Wednesday, November 04, 2009
"Dumb and Dumber, By Choice"
From where I'm sitting, this writer is right on the mark.
A large part of society is deficient in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
The same group has short attention spans, is sound-bite driven, and worships celebrity just because it is.
To me, a large part of society has been "dumbed down", and are going to suffer for it...
A large part of society is deficient in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
The same group has short attention spans, is sound-bite driven, and worships celebrity just because it is.
To me, a large part of society has been "dumbed down", and are going to suffer for it...
At Townhall.com, Dan Kennedy writes about the powers that be:
"They have decided that more than enough of us are ignorant idiots, easily pacified with empty promises and a piece of candy, happy to be done with all responsibility to think, busied with funny videos on YouTube and 146-character Tweets and X-Box and ordering complicated drinks at Starbucks. They know that five times as many people watch the climactic episodes of 'American Idol' than watch TV news programs, let alone read a newspaper and news magazines. They know that more people participate in fantasy football leagues on one Sunday than watch 'Meet the Press' in a year of Sundays. They are certain of – and rely on – the growing ignorance of the American public.
To me, it’s embarrassing to share citizenship with people who choose to be fools. To see language and communication regress from carefully composed letters to hastily shorthanded e-mails to 146-character tweets to – soon – caveman grunts. To see people brag about never reading the newspaper or a book."
