Posted By:
Bryan LongThis may sound very stupid to everyone that has posted on this thread so far, but after reading the entire thread I decided to give my opinions for what they are worth.
I consider myself the typical young AMERICAN. But I do not watch the news and I rarely watch anything political. The media circus in our world has created the "Angry American." It is no longer about being informed, but being reformed into the mindless soldiers that both political parties are wanting the citizens of American to be. Whether you are talking about Olbermann, O'Reilly, or any other paid sell-out that stands in front of a camera pretending to be the all-knowing, all-powerful, follow-me type of person.
Bush is not at fault for our problems. Clinton is not at fault for our problems. Who is? The media! The media created the "Angry American" because it means dollor signs. The angrier America gets the more they watch the news and follow the advise of so-called now-it-alls.
We hear news everyday about who killed who, who robbed what and who kidnapped who - but why? Because that is what sells. Rarely do we hear the stories of the heroes the exist in our world everyday. A celebrity (or politican) dives in the ocean to save a drowning swimmer and it gets 5 minutes on the midnight news, but a celebrity (or politican) jumps in front of a on-coming car and you hear about it for several days. How the man had problems - his wife left him - his dog died of cancer - his gerbil committed suicide by hanging himself from his running wheel. And all of this because he voted for George W. Bush (or Clinton) and hates himself for it.
We are angry because we are forced to be anrgy by what we are told - true or not true. Maybe becoming numb to the news and the members of the news that spew it out is making me a bad American - but if that is the case then Americans are filled with young bad Americans. Instead of following the rich and powerful for your information, do your own research. Instead of being told what the "truth" is - find out for yourself.
-- OK after reading this I realized that it no longer had much to do with what the thread was really about, but I though that it may still have some degree of truth to it . . . so I figured what the heck, I may as well post it. I apologize for my ramblings. --
Respectfully,
One Angry Youth of America
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