The mass media in this country want us to think in two dimensions. While many forums for intelligent, and often entertaining, social discourse exist, the primary thrust of the mainstream media is to present issues, and the corresponding schools of thought, as inherently polarized. According to this elementary manner of thinking, you are either a racist or open to ethnic diversity; you are either sexist or supportive of fundamental rights, regardless of gender; and you are either a software pirate or a Bible-thumping, halo-toting, law abiding citizen. Americans have been unwittingly subjected to a dumbing down of content because things are supposedly easier to digest when they have been refined and processed, and all opportunity for personal critique removed.