re: For the baws old enough to remember, would you go back to a world with no Internet?

So many people in this thread who would ditch social media and blame it for the problems we have.

While posting on social media.

I'll keep my internet thanks. I don't let wacko extremists affect my life. On either side.

If we had a more honest and critical media, this wouldn't be as big a problem.

It would be better if we retained shaming "bad" habits, hobbies and choices, but we have a media that forces celebrating any and everything. So they aren't critical of any information or reaction and are only supporting one side.

But we don't have a real Media anymore to hold culture and the masses in check.

Absolutely, for my children's sakes. If I was single or childless, sadly I think you'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands.

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I don't let wacko extremists affect my life.

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You actually think this, or just chest-puffing?

Oh hell to the no.

In a heartbeat.

God yes. I'll take 3 TV stations that go off the air at midnight and come on at 6:00 a.m.. a newspaper with real news and the ability to walk anywhere I want without the fear of getting mugged.

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but I just can't shake the feeling that the platform it gives to idiocy, outrage, and manipulation is just not worth it.

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I get all the great things about the internet that make life easier, why would I give up for some things that have had zero effect on my life in any way?

No

Absolutely. I see it on a daily basis. People online think we’re on the verge of a race war. I’m out interacting with the public of all races and everything seems completely normal. I can actually tell when I run across a person that has Facebook or spends a lot of time reading inflammatory shite by the key words they use.

It’s pretty saddening when I read Facebook and twitter or look at some of the 24hr “news” propaganda machines