tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post5236709203201122875..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: Consensus RealityRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-20214454953970957232007-11-30T05:30:00.000-08:002007-11-30T05:30:00.000-08:00Yeah, I might have been wrong in expecting closer ...Yeah, I might have been wrong in expecting closer readers on a higher ed website. That's probably an unjustified stereotype anyway.<BR/><BR/>I also get the feeling that a lot of people walk around with a handful of second hand arguments that they can't wait to interject into conversations. We all repeat our same old stories and opinions to some extent, but I hope I pay attention as well. <BR/><BR/>Hitler seems to be the beginning and end of some people's historical knowledge. <BR/><BR/>Ah, fuck it, dude. Let's go bowling.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-15654621138056731992007-11-30T01:44:00.000-08:002007-11-30T01:44:00.000-08:00ps, I made the mistake of going to the Islamophobo...ps, I made the mistake of going to the Islamophobofascism thing and reading comments. Second comment: Hitler & the Nazis. That officially renders the conversation over.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-91178816979522196182007-11-30T00:47:00.000-08:002007-11-30T00:47:00.000-08:00Sad to say, you've probably hit on the consequence...Sad to say, you've probably hit on the consequence of reductions in genuine literacy. People read a headline, and believe they have apprehended the entire substance of the content. That's why most of the major news outlets regularly post REALLY EXCITING HEADLINES that link to something else entirely, or nothing at all. They believe that no one cares, or notices, and in many cases that is probably true.<BR/><BR/>I keep seeing rising statistics about women and abortions in the U.S., and it reminds me of the scene in <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101597/" REL="nofollow">Closet Land</A>, where there's a piped-in voice reading statistics, and it eventually says something like "110% of women who wear black underwear are whores"...Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com