Re: The joy of FORTRAN

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 17/10/2024 20:24, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:03:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

They dont *care* what Donald is and has done. He doesn't preach to them
like some goddam pastor at a revivalist meeting.
 
Or call them 'deplorable' or insult their intelligence.

 
You may be trying for irony but there is a lot of truth in that.

 
I wasn't being sarcastic.
 
Trump supporters are prevalent on the Internet. They are perfectly
capable of sustaining intelligent conversation.
 
That is as far as I can tell a reasonable description of what they think
and feel.

That may be true, but often their thinking is informed by a collection of
unhinged conspiracy theories. Their thinking may be logical, following from
that, but they seem incapable of separating truth from fantasy.

To bring this thread back to computing, I originally thought that the
Internet democratizing what got published was a good thing, like giving the
Erin Brockavichs of the world their chance. Instead, without the editorial
control of “big media”, we’re getting a mostly concoction of half-baked
ideas, crazy theories, and outright lies.

Sure the media is biased, but the biases are known and can be accounted for
and corrected.

 
The same thought permeates the soft right here in Britain. The feeling
that they have been preached to and shat upon by moralising liberals who
have never done a plumbing course in their lives.
 
And the Tory party - who ought to be their natural home, are simply no
better,
 
Hence the rise of Reform allegedly now out polling Labour
 

--
Pete