, the media, and nationally? There was a time when people related to each other without routine suspicion or defensiveness. No radio shock jocks, hard sells, or other forms of uncivil behavior. What's been your experience?
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Do you think we live in an "argument culture"?
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juoquine
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Only if we decide to listen or watch those things. I don't like to fight about political/ religious beliefs, so I only discuss those things with people who have similar beliefs.
The reason there are so many programs that have contention is because people watch. It's all about ratings and making money. It can be addictive to many people.
So many of us believe so stongly in certain things that we can get very defensive when someone attacks that belief.
We really do need to do better at listening to each other and just agree to disagree.
The reason there are so many programs that have contention is because people watch. It's all about ratings and making money. It can be addictive to many people.
So many of us believe so stongly in certain things that we can get very defensive when someone attacks that belief.
We really do need to do better at listening to each other and just agree to disagree.
Fastermaster
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Yes.
It is not that way around the world, not even in Canada and Mexico. The US is, in my experience, the worst as far as that goes.
Part of the reason might be the legal system, which relies on advocacy and argument. In some countries, the system relies on people basically confessing and saying they are sorry. The idea is that the criminal behavior is not really stopped until the criminal decides to change. Wow. That would seriously not work in America, a country where everyone is right all the time.
Of course the media just make it worse. I do not know if you remember Phil Donahue. He was a quiet guy who had a reasonable show that was watched my millions of housewives. Nobody cared too much about his politics. Now all of a sudden, that is all that matters and everyone is angry.
Congratulations. You are able to see what America has become. I have watched it change while living in another country, and it has been a very depressing transformation. Most people in the US cannot even remember when things were different. I sure do.
It is not that way around the world, not even in Canada and Mexico. The US is, in my experience, the worst as far as that goes.
Part of the reason might be the legal system, which relies on advocacy and argument. In some countries, the system relies on people basically confessing and saying they are sorry. The idea is that the criminal behavior is not really stopped until the criminal decides to change. Wow. That would seriously not work in America, a country where everyone is right all the time.
Of course the media just make it worse. I do not know if you remember Phil Donahue. He was a quiet guy who had a reasonable show that was watched my millions of housewives. Nobody cared too much about his politics. Now all of a sudden, that is all that matters and everyone is angry.
Congratulations. You are able to see what America has become. I have watched it change while living in another country, and it has been a very depressing transformation. Most people in the US cannot even remember when things were different. I sure do.
Fastermaster
New member
Yes.
It is not that way around the world, not even in Canada and Mexico. The US is, in my experience, the worst as far as that goes.
Part of the reason might be the legal system, which relies on advocacy and argument. In some countries, the system relies on people basically confessing and saying they are sorry. The idea is that the criminal behavior is not really stopped until the criminal decides to change. Wow. That would seriously not work in America, a country where everyone is right all the time.
Of course the media just make it worse. I do not know if you remember Phil Donahue. He was a quiet guy who had a reasonable show that was watched my millions of housewives. Nobody cared too much about his politics. Now all of a sudden, that is all that matters and everyone is angry.
Congratulations. You are able to see what America has become. I have watched it change while living in another country, and it has been a very depressing transformation. Most people in the US cannot even remember when things were different. I sure do.
It is not that way around the world, not even in Canada and Mexico. The US is, in my experience, the worst as far as that goes.
Part of the reason might be the legal system, which relies on advocacy and argument. In some countries, the system relies on people basically confessing and saying they are sorry. The idea is that the criminal behavior is not really stopped until the criminal decides to change. Wow. That would seriously not work in America, a country where everyone is right all the time.
Of course the media just make it worse. I do not know if you remember Phil Donahue. He was a quiet guy who had a reasonable show that was watched my millions of housewives. Nobody cared too much about his politics. Now all of a sudden, that is all that matters and everyone is angry.
Congratulations. You are able to see what America has become. I have watched it change while living in another country, and it has been a very depressing transformation. Most people in the US cannot even remember when things were different. I sure do.