I would go one step further and say that I blame the medium. TV and visual information mediums are very effective at promoting emotions, but make it very diffi

I would go one step further and say that I blame the medium. TV and visual information mediums are very effective at promoting emotions, but make it very difficult to convey rational arguments and thoughts. Notice how easily you can be distracted by the appearance of the messenger and not pay attention to the message itself. There is a very good book on this called "Amusing ourselves to death", by Neil Postman. He wrote this in 1985 and he was far ahead of his time.