Illegal Ignorance

I've noticed that especially in America, people will follow anything without proper knowledge. Everyone is guilty of it at one point, and no one can say that they're not. It's an unfortunate fact. Even I am not scared to admit I was guilty of it on both sides of the spectrum. For example, for about a month and a half in the second quarter of 2008, I was a fervent Obama supporter. Did I know his policies? No. Did I bother to look at them? Not for a while. Why did I like him? He was charismatic. Same reason 53% of America supported him1 . Then, after I checked his policies, saw that I didn't like what was going on, I hopped on the McTrain. Why? Because he wasn't Obama. I will admit, I never bothered to check his policies either. So why all this ignorance?

Ignorance has been nothing but a virus and corruption upon modern society, but even many of the major news networks fail to give us the informational nutrition we need. What, with NBC broadcasting such knowledgeable tributes to our society as Judge Judy or ABC shoving us in brain tanks with broadcasts such as Live with Regis and Kelly. So with all these cheap thrills and shenanigans, why bother with real news? All that stuff's depressing anyways.

If people would actually bother to check their facts and find reason for their support, whether leaning Republican or Democrat or even third party, this nation would be much better.

Citations:

1: CNN Election Results