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Re: Does Wikipedia provide false authority to our sound-bite society?

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Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone
Fair enough. If the bumper sticker adequately represents their knowledge of the issue however - it would be difficil.

TFS

Very true, however I don't believe that is the case.
True, sound bites and cute slogans are rampant in our society. I believe that you really can't place a well stated detailed argument on a car bumper, while a cute slogan will fit.

While I don't hold the average intellect in as poor esteem as you, I would agree that cute slogans have more infuence over people, even if they are not the limit of peoples knowledge.


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