** 30-Jun-2023 World View: Escaping the echo chamber
thomasglee wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:13 am
> You are correct, this place has
> become an echo chamber, and the only
> ones allowed to have an opinion are
> those who agree with a select
> few. All others are "Russian trolls,
> nut-cases, inexcusably anti-vax (I
> have good reasons for being
> anti-vax), or just too stupid to
> know anything." This site is no
> longer a place where thoughts can be
> exchanged and where logic rules.
> But if you believe everything the
> government and the MSM tell you,
> you're welcome here. Otherwise,
> your view is an anathema that needs
> to be expunged or dismissed. I drop
> in each morning to see what's going
> on, but in reality, nothing is going
> on here. I come here more out of
> habit than anything. I no longer
> learn anything on this site.
> Nothing.
thomasglee wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:04 pm
> And here, you prove my point.
> You're the arbiter of what's allowed
> and what's not. Where each
> "echo-chamber" has to be. It's not
> an exchange of ideals, or thoughts,
> that are not agreeable to you and
> the other arbiters.
> As much as it pains me, this will
> have to be my last post here. I
> know you and others won't care and
> that's ok, cuz honestly, I don't
> care either.
> Each echo chamber can keep chatting
> to itself and eventually, you'll
> only have like-minded individuals
> posting here and you can all pat
> yourselves on your backs.
> It's been real, it's been (at times)
> fun, but it ain't been real fun.
>
To start, it's worth pointing out that
you and Cool Breeze have been totally
wrong about the Ukraine war. And I
don't mean wrong about some little
detail. I mean almost 100% wrong about
a massive invasion that has killed
genocide and mass torture and slaughter
of hundreds of thousands of Orthodox
Christians, who share the belief of your
religion -- assuming that you even
believe in the religion you and CB claim
to have.
Your claim that you've learned nothing,
nothing, from this forum is bizarre.
Dozens of people have contributed news
and information about the Ukraine war,
and you could have learned a great deal
from them. Instead, all you do is
complain and accuse all of us of being
idiot dupes of the mainstream media.
A forum like this is not a one-way
street. And it's not a movie theatre.
You say that you've learned nothing,
nothing from this forum, but if you want
to learn something then you have to
contribute something. I can't recall
that you've ever contibuted anything to
any of the threads that you denigrate as
"echo chambers." This is what I would
expect of CB, who is an idiot and a
troll, but I expect a lot more of you.
Here's an example where you could
contribute, if you're so inclined. You
and your family lived in South Korea for
over 20 years. You have a great deal of
insight into the entire situation in
Asia, and how North Korea's threatened
invasion of South Korea compares to
China's threatened invasion of Taiwan,
India, Russia, or Japan, or how it
provides insight into Russia's actual
invasion of Ukraine.
I've packed a lot of stuff into the last
paragraph, to show you multiple ways
that you can contribute. You have a
wealth of knowledge and experience that
you can use to respond to me, to Higgie,
to Aeden, or to anyone else, to agree
with them, correct them, or disagree
with them. If these threads are echo
chambers, then you're at fault as much
as anyone.
So do whatever you're going to do, but
keep in mind that there's no free lunch
in this forum, or elsewhere.