WTF, America!? Seriously, WTF!?

I do my best to not watch the news, or read the paper (though, I do read the comics), or listen to the radio. Anything I want to know, I'll do the research myself. At least then, I get some kind of say as to what I'm inundating myself in. I'm very ambivalent about the whole thing, or maybe that's just confusion talking.

@Simpson17866 yes I agree.

and let me add the foreboding darkness is not about sickness or mental illness - it's about control! always.

@cydney And then the public turns into what the media said we already were

Agree w/this 100 per. Ratings are where the money is & the exposure. They'll do anything for it. Including scare us all to death.

American media makes things look worse than they are to generate ratings.

Things are most likely not that much better in Europe either. We are still dealing with the migration crisis and it's an issue that has impacted my country as well in a way I've not experienced before. It's almost like things are more polarized now.

By the way, at least our news reported the guy who was shot in Charlotte had a loaded gun with him and didn't drop it when told to do so. I'm not sure if this is precisely the kind of information TYT and such would keep in the dark to make sure their agenda remains pristine and just. Conversely, some other editorials would be happy to ignore those aspects of BLM that'd show the movement in a positive light if their agenda is to smear.

Just remember, American media makes things look worse than they are to generate ratings. Recently a white person was shot, and a lot of BLM activists protests his death as well. The media didn't report on it because it would show solidarity, instead of a divide.

Yeah I think that & try not to do it myself.

I was also just thinking how it irritates me when people judge my whole personality by one article I might write.

Sometimes we just need to 'write' thru moods, etc.

@cydney "It's human nature"

Do you ever catch yourself thinking "Humans stereotype each other too much, casting entire populations as the villains based on the crimes of the few instead of looking at everybody as individuals" before realizing that you're doing exactly the same thing?

I know I do

Same thing happens to me. No worries Link, none of us are perfect. Nowadays cops make me more nervous than ever, even though I know my chances of being shot by one are nigh zero

I do too. All the time. I understood/understand perfectly. The last thing you need is someone gettin' preachy with you. So I tried not to!

I really am glad you worked it out!

Glad you worked it out @Link the Writer .

^^^

Agreed, the media only cares about ratings, not about their news, and they never show good things. The uptick with cop shootings is..... distressing. It seems like we've learned nothing, the po-po are shooting, people are rioting. Violence inspires violence, and that will never change.

I'm gonna do a necromantic ritual to bring MLK back. Anyone else in?