| SamuelRSmith said: I think the "bubble" thing has been around for much, much, longer than cable news/the Internet. It's just that we're now more aware of other people's bubbles. It's all about who you associate with. I know my nan, for example, spends most of her time down the pub with her friends, and they have all formed a bubble (I'm sure they spend 90% of their time discussing how immigration is destroying the country). My mum works in education and social services, and she spends a lot of time socializing with her colleagues, and she ends up with extremely strong views on those areas. My dad spends most of his time on a golf course with other businessmen, and their top issues seem to be taxes, regulations, etc. Now, they have these bubbles, and they're all fine, until we all sit down for a family dinner at Christmas, and all hell breaks loose. (For those interested, I tend to keep my nose out... because I just know that they will all turn against me). The Internet hasn't made the bubble situation better or worse (these people are hyper-partisan, and do not use the Internet), but what it has lead to is a greater frequency of clashes. |
So the Internet is a demographic targeting of bubbles at this point then rather than making them exist? And with this targeting then comes pandering to them, and then arming them with information, reenforcing the views.
It could also be that with increased frequency means the shock value of them happening, and the fear of fallout happening, has resulted in increasing boldness about doing them. To me it just seems like maybe things have changed. Maybe if it is me that has changed in regards to this. I know my views aren't the same. I actually went though and stop being against conservatism, since 2004, when I ran into American Conservative magazine, Pat Buchanan's magazine, and realized I saw there were a number of reasons why real conservatives objected to the last administration I was able to agree with, and I read more on conservatism, real conservatism, not this BS Newscorp/Fox News inconsistent stuff. I also became more open to Libertarianism due to Ron Paul, and reading Hayek, realizing that Libertarianism doesn't equal Objectivism, which matched with Conservatism not equaling Neo-conservatism. Probably another turning point that made me aware of things was how the Internet, and cable news, didn't take one minute to take a break from politicing when the Arizona congresswoman got shot. Then there is the recent Travon Martin shooting, which goes ink blots, and like clockwork, where you stand NOW on the shooting was based entirely on one's political views (you can see how the news is spun).
Maybe it is more me, in the end, tired of the political spinning of things. Yes, it is a case of being tired to an extend I had hoped that Occupy would of been something that didn't get spun political either, and led to community building stuff. But nope. Call it maybe my community builder instinct who is tired of politics, and the spin.
