Recently, official media such as the Beijing News have made sharp comments on the strong incense in some areas: Between work and school, choose incense? No class, no self-motivated, only incense? Struggle is the background of youth! As soon as these words came out, the comment area was basically a spit voice, so that officials such as the Beijing News were forced to close comments and delete videos.
What happened?
Perhaps temple tourism has been more popular recently, this phenomenon has caused some reporters and editors, they found that most of the people who burn incense and worship Buddha in these temples are young people, so as a media they must come out and say a sentence or two, for young people do not go to class, do not go to work, do not go to progress, love incense phenomenon made the following explanation:
"Nowadays, some young people prefer to travel to temples, to find spiritual solace in quiet and meditation, and to rely on supernatural forces to turn their lives around, which is unreasonable, and it is unreasonable to advise young people today to work hard, avoid solving problems, and hard work is the best way to change the status quo."
Many netizens feel that they are being pointed at the bridge of their noses and scolded, and they have a strong sense of substitution, and they have expressed their different views in the comment area of the Beijing News. One of the comments that was most liked by netizens was this:
(Beijing News) does not talk about salary, every article does not depart from dedication, piles do not talk about benefits, everything talks about the realm, always teach gratitude, and work with photos everywhere.
Soon, the comment area was flooded, and the Beijing News was forced to delete the video and close the comment area. But one stone stirred up thousands of waves, and many official media also published secondary comments on it.
In fact, such things have not happened once or twice, some media in order to traffic materials, regardless of the cause of the matter, blindly emphasize that you work hard, with a high posture to point out to netizens, cutting off the relationship between netizens and the media, which makes the public so disgusted.
Let's take a look at the Beijing News' comments of "no class, no work, only incense", what are the logical errors?
First, it is partial and comprehensive, and lacks practical research.
Does the Beijing News know how many young people come to the temple to burn incense? Is it an observation with the naked eye, or a conclusion made out of thin air?
In just a few seconds of video, there is no set of data to corroborate, how to prove that today's young people love to go to temples to burn incense and worship Buddha? Is it based on the tourist situation of only one attraction, or is there an actual research report?
In short, there is no right to speak without investigation, this is a truth since ancient times, if it is a partial conclusion, it does not reflect the actual situation, but will mislead the public.
Second, the views are extreme, standing on the moral high ground.
How did the Beijing News know that all the people who came to the temple were office workers and students? And how do you know that they don't go to work and skip class. If there is still no way to prove that these young people who come to burn incense and worship Buddha are skipping class and skipping class to pray, then it is equivalent to treating all young people who burn incense and worship Buddha = people who are not active and do not work hard.
In addition, how does the Beijing News know what are the real demands of young people to burn incense and worship Buddha?
Do they pray for overnight riches, skipping classes, and pie in the sky, or do they pray for family and friends, for their careers, their studies and work to get better, and to gain strength and confidence? What if they pray for Guotai Minan? Is it also to blame?
Burning incense and worshipping Buddha is not the same as relying on supernatural powers. Many young people, even the elderly, are well aware of this.
Burning incense to worship Buddha has been a beautiful begging and wish since ancient times, not utilitarian as described by the Beijing News. What is wrong with young people going to temples to burn incense and worship the Buddha, pray for the health of their families and for their career success?
Do young people think that after prayer, they can be put on the table, no work, no lessons, no motivation? Young people understand these simple truths. Burning incense to worship Buddha is more of a kind of good wishes, rather than a way of escaping without doing business and not seeking progress. Therefore, this is a big logical error of the Beijing News, which is not to mention all generalizations, but is still very extreme, and stands at the moral high ground at the beginning.
Third, it seems to care about the public, but it is actually exquisite and self-interested.
The Beijing News was scolded and deserved it.
Because the values described in his short video, seemingly caring for young people and persuading young people to work hard, are actually divorced from reality and have become unrealistic initiatives.
Its call was issued, their KPIs were completed, traffic was obtained, anxiety was created, contradictions were intensified, and finally only young people remained in the center of public opinion, but they themselves retreated from the whole body, seemingly caring about the public's living conditions, but in fact they were exquisite and self-interested.
As a member of the young people, after seeing the sharp comments of the Beijing News, my heart was also anxious and conflicted, and I felt that I had also become a member of the official media's "unenterprising" membership.
Every New Year, I like to burn incense, worship Buddha, and worship God, and every time I pray for the smooth and prosperous, peaceful and successful career of my relatives and friends around me and myself in the new year; When I am resting, I also go to the wild to relax, relieve stress, and go to temples and other places away from the hustle and bustle to burn incense and worship Buddha.
But on weekdays, I am still relatively down-to-earth, I think that the three views are also quite correct, everything I do is a beautiful blessing, and it is also a unique way for our generation to release pressure, but I did not expect to become a representative of unenterprising in the eyes of the official media.
I understand that the official media's promotion of values such as self-motivation, studiousness, positivity, and enterprising are all good starting points, and they also need to be instilled in some young people who are experiencing a trough.
But even so, the official media must not detach themselves from the actual phenomenon, do not care what young people are worried about and pray for, but instead put on all kinds of bad "hats" for you, thus intensifying contradictions and distorting the orientation of public opinion.
The problems they worry about and the source of their pressure cannot be solved by fanning the flames with the official media and commenting on them. Compared with these opposing and extreme views, young people hope that the voice of the state media can solve practical problems for them.
Everyone is an individual, standing in the general environment, many unreasonable work phenomena have caused pressure and burden to young people, but this is not through their own efforts can be solved, this is the problem that official media such as the Beijing News need to solve for them.
Beijing Daily also commented on the views of the Beijing News: "Instead of worrying about young people on incense, we should care about what they really want." "As soon as the video was released, it received all likes. There are two very different views between the official media, so who is the real voice of young people? This is what you see.
Looking up at the stars and keeping our feet on the ground, we young people understand these truths. Burning incense to worship Buddha is not passive escape, it does not mean that after burning incense and worshipping Buddha, you can stop everything and wait for God's grace at home.
After pinning on some good wishes, alleviating some inner knots, and releasing some of the pressure of life, in order to face life with a better attitude, these truths young people know, advise the editors in the system, do not fan the flames for traffic and KPIs, and cause another spiritual blow to young people!
I hope that the Beijing News and other media have self-respect!