Why Does The Public Get Outraged Over Nothing And Ignore Real Issues?

[stellabelle]

The earth can't revolve around anything, because it is flat.

I am ready to physically thrown down with round earthers

You beat me to it.

 

[15dec]

I just love that you refer to Greggs as a "cafe" lmao

Couldn't think of a better term lol

 

[Buddyluv19]

I think the mob mentality comes into play in instances like this also, people jump on the bandwagon without thinking twice about it.
It's like @Threads said, with the rise in technology, everyone has a platform to be be famous for five seconds. It can quickly degrade into a competition to see who can post the most insulting comment.

See. Facebook, Twitter, etc. really are the 'new olymics'!

 

[ReadyasEver]

I think the media is largely to blame for this problem also, newspapers, magazines etc are often filled with mundane banal articles which some readers lap up with gusto.

It's the same with TV, the common choice on any given day rivals the lowest of the tabloids. Keep them dumbed down, don't let the masses think for themselves or they might just rise up!

Oh look! Strictly is just coming on.

I have heard a few younger people say they want to get into the media and make a difference. My reply, " You are in for one big fucking surprise, shock, and letdown all at once. Brace yourself, it will not be pleasant."

 

[DeletedUser4739]

Any hatred I have is toward people doing horrible things to others and life. For some reason the people who do those things try to equate the hate they have for people like ME for disagreeing with them as the same thing. It's like those who say its "wrong" to be intolerant of intolerance as if they have found some loophole. If your beliefs and actions harm innocents...if you fight against equality, human rights, decency...and fight for selfishness, greed, and a laundry list of bad things...you are the baddies. It's not just a "different view"...it's wrong. One of the biggest tells is the people who do these things would shit the bed if someone treated them that way. It's easy to be kind, empathetic, to share, to love etc....but so many people choose the opposite.

I understand and respect your desires. As someone afflicted with more than I care to detail here, I'm not always able to be the best version of myself that I would like to be. I struggle to manage my behavior, thoughts and feelings. I continue to make efforts to address treatment for a number of afflictions. Ultimately though, I have to accept that as much as I'd like to be on the kind, compassion side of life, I simply do not always have the capacity. I also had to accept that as much good as I am capable, I have the same capacity for bad. I'm not saying this applies to everyone. Just relaying my own struggles with not always being the change I'd like to see in the world.

 

[DeletedUser4739]

It's one thing to not be able to be saintly on a daily basis...few are. It's another to be cruel, malicious, racist, greedy etc on a regular basis....those aren't just moods or other sides of the coin and they are things people have control over and CHOOSE to be because it feeds their ego and selfishness. I disagree entirely that you are as capable of bad as good based on what you have written. Bad people don't have that kind of self reflection and don't care. I'd give myself more credit than that.

I didn't mean "easy" as in no effort or without failing. I just meant it's not hard to NOT be an asshole as a person. It takes more energy to lash out and abuse and harm than it does to love.

Thank you for the elaboration. It helps me as I'm trying to gain better perspective on myself and what I'm doing.

How I long for the simplicity of just being kind. I hope it's still within me. I think I still feel it some days. I'm finding I'm having to actively practice kindness...not such a bad thing in the long run I hope. Should I make it. After about a decade of watching myself on a downward spiral, it's hard to recognize anything worthy or decent in myself at times.

 

[TAW122]

I agree with a lot of opinions on here. To summarize it up, the majority of the population in the world is rather ignorant of the things that goes around and since they are a part of society itself, they control it. They outnumber us and regardless of whether they are right or wrong, it is irrelevant because to them, maintaining the status quo is important. It is like a vicious cycle of society setting the rules, keeping the masses ignorant and stupid, then indoctrinating them to continue the cycle of stupidity. Some people challenge and rebel, but are eventually overwhelmed and drowned out or censored, therefore out efforts to change the world and make it better become futile.

 

[peachesNpoison]

Maybe it's just my subpar memory, but I don't remember people being this shocked and angry when researchers said that we only have until 2030 to try and divert climate change. I also don't recall this much shock and horror over other horrible things like airstrikes and the Salisbury poisoning; at least not from the public.

I think it's because people want to focus on issues where they personally have no power to change things in order to distract themselves from the issues where they DO have power but which would require thoughtful engagement, discipline, and changing their own behaviors. There's also little cachet to be earned by doing the right thing every day. Almost everyone being complicit in ignoring real issues like climate change just makes it easier for all of them to pretend that this issue is out of their hands.
It's just easier to put the effort into not thinking about what they're doing than to keep the world coming to an end or whichever other important issue they're ignoring but complicit in.

 

[Firecaste]

FYI vegan sausage rolls are the spawn of Satan and should be purged.

 

[gingerplum]

FYI vegan sausage rolls are the spawn of Satan and should be purged.

 

[gingerplum]

Read the attached article. Does Piers Morgan never tire of finding ways to confirm himself as a crashing, insufferable bore?

 

[Firecaste]

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I'm trying to enter orbit not collide with the damn thing!

 

[Buddyluv19]

It's one thing to not be able to be saintly on a daily basis...few are. It's another to be cruel, malicious, racist, greedy etc on a regular basis....those aren't just moods or other sides of the coin and they are things people have control over and CHOOSE to be because it feeds their ego and selfishness.

Thank you, @oneofthesedays. It's kind of bazaar but I was JUST thinking about this as I woke up this morning. In particular, I was thinking about my 'entire life' - not just the past couple of years (which have been different as my illness has progressed). I'm really not one to give myself a 'break' of any sort, but I have to admit that, 'on-balance', I have been kind and generous, quick to forgive, and apologize. People who knew me before I got really sick, will remember this. I think a big problem for me is that I didn't extend kindness, acceptance, and forgiveness to myself. Maybe that's why I got sick?

In any case, I really don't want to spend my last days focusing on issues over which I have no control. As self-critical as I am, it just leads to feelings of guilt over what I should/could have done.

Thank you for your thoughtful post.

 

[Buddyluv19]

How I long for the simplicity of just being kind. I hope it's still within me. I think I still feel it some days. I'm finding I'm having to actively practice kindness...not such a bad thing in the long run I hope. Should I make it. After about a decade of watching myself on a downward spiral, it's hard to recognize anything worthy or decent in myself at times.

@Baltic Orchid, thank you for this post. I have spent decades trying to practice kindness to others without actually being kind to 'myself'. Even 5 years ago, I wouldn't have been 'caught dead' saying this because it's so 'cliche'. If I heard someone say, "be kind to yourself", or "you can't love others unless you love yourself", I'd literally feel the bile come up in my throat! So I'm not going to say either of these things to you. I'm going to take this as a 'sign' that, in my last days, I need to be honest about what is truly good within me - and be kinder to myself. I don't know for sure, but I 'hope' this will benefit the limited 'others' with whom I am in contact.

Peace.

 

[ReadyasEver]

Kindness, apathy, compassion seem to be just words now, with definitions and examples that many can not comprehend. So many people will judge my death as cowardice or selfish. That is there perception, take a deep breathe and put yourself in the shoes of the person that died. In my case, do you really want to endure a painful, debilitating long death? Watching those around you suffer, wasting resources, wasting money to make the inevitable "comforting"? Not going to happen my friends.

 

[peachesNpoison]

Read the attached article. Does Piers Morgan never tire of finding ways to confirm himself as a crashing, insufferable bore?

It was pretty amusing when, years after he popped up in the states, I came to find out that Piers' home country fucking hates him too, lol