Thank you for the advice. I'm afraid I am unable to alter my style to suit people with short attention spans or who are not willing to expend the time and energy to follow my lead, however. I was writing specifically to respond to certain things that have been concerning to me over the last couple of years that have been disregarded in t…
Thank you for the advice. I'm afraid I am unable to alter my style to suit people with short attention spans or who are not willing to expend the time and energy to follow my lead, however. I was writing specifically to respond to certain things that have been concerning to me over the last couple of years that have been disregarded in this space which I happen to believe are contradictory to Thom's stated beliefs and ideas about democracy and how it must be preserved via education. You have illustrated the issue quite well, in fact. Those who lack an interest in an area of controversy, debate, or knowledge and those who are not paying attention voluntarily as a consequence of their own inquiries or curiosities will not do the work or benefit much from it if they are compelled by external force or extrinsic reward. Some things involve deep belief systems, biases, mythology, and social traditions which cannot be reduced to sound bites or clever statements of truth and fact. My writing is not for everyone and some things must be said even at the risk of being ignored. Thank you again for your input though. For what it is worth, that was one of my shorter posts.
Thank you for the advice. I'm afraid I am unable to alter my style to suit people with short attention spans or who are not willing to expend the time and energy to follow my lead, however. I was writing specifically to respond to certain things that have been concerning to me over the last couple of years that have been disregarded in this space which I happen to believe are contradictory to Thom's stated beliefs and ideas about democracy and how it must be preserved via education. You have illustrated the issue quite well, in fact. Those who lack an interest in an area of controversy, debate, or knowledge and those who are not paying attention voluntarily as a consequence of their own inquiries or curiosities will not do the work or benefit much from it if they are compelled by external force or extrinsic reward. Some things involve deep belief systems, biases, mythology, and social traditions which cannot be reduced to sound bites or clever statements of truth and fact. My writing is not for everyone and some things must be said even at the risk of being ignored. Thank you again for your input though. For what it is worth, that was one of my shorter posts.