i think fox would make more sense if they started throwing their shit around, nothing they do or say means anything. it's sad that assholes like these guy's feel the need to make something evil that quite simply isn't. it's idiot's like these fox news "pundits" that make me thank god that i pay attention to reality.
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When you open your 'news report' with an entirely unnecessary insult like this:Grey Carter said:
"In a segment on Monday's episode of Lou Dobbs Tonight, puffy-faced, human-combover Lou Dobbs"
you lose your credibility rather quickly and come off looking childish and desperate. Reporting the facts and stating your opinion calmly, reasonably and free from insult would render me a great deal more sympathetic to your cause, then shallow, cruel remarks and personal jabs ever could.
This from a center-left that leans heavily on the latter, mind.
Keep in mind that even the official news-people are known to have bias despite being professionally unbiased ordinarily. I'd compare what they said more to the kind of jabs we'd see on The Daily Show.Grey Day for Elcia said:
Also, the Escapist isn't known for being terribly unbiased, so I'm a little surprised it would get you so much. If I heard someone sitting in their little news studio blatantly bashing something I liked with no provocation and flimsy evidence, I'd feel a bit biased, too.
We are all biased in our own way--it's the human condition. But opening an article with hostile attacks and insults--commenting on one's appearance, no less--is just childish. It hardly shines a nice light on your team if you spend the bulk of your argument subtly calling the other guys idiots. State your opinion. Point out perceived fallacies in your opponent's. Suggest solutions or a course of action. Be civil. That's how you win debates. You don't get up on your chair and shout out how you're right and they're morons. Just because it's your perspective doesn't mean you have the higher ground and some inherited right to act like a tosser.Hiroshi Mishima said:
World would be a much nicer, or at least calmer place, if people would spend less time insulting and attacking others for their opinions and more time rationally sharing their own.
I dislike Fox News a great deal. I believe they spread half thrushes at best and blatant lies at worst. I believe they (and the greater right-wing community) can be racist, classist, naive and self-interested. Just so it's clear I'm not backing them, lol.
Yea cause everyone knows that sharing and caring for the environment is evil.
It's still funny to see how a percentage of the most powerful country are stupid rednecks.
Yea I get why you all hate Obama and say hes incompetent you don't let him do shit.
I live in a ''socialist'' province (Québec ftw!!!)and I'm freaking proud that anyone can get medical treatments without getting ruined. And you know whats better? we get cheap electricity, education and the economic crisis barely did anything to us and most people are atheist.
It's still funny to see how a percentage of the most powerful country are stupid rednecks.
Yea I get why you all hate Obama and say hes incompetent you don't let him do shit.
I live in a ''socialist'' province (Québec ftw!!!)and I'm freaking proud that anyone can get medical treatments without getting ruined. And you know whats better? we get cheap electricity, education and the economic crisis barely did anything to us and most people are atheist.
When did telling stories to teach our children values we hold become wrong?
I mean, the people on Fox, I assume, are mostly Christian. I'm sure they don't decide to keep their beliefs to themselves until their children grow up.
I mean, the people on Fox, I assume, are mostly Christian. I'm sure they don't decide to keep their beliefs to themselves until their children grow up.
When I haven't watched TV for a while (most of it coming from the USA), I begin to imagine that people like this don't really exist.
"Nobody can be that willfully ignorant" I think to myself, "Americans get a bad rap. Fox Network can't really be that stereotypically 'American selfish', and they certainly can't have legions of rabid followers, no sir".
I don't even know what to say to this. I'm just sad. One big question does keep appearing in my mind; why is this sad display being posted on The Escapist? What does this have to do with anything game- or nerd-culture-related?
"Nobody can be that willfully ignorant" I think to myself, "Americans get a bad rap. Fox Network can't really be that stereotypically 'American selfish', and they certainly can't have legions of rabid followers, no sir".
I don't even know what to say to this. I'm just sad. One big question does keep appearing in my mind; why is this sad display being posted on The Escapist? What does this have to do with anything game- or nerd-culture-related?
I don't want to create a bunch of drama, but... Grey Carter seems to have a lot of opinions and I'm seeing a trend of emotionally-charged articles from him. It's rather worrying, especially when it's about something the Escapist at large already has a prejudice against. A perfectly valid and understandable prejudice, mind, but still.Grey Day for Elcia said:
I want my news to be delivered with as little prejudice as possible, and a lot of my world news I get from The Escapist.
Honestly I think the average joe is too dumb to see those messages and I highly doubt the new Lorax movie will keep it's message in tact.
