We all agree
that defensive driving is a good idea. What about defensive viewing, listening
and thinking when it comes to media intake. Road blocks to clear moral thinking
can confront you anytime in the media. “Media can lead us to accept some things
without any discussion.” This statement from talk show host Jo Rathmanner on Connecting Faith (KNWC AM) really got my
attention. Failing to be discerning about media happens all the time. You are
responsible for how you think. How you think comes from what you allow into
your mind. Beware of mindless TV or video viewing. It can impair and erode you
and your family’s morals!
An example would be watching a popular
situation comedy or a soap opera portraying people compromising their values,
swearing or making unwise decisions, presenting all of this with humor so we
are sympathetic and feel empathy for the characters. It never ends. An agenda
is apparent if you watch with a discerning eye and listen for what the show is
selling in the way of acceptable behavior.
There is a
rather strange commercial for a casino/hotel that uses images and words one
after the other or pairs of words that challenge good, right and correct as
though the ideas these words express are wrong, boring and confining. The
effect is strange because it leaves a person wandering why this barrage of
negative ideas is in any way related to a hotel reservation.
Another
complaint I have is swearing continuously in a talk show, movie or TV show. Unbridled
cursing is unattractive – period! It simply shows a lack of ability to express one’s
self, a limited vocabulary and a mind filled with garbage. I can never take
anyone seriously who uses obscene words on a regular basis because it seems to
me they are not too bright. Yes, that is a bias I have about people who curse.
Just say what you mean, please!
To conclude,
I have to get back on my initial idea that indiscriminate viewing and media
consumption is destroying morals in our culture. Maybe someone will think twice
about what they take in.
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