Achen Journalism

So I'm sure your thinking right now, "Who is this arrogant bastard?"

I am a Community College student with absolutely no formal education on Theology, Philosophy, or even writing, for that matter. I'm sure not gonna let that stop me from speaking my mind on the internet. In a culture that, at times, considers the dumbest among us the most entertaining, what's the harm in throwing around a bit of self-righteous indignation?

I consider myself to be a rational, scientifically minded individual. I have always been a humanist and an atheist, but have become far more active in the movement due to what I see is a polarization in World politics.

It seems to me that religious ideals, and and rigid political belief systems are tearing at the fabric of society in a way that only the internet could enable.

You might be asking yourself, "Well, Mr. 'No room for your beliefs', What do you believe?" I'm so glad you asked fictitious third person to whom I bounce fake conversations off of! I believe in the teaching of critical thinking. In this new era of information, logical fallacies have taken root in our mass media and allowed to flourish in the wake of the rampant ignorance that has become the era of "media participation." "What is a logical fallacy?" Good question, third person me! Check out this link which contains a few of the countless logical fallacies used to manipulate our thoughts, and beliefs.

Logical fallacies are one of the many tools of the emerging trend of polarizing vitriol in our society. From ISIL to the Tea Party, and from MSNBC to You Tube, it's pretty hard to find an area of the media that is not saturated with cunning logical feints.

No doubt everyone senses them, as did I until about 2 years ago when I first learned about them in an undergraduate writing class. I mention this because I find it deeply disturbing that I didn't learn about these in school as soon as I was old enough to understand them. (6th grade?) If we are going to move, as a society, to one that cherishes and appreciates good discussion, then we should probably start teaching our youth about the tools that orators have been using for millennia to impede it.