In the modern day, when campaigns for office seem to be happening all the time, it is important to know how to see past the biases in what is reported and find the truth. We may never know the absolute Truth, but we can, with reason and forethought, come close enough to make rational choices. This excellent article covers 10 Ways to Become Politically Savvy by Overcoming the Biases. It comes from my newest favorite blog, The Illusion of Choice.
Beat the Bias – 10 Ways to Become Politically Savvy
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You’re welcome. I enjoyed the article and I hope you get several new followers from my reblog.
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Tim, thanks for introducing me to this blog–I like her thoughtful approach and have signed up to follow it, too. And what an appropriate time to be paying attention to political discourse!
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Donna, you are welcome — and you’re so correct about the timeliness. Do you follow Ask Yer Mom?
(It’s in my list of blogs I follow on the right side of this page, currently down around number 40. The list is in the order I started following them with the most recent at the top, so that is not a ranking.)
She has shared a video of a Ted Talk about how to detect lies which is quite good.
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For me, how a politician says something is almost as important as what they say. So many just vomit key words with no real thought to the actual question they were asked. When I see that, I immediately knock them off my list of potential candidates. If you can’t be thoughtful when you speak, then you probably won’t be thoughtful when you act.
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Good point. Jargon, cliches, and talking points exist for a reason, but they get used mindlessly far too often.
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