Truth or Lies, Life or Death
There are Two Ways Before Each One of Us
A Good Citizen will Learn to STOP AND THINK
For the Sake and Survival of our Democracy
Are you using due diligence
to investigate all of the information that you share?
YOU ARE PROBABLY SPREADING MISINFORMATION. HERE'S HOW TO STOP.
It is our duty as citizens and good human beings to stop the spread of misinformation. Here are a few of my thoughts and the links below carry it further.
1. It is a good citizen's job to stop the spread of lies and misinformation
2. It is not our job to be a spreader of everything you like or react to. This
gives me an image of a manure spreader on a farm. Not our job.
Stop spreading the stench of lies.
3. It is our job to use due diligence and INVESTIGATE each and every article or other meme that makes us feel good before sharing anything. Remember, propaganda is created to evoke an emotional reaction (fear, hate, rage, etc) in you and therefore makes you want to spread it, while screaming, "See? I told you!" This is also called the "Virus of the Mind" because of the way it spreads and destroys its hosts, very similar to cancer.
4. Investigate: the SOURCE. Check the URL to see what type of organization it came from. Following the URL back to the source is very easy. From there, check out everything about them with the following questions in mind:
5. Who is the AUTHOR? Is the author known for objective investigation and reporting?
6. What are the author's CREDENTIALS? Are they an expert in the area that that they are writing about? Or are they pretending to be an expert to get you riled up so you pass it on. There are a lot of know-it-alls out there. Beware!!!
7. What is the RELIABILITY level of the information coming from that source? Are the stories objective, accurate, and true? Or are they politically biased right from the start?
8. What is the BIAS and how extreme is it? Right or Left? Or extremist in either direction? Don't become an extremist. History should have taught us that lesson.
9. What is the main feeling that it PROMOTES? prejudice, hate, fear, rage? or does it come from a place of compassion for both sides? Democracy requires dissent. Disagreement is the life blood of any democracy.
10. Does it disparage freedom of expression or freedom of speech or the free press? Again, these are FOUNDATIONAL TO DEMOCRACY and NOT THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
SO ALL I AM SAYING IS: STOP AND THINK!!!
*** Check out this Chart on Media Bias and Reliability
Labeling, Categorizing, Dehumanizing, and Eliminating:
https://livingwithopenhands2.blogspot.com/.../labeling...
https://livingwithopenhands2.blogspot.com/.../labeling...
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