Brattleboro History

by rick | History | 922 Views

Just want to point out this little piece of Brattleboro history for August 30 in the right hand column in iBrattleboro so you don’t miss it.
Some things never change.

1844
Again We Caution the people against lying reports and publications on the day of the election. Look out for them and treat them with the contempt they merit.

Comments | 5

  • Submitted by SK-B on August 31, 2023 at 11:05 am

    Wow!

    Thank you, Rick, for bringing this currently relevant 1844 news item to our attention.

    I guess it is somewhat reassuring to realize that the type of aberrated public discourse which has become disturbingly common was also common more than a hundred years ago, yet the Republic survived.

    My own take on it is that real problem is not so much the small number of lying bastards with a hidden agenda devising deception campaigns, but with the inability of such a large number of people to discern what is true and what is not.

    • Submitted by cgrotke on September 5, 2023 at 9:53 am

      Media literacy

      “the inability of such a large number of people to discern what is true and what is not”

      By design, it seems. Educational systems have been watered down and corporatized, with all sorts of things taken away over the last 20 or so years because they aren’t “STEM”. Between the bad systems and the students with phones, very few kids seem to get real educations anymore.

      Thanks Bush and Obama!

  • Submitted by rick on August 31, 2023 at 1:39 pm

    Brattleboro History

    Yes, it caught my attention as I like scanning the items under “history”.
    But, I also agree with you on your “on take” although one might add, “…. such a large number of people who don’t care what is true or not.”
    And, now, we can disseminate false information with a click of a button and it does not cost anything to produce or share.

  • Submitted by AnneODyne on September 2, 2023 at 4:01 pm

    Many fronts, sides and backs…Apparently no bottom

    Adding deep fakes, electronic scams, and AI algorithmic meddling to the malign social midden, and reality blur becomes exponential. The real challenge is for people of kindness and integrity to not grow cynical, and become bitter and disengaged.

    • Submitted by SK-B on September 2, 2023 at 4:42 pm

      What's in a name?

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anodyne

      anodyne
      1 of 2
      adjective
      an·​o·​dyne ˈa-nə-ˌdīn
      Synonyms of anodyne
      1: serving to alleviate pain
      the anodyne properties of certain drugs
      2: not likely to offend or arouse tensions : INNOCUOUS
      … his speech contained a single anodyne reference to the man who preceded him.
      —John F. Burns
      anodyne
      2 of 2
      noun
      1: something that soothes, calms, or comforts
      The sweetness of sojourn there … was an anodyne for the sorrows the pilgrims had endured …
      —Amy Kelly
      2: a drug that allays pain

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