Okay, make that Connie Always Thinks She's Right. My Dad's brother has a habit of giving a short bio when a person's name comes up: Laziest man I've ever seen. She's a good 'un., etc. I've often wondered what he says when my name comes up. I hope it's "She sure is good to her Dad." But for people who know me well, the synopsis would probably be "She always thinks she's right." That is one of the main reasons I do not often read or watch media that simply reinforces what I already believe. My arrogant, carnal nature cannot get enough of being told how right and smart I am, and exposing myself to such things feeds it. I am already a 5'4" (undisclosed) weight Pillsbury dough boy of arrogance, the last thing I need is more puffing up.
My second reason probably springs from the same arrogance, but I would like to believe I am intelligent enough to sort through objective information and find the truth. There is no true objectivity in media, of course, every writer brings their own set of assumptions to an article, but as long as they have researched the material, there should be enough information for me to draw my own conclusions. I enjoy the many labor saving devices of modern life, but I do not want either cut-and-paste news writers, or even genuine journalists, to do my thinking for me.
I do not read liberal slanted news if I know it will cause me to waste my day composing rebuttals in my head. And I do not read conservative slanted news for the same reason I do not exercise only one side of my body. My mind may be unbalanced, but my body does not have to be. If a picture in my living room is tipped down and to the left, the solution is not to hang it slanted down to the right, but to make it straight and level. Christians have an alternative to being stressed and depressed news junkies or ignorance is bliss ostriches, we have the option to trust God regardless of the world news. Everything is going exactly as planned.
At least that is my opinion, but remember, Connie is always right.
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