American Bi-Polar Disorder

Watching the media these days is like watching a therapy session of dysfunctional bi-polar schizophrenics. They way political analysts try to simplify complex issues into Democratic or Republican, Liberal or Conservative, where complex issues are talked about in such tiny sound bytes of a minute or two, makes it difficult for a logical opinion to be formed. It seems to prove the point that the people running the media are less intelligent than their audience. Then, there is the government's press department, which uses 'divide and conquer' tactics, applying Orwellian "dis-information and double speak." By keeping the intellectual and economic classes separated ("you gotta' keep 'em separated"), the voting public seems to have a great difficulty figuring out the truth. But the truth is there, once you get past the black and white.

Most people I know have beliefs or positions somewhere in the grey. I'm sure many of your friends are in the grey as well, yet the media continues to show a "bi-polarized view" of our nation. Who do you know that can be so easily compartmentalized into black or white (and I'm not talking about race - there's only one of those - it's called "the Human Race")? The tv talking heads are produced in such a way as to play on your' emotions by circumventing your intellect. It's worked for years, but thanks to this medium - the internet - alternative points of view are getting expressed and freedom of speech is alive and well, at least for the time being.

As popular blog and innovative website audiences grow, accurate and easily understandable information should rise to the top. Eventually, the powers that be will get wise and try to either buy their way back into control (the media), or regulate it through law (the government). It's up to us to stop them. So don't give in to the black and white - keep the grey going. It's where most of us live, it's how most of us think. We can stay on the fence. Divide and conquer? How about "join and love?" Bi-polar disorder is a real disease, and it's affecting our nation. Let's try to find the cure together.

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