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and, we are pre-distracted, largely by choice. We ain't gonna learn what we don't want to know.
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Posted by bongo on 2012-05-01 13:48:51

In Reply to: The point of a protest is public awareness, which gets instantly distracted by violence posted by nomad on 2012-05-01 11:38:02

and judging by the quality of our political discourse, significant numbers of us are not that interested in reality.

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Half of the world's species gone by the end of the century... why arent we protesting in the streets - shikantaza 2012-05-01 10:09:52 (82 views)

"Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?" - "What d'ya got!" Look, man, I've been there and done - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 11:05:03 (86 views)

+1 - nomad 2012-05-01 11:30:18 (73 views)

That's absolutely true in both those cases but you can't muster up that much reaction to everything - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 11:37:53 (63 views)

Agreed. But everyone thinks their cause is different, far more important - nomad 2012-05-01 11:46:08 (62 views)

Yep, well said. But two issues I'm not feeling the need to carry a sign about are, our need to cut - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 13:47:25 (65 views)

don't really agree... I think most people know the situation but don't understand - shikantaza 2012-05-01 15:16:00 (63 views)

I post this every so often - Shallow Hal 2012-05-01 11:01:52 (74 views)

The relevant part of his point is contradictory, for the most part - buzz 2012-05-01 21:59:53 (55 views)

seems fairly obvious... Carlin's take seemed to remove humans from the fucking up things part - shikantaza 2012-05-01 22:49:54 (52 views)

No. Carlin had two points. One, that a lot of stuff happens - gsw_hoops 2012-05-02 10:17:48 (48 views)

That's not exactly it either - Shallow Hal 2012-05-02 10:32:35 (51 views)

huh? your main point is that environmentalists are just selfish... - shikantaza 2012-05-02 11:27:32 (44 views)

Not shockingly, you didn't get it at all - Shallow Hal 2012-05-02 09:11:26 (36 views)

This is worth 7 minutes if you like George Carlin. LMAO - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 13:48:51 (48 views)

meh... - shikantaza 2012-05-01 11:19:20 (72 views)

Apparently, the "we didn't kill them all" part didn't make a huge impression on you - Shallow Hal 2012-05-01 14:59:11 (55 views)

I love George Carlin... I didn't have time to watch the whole thing. - shikantaza 2012-05-01 15:13:11 (53 views)

They are! - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-01 10:15:00 (74 views)

yea... I'm not really convinced either way, I guess, but I do think normal people instead of psychos - shikantaza 2012-05-01 10:22:37 (63 views)

The point of a protest is public awareness, which gets instantly distracted by violence - nomad 2012-05-01 11:38:02 (63 views)

and, we are pre-distracted, largely by choice. We ain't gonna learn what we don't want to know. - bongo 2012-05-01 13:48:51 (59 views)

Yep. We've got bread & circuses - what more do we need? - nomad 2012-05-01 15:21:36 (44 views)

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