When A Society Lacks Conviction

[mystery-ak]

October 1, 2024
When A Society Lacks Conviction
By Allan J. Feifer

It's an unfortunate reality that millions of Americans lack convictions founded in logic, reason, and history, instead relying on feelings as their primary touchstone.

They seek out misinformation sources that aligns with their emotional needs, codifying deep divisions in their political leanings.

The Kamaa Harris campaign's minimal information tactic reveals another divide we have glossed over too much: how to make sense of the information available.  The Harris campaign is mining a vein they call 'joy,' which I call disinformation, curated especially for low-information, low-attention, and high-emotion voters.

Millions believe in moral relativism, and that thinking happy thoughts is somehow superior to critical thinking.

God help us survive these people.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/when_a_society_lacks_conviction.html

[MeganC]

I cringe when tools from the media-government conspiracy talk about "making people feel safer" instead of actually doing something to create safety.

It is emblematic of what you speak of here and you can see it on the news almost every night.

[Bigun]

Watch! I think this lady has plenty of conviction and we need millions more of her!

https://twitter.com/RickyDoggin/status/1840767191097937922

[Lando Lincoln]

Wow, wow, wow!  She laid down some serious fire without so much as a stammer. She is a rock star!

[Bigun]

Wow, wow, wow!  She laid down some serious fire without so much as a stammer. She is a rock star!

I see a career in politics in her future if she would be willing to get into that sewer.

[The_Reader_David]

As Yeats said of his own times:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre   
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst   
Are full of passionate intensity.

[rustynail]

'When A Society Lacks Conviction', Biden/Harris imports 400 thousand convicts.

[PeteS in CA]

People who believe in nothing could be persuaded to accept anything. When nothing is truly right or wrong, anything could be either at some time to some person.