Analysis Of The Culture Of Shut Up By John Lovett

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In his essay, “The Culture of Shut Up,” Jon Lovett starts by presenting an allegory that ties in to the whole idea of his essay. He states that there was a village that was basically ran by three elders. So every decision or argument that came up among the villagers would go directly to these elders. One would always oppose the argument, another would support the argument, and the last would want a debate about the argument. This ties into today’s society in so many ways. The elders would be the media, the argument would be any rumor or any little amusing event on the news, and of course the villagers would be the general population. Lovett then goes on by exploring the idea that “a good idea can come from anyone anywhere” (30). He exclaims that the public should all stop telling others to shut up because in reality no one is going to shut up because of many reasons. Some of these reasons include: …show more content…

He exclaims that “we need to learn to live with the noise and tolerate the noise even when the noise is stupid, even when the noise is offensive, even when the noise is at times dangerous. Because no matter how noble the intent, it’s a demand for conformity that encourages people on all sides of a debate to police each other instead of argue and convince each other” ( Lovett 30). This statement is so true in today’s society. It basically says that the public needs to learn how to block out those trying to hold them down, acknowledge those who are opposing but don’t let them convince you, instead figure out how to correct their point accordingly. Almost every argument or debate that someone or a group of people have nowadays end up with the losing figure trying to attack the person or group directly instead of the point of the argument. It is so ignorant not to recognize your mistakes and it makes arguments and debates

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