As public relations expert and former David Suzuki Foundation board chair James Hoggan writes in I'm Right and You're an Idiot, "polluted public discourse is an enormous obstacle to change." How, he asks, do we "create the space for higher quality public debates where passionate opposition and science shape constructive, mind-changing conversations"? David Suzuki Foundation.
But we don't have to keep replaying the right-wing end-game propaganda. Right now there are many websites, blogs, institutions who have done the work and who write to inform rather than obsfiscate. All we have to do is get off our diet of sensationalist drama, forget the gossip, and spend more time reading the stuff that will give you information. It means more attention to words and ideas but with practice we could restore our attention spans.
Here are some links that are kinder:
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
David Suzuki Foundation
Logical Fallacies
Charter for Compassion
Council of Canadians
There are also many news organizations that still uphold the importance of journalism and who rely on donations to keep going:
The National Observer
The Tyee
rabble.ca
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