There is an epidemic in this country. You could say it's an attack, a pandering, a slight of hand, a juxtaposition, either way they are lies meant to persuade you to believe anything but the truth. Words are a powerful thing. They are meant to communicate thoughts and feelings, even ideas of things yet to be known to our culture. But today, especially today, we are seeing how words are being used to skew perceptions, to be used as a weapon against the reader. Most don't pay enough attention to realize how a word or a phrase can be used against them. Hyperbole; exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally, are in fact taken literally for the sole purpose of deceiving and/or attempting to win a particular argument. These are not words, they are weapons, meant to deceive the listener into believe no foul deed has been committed. There are practitioners of the written word who work solely to manipulate you from the truth by spinning a lie around ...
Social media of course is the delivery service demonstrating how people really think and feel. Unfortunately what people really communicate is not completely rational or balanced. Mankind consists mostly of individuals whose brain works on one side of the spectrum or the other. You could even reference it as a color spectrum. This is the problem in our social media culture when we try to be heard; the only way to be heard is to be one sided so we can harness a group of like-minded individuals who agree with us. The problem with race in this country isn't racism. You can live your life blaming the economy but yet you aren't going out there to find a job. That's pretty much how the focus is on racism. Human nature doesn't work on color, it works on reflection, on projection, on how we make others feel not just about us, but mostly about themselves. Color is never an issue only an excuse. Frankly I'm tired of sports and entertainment celebs touting ...