Monday, January 30, 2012

political Bias

Bias can influence not only the petty things in life but our overall outlook on the world. What I find the most interesting form of bias is in the roots of our political views. I believe that it does not matter how intelligent or educated a person can be they fall prey to their environment. Our environment whether it be our parents, priests, teachers, and peers shape the way we view the world. In the specific case of politics there is not any words in the world that can change our political bias because of how strong the roots of our environment are. Unless of course our environment has an extreme changes then our political views can change. I find this very interesting because of how heavily this political bias influences our government and country. When the majority of people believe so strongly in their political viewpoints they latch on to their political ideals and want the country to move in the direction of their party. Because of the way our congress works this is impossible. That is why barely anything has been accomplished because people refuse to compromise to their political bias. This just shows how much bias not only influences our lives and world but also how heavily it effects our government and country.

2 comments:

  1. Sam - I thought this was a really interesting blog post and that you touch on a very good point when you talk about the environment that you were brought up in and how you feel about the politics. I myself agree very strongly with this because I honestly have no real interest in politics just like both of my parents that have never really been to interested in that kind of thing. I believe however that if I was brought up in a household that follows politics very strongly then I would have paid more attention to that kind of stuff.

    Don't you believe however that some people actually have an entirely different view on politics compared to all of the people in their environment due to the fact that they wish to break off from that environment and be able to think for themselves?

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  2. Sam:

    This is a great topic in general, but a specific example illustrating these ideas would help.

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