Reading back on my first OTM and WI's, I do have similar feelings now about Trump as I did back then. I still don't agree with some of his decisions and way of going about things. Although, one thing I will say I noticed while reading back, is that I have failed to do research on both sides of my argument. I notice a lot of the things that I've said, in ALL my blog posts, are very one-sided research. I've spent countless hours trying to finds things against Trump, but can't say I've read or went out of my way to read anything thats for Trump.
I absolutely find a fault in this. I think it's a biased way of thinking. Not just about politics (although politics is a huge one) but rather any thing in life that we must decide on. I truly think the only way to know that if something is right and in a good decision, that you must know both sides of the argument before coming to a conclusion. You can't make a genuinely knowledgable decision if you have only seen one half, no matter how obvious something might seem.This is something that I have failed to do, but hope to do in the future with my other posts/arguments in life in general.
From this point forward, before writing about something or getting into a debate with someone, I'm going to attempt to do my proper research on both sides. I think this will be difficult, considering the amount of biased material on the internet, but not impossible.
That's how I have felt about my responses as well. They are very one sided and I don't bother to see the other side. I always say to be open minded, and not judge. I should really take my own advice.
ReplyDeleteI think that most of us probably made that mistake in our thinking. It's been very interesting to have this assignment to make us reflect on our posts.
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