I started this post with the idea of talking about how, just within a neighborhood or group of friends, you run into people who believe they have 'the answer' about things. Whether it be religious, or political issues, or who does a better job of recycling. Or whose banana nut bread recipe is better.
It boggles the mind to think of all the things we can find to disagree about.
Black and White Thinking
In the U.S. we've become such a country of extremists. I tend to blame it on the 24-hour news stations. They have to gin up some sort of controversy to cover up the fact that they aren't saying anything new. They play on emotions, try to make out that 'the other side' are evil, when in reality 'the other side' is a myth they created.
But it appeals to people (on all sides of an issue) that are extremists.
ex-trem-ist - a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action.
Two Meanings
I was just thinking of the problems in our own country. The fact that critical thinking is no longer considered a good idea.
Then I noticed today's date, and I thought of the worldwide problem of extremists.
'We're right' and They're wrong', historically, has not let to good things.
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Personally, I never met a banana nut bread that I didn't like.
Daily Hits of Happy
-Remembering that perfection isn't the goal
-Remembering that bad days don't equal a bad life
-A house that smells of peanut butter cookies
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"History proves that those who seed
extremist ideologies
reap a better harvest."
-Sushma Swaraj
"Simple black-and-white thinking or action
is always going to be problematic."
-Maggie Gyllenhaal
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"If you don't read the newspapers, you are uninformed.
If you do read them you are misinformed."
-Mark Twain
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