Have you noticed, as we ramp up for the U.S. Presidential election the hate email propaganda starts to roll in. I have been getting so much of it (mostly from personal acquaintances) that it actually makes me very uncomfortable and has me questioning the stability and IQ of our population. I sometimes feel like telling people who are into this method of brainwashing to go watch Fox TV for their daily dose of brainwashing, instead of trying to brainwash me and the thousands of others with these emails.
Where the problem lies is that there are people who actually believe this stuff; or, they know it is not true and will continue to forward this barrage of misinformation (and hate) in an effort to discredit something that they have no idea of what they are discrediting. I even have to wonder, if our politicians, in an effort to sway a voters thinking, have funding set aside that plays a part in this, knowing that there are people out there that will believe anything, and will spread the hate for them.
Delete forward emails, such as indicated, on the spot! I have yet to truly find one that really is of any benefit. Do not become part of the hate and the lies. Email chains spread panic, insecurity, misinformation, and hate. To me it is almost like a form a terrorism to discredit our leaders, our country and the very beliefs our country was founded on. I see nothing patriotic about it.
Email chains are bandwidth hogs that lessen the effectiveness of email as a communication medium. As a matter of fact, we are destroying the credibility and security of our email systems because we are creating an environment of propaganda where we do not know what is true and what is not true. I can tell you this much, if you rely on forward emails as your information source, especially those with a political agenda, then you are truly lessening your credibility as a person in the know.
Keep in mind every time you forward that email, your email address is added to the other hundreds (and thousands) of email addresses that have already been harvested. In essence you are profiling yourself by giving away information about yourself that could circulate worldwide and come back to haunt you. Chain emails feed on a persons psychic to the point that, in good conscience, a person feels they need to forward it on! Get in the habit of deleting these emails and believe me you will be much happier.
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Bravo Rick,
Couldn’t agree more – ” it is almost like a form of terrorism to discredit our leaders, our country and the very beliefs our country was founded on”.
Vitriol is hardly new in American politics. But, the intensity of the poison this time around is beyond precedent – at least in modern times. It seems that the dirty tricks come with no strings attached. Sober debate on actual issues has been all but drowned out.
The U.S. is such a progressive country in so many ways, but not when it comes to politics.
Bill
Bill,
Glad to hear from you. You are so right.. “the intensity of the poison this time around is beyond precedent”… It is actually shameful. Stick me in a cage and poke a stick at me and I’ll get more out of that than what I am witnessing today in politics…
Again, glad to hear from you…
Rick
Great article. I hope it gets many reads, and “forwarded” to the people most in need of seeing it.
(And thank you for the referral!)
TechPaul,
I truly wish people would listen, but they don’t (when it comes to anything, anymore). Very frustrating… I truly worry about our future generations.
Rick
I have discovered that I have no reason to listen. If I think I don’t already know something, I can just quickly “google it”.
And, I wouldn’t worry about future generations. They’ll have chips implanted in them (and GPS) and in their eyewear and cloths that will make them super smart.
Rick,
Great article. There also seems to be a push, especially by the republican candidates, to flood Facebook with posts. I guess the electronic age of campaigning has been put into full swing. However, it will all be over in November.
Best,
Paul
Paul,
Thank you… Yes, the electronic campaigning is on and the manner which it is conducted is unethical in my book AND yes November will be the telltale result. No matter who the President is, I was brought up to respect my leaders.
Rick
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