From The Art of Manliness Blog:
During the early days of the internet, the web was heralded as a new kind of forum, a place where the free exchange of ideas would be unrestricted and people could interact and engage with all sorts of opinions and views. Unfortunately, what has happened is that the internet has instead been used to form narrower and narrower communities, smaller and smaller niches of like-minded individuals who enjoy having their preconceived notions confirmed and their egos stroked. (emphasis added)
This last sentence indirectly sums up how I feel about politics today. More and more people refuse to acknowledge the potential validity of opposing viewpoints, and are unwilling to explore the potential falsity of their own ideas. Exemplifying this notion is the fact that many people today treat politics like a team sport, voting the entire right side or left side of the ticket without stopping to consider the individual candidates.
