Exercise One Nonfiction

  

In the Book “Lies My Gov’t Told Me  And  The Better Future Coming By Robert W. Malone. “However, one thing that we have become acutely and very personally  aware of is that there seems to be a movement in modern society  to avoid information, theories, or opinions that trigger cognitive dissonance and the associated psychological pain. Often associated with terms such as “cancer culture.” “virtue signaling,” and “wokeism,”this movement appears to have manifested as a belief system that holds that both individuals as well as the collective  body politic have a fundamental right to intellectual protection to not encounter unpleasant thoughts, information or ideas that are inconsistent with their internal model of relity.”

This passage spoke to me because they claim that there is a growing trend in contemporary society to avoid information, theories, or viewpoints that cause cognitive dissonance. developing pattern in contemporary society to keep away from data, hypotheses, or perspectives that cause mental discord. It would appear that the belief system behind this movement, which is often referred to as "cancer culture," "virtue signaling," and "wokeism," originated as the idea that both individuals and the political system as a whole deserve intellectual protection.