When I finally saw Wall-E I was dumb struck by the blatant messages about out own laziness, greed, consumerism and a myriad of other faults that we had. but all anyone ever goes on about is how cute Wall-E and Eve are. When I bring up the issues the movie pointed out I get blank stares back in return. It's like we've grown to just tune that sort of thing out and only focus on the shallow and superficial (or forgotten how to comprehend it entirely).
Thus, I say to Fox, not to worry because Americans are too dumb to even see the message, let along understand it, even if the message is there!
When I finally saw Wall-E I was dumb struck by the blatant messages about out own laziness, greed, consumerism and a myriad of other faults that we had. but all anyone ever goes on about is how cute Wall-E and Eve are. When I bring up the issues the movie pointed out I get blank stares back in return. It's like we've grown to just tune that sort of thing out and only focus on the shallow and superficial (or forgotten how to comprehend it entirely).
Thus, I say to Fox, not to worry because Americans are too dumb to even see the message, let along understand it, even if the message is there!
Well Miyazaki was a Marxist in his youth, before rejecting it, claiming that 'he learnt to stopping seeing things in terms of class'. However, he still retains a worldview that would be considered 'pacifist', 'internationalist', 'secularist' 'environmentalist', and very, very pro sexual equality. In other words, just about everything that Fox stands against.
It would be fun to see O'Reilly interview him. Personally, I think Miyazaki would enjoy it, having everyone worship the ground you walk on must get tiring after a while.
It would be fun to see O'Reilly interview him. Personally, I think Miyazaki would enjoy it, having everyone worship the ground you walk on must get tiring after a while.
I do believe that Fox News should be treated with due suspicion for promoting their agenda of stupidity and paranoia. While our children go to the movies to raise their awareness of serious issues threatening the entire planet and our very existence, numerous people are exposed to influence of Fox News, trying to promote themselves via idiotic statements spoken through poker faces - all for the sake of rating and popularity. Their program has several critical points to it - necessary to develop that feeling in their audience - the feeling that anything anybody does has its undercurrents and the undercurrents are always aimed at pushing some political or social point of view which endangers our very whatever.
Seriously, I didn't think such morons even existed outside my country and now I'm not even sure whether I should be happy Ukraine's now alone in its moron capacity or sad because this did not end with us.
Seriously, I didn't think such morons even existed outside my country and now I'm not even sure whether I should be happy Ukraine's now alone in its moron capacity or sad because this did not end with us.
See, I doubt most people would have thought about that if someone hadn't of pointed it out for them. I saw a sickly boy trying to make friends with the only person nearby around his age, screw up, and try to fix his mistake and save his friends. I saw a small family that was basically what people like about the little mouse people in movies.Spot1990 said:
They're making a fuss over a small thing that no one would have cared about.
I fucking hate the phrase "the liberal media".
To me, it's the same as saying "The Jews control the media".
There is liberally leaning media, there is conservative leaning media, and there is moderate media. From what I can tell there's more conservative news shows Fox's numerous channels than there are on MSNBC and CNN combine--CNN is pretty moderate too! Just because the broadcaster doesn't believe that all gays should be stoned, all abortion clinics bombed and the environment along with anyone who disagree or is foreign can go fuck each other in a different country, doesn't make them liberal. It makes them sane.
To me, it's the same as saying "The Jews control the media".
There is liberally leaning media, there is conservative leaning media, and there is moderate media. From what I can tell there's more conservative news shows Fox's numerous channels than there are on MSNBC and CNN combine--CNN is pretty moderate too! Just because the broadcaster doesn't believe that all gays should be stoned, all abortion clinics bombed and the environment along with anyone who disagree or is foreign can go fuck each other in a different country, doesn't make them liberal. It makes them sane.
Unfortunately, doing so gets you more space on the news domain and to most you seem to be right. Screaming and yelling gets more attention than not doing so. Still a tosser, and I blame ourselves for feeding into the idea that the angry person is the hero in movies, comics and books. We do get movies with peaceful heroes like Gahndi, but they're not considered as badass as Rambo or Diehard.Grey Day for Elcia said:
Sh8ts and giggles mate. Sh8ts and giggles.DTH1337 said:
It's really cliche, but I feel the whole "becoming what you hate" ideal to be fitting. Don't get me wrong, though; there's no doubt in my mind that the racism, classism, sexism, prejudice and homophobia that Fox News spreads is the much greater of the two evils here--no doubt for a second.Akimoto said: