Blog post 2: Stephanie Kumetz

If you look at the media, and watch channels like CNN and MSNBC, you will notice that they are always have debates. But they also do not always give you the whole truth on a story. They only want you to hear what will make them look good, especially during times of voting. They will tell you what is good what their candidate and they will tell you what is bad about the opposing candidate. They want to try to get people to see it their way. If you look at the most watched movies and favorite games, you will see that they have some kind of conflict or violence in them. Strack made a good point when he pointed out that we have more lawsuits now then we did 10 years ago. No one knows how to say sorry, or how to do a job right. You have to take legal action which is just saying your to go into a room and argue about something that once could have been solved by a simple sorry, or some common sense. Strack wrote, "She [Tannen] points out that in a variety of ways we in the United States unconsciously contribute to both the appetite for and rise in polarization conflict, and argument. Little of this serves the pursuit of truth. Most of it actually derails the very results we purport to seek" (1).