Well, now we have it; now we have the topic that I have been circling around for some time. That is right, I have been circling around koolaid drinkers, rose-tinted glasses wearers, and the like. Did you guess that? Now, do keep in mind that I am not talking about people who actually drink the drink (though, with the religious fad part, I might be) that I recenly learned that by asdding ground horseshoe you can make into jello. I am talking about people who are so devoted to an idea/person/cause that it can d no wrong, and that it is always perfect and rights. I am talking about the die hard fans, the cult members, the 'ites' of the world.
Too many people run through life with rose-tinted shades on (which is only acceptable if they are Beatles), believing only what they want to, and not accepting anything else. Really, there are many problems with people who drink too much koolaid. While most problems have already been pointed out in these last few posts, there are three main ones that bug me the most: Their 'issue' is never wrong - they believe anything said/put out by their person/group - they can only see the good parts.
Their 'issue' is never wrong:
This is one of my biggest issues with people who drink too much koolaid. They feel that their issue/candidate/group is never wrong. Too many people think that Obama is right, no matter how he changed over the time. They feel the same about Ron Paul, their religions, and the like. No matter how little the change is, no matter how big it is, they always think that the change did not happen, that the position was always the same. This has several self evident problems; if you always are right then you have problems accepting others, let alone seeing the actual truth.
They believe anything said/put out by their person/group:
Anonymous claims that Scientologists are stalking their group members; McCain says that NAFTA is good for America; Obama says that he is for leaving Iraq. Propaganda is easy enough to distribute to people who think clearly, why do you let it get to you when you can not think. People who wear glasses always will believe what their issue says, no matter what it is. You can make the most absurd claim and it gets believe by the masses, because they are that in love with you. This is how Hitler came to be, this is how Caesar got the populace to love him. When people close their mind nothing good can come of it.
They can only see the good parts:
Ron Paul has some good things (I suppose) and some bad, as does Obama, Scientology, Celebrities, the Democrat Party, and the rest. I can see the good, the bad, and the ugly, as can most of us. The problems is that the shade wears can not. They see only the good. They see sexism inherent when Hillary makes a mistake, they see Racism when Wright is brought up, they see ageism when McCain gets attacked for not knowing the difference between Sunni and Shiite. These people see their candidate as good, and everybody else (especially those who criticize their person) as being wrong. One can point out facts, data, anything, and these people still will only see the good. The problems with this are obvious, how can anybody be expected to learn if there is only good in the world. The question becomes, is it worth falling so in love with an ideal that you can not see the forest, let alone the trees?
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Thanks,
Barga
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