Post 1,060: Bold Faced Lies

Blanket statements are a big part of the problem I am pointing to. There are good politicians and bad politicians. There are good teachers and bad teachers. There are good police and bad police. If I only pay attention to the problems, because that is what the news or my feed shows me constantly, it is easy to feel like all politicians, or police, or teachers are awful.

Take politicians for a moment and think about this. Personally, when my political party is in power, I feel better about the world. I have absolutely had more anxiety about the world when the other party is in power. The news I consumed told me things were good when my team was winning, and terrible when they were not.

And yet, 99.9999999999% of the rest of the world was filled with the same people doing the same things every day. So why was everything in politics good just because my news focused on the good stories? And why did I think we needed to burn the whole system down when my news was focused on the bad stories?

My side is always right. My team is never bad. My beliefs are the right answer. All these statements take away my chance to look at the situation in front of me and decide for myself.

~Ryan Lynch

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