countering for real

Another aspect Harris describes in terms of writing is called “countering”. Like forwarding, countering is a way of keeping a conversation going. The idea of countering is that people are challenging an idea instead of taking the information and just recirculating it into another piece of writing. Countering occurs when someone has a different way of thinking about a certain article or fact. Harris describes it best when he says countering is not to “nullify” someone’s ideas but it “suggests and different way of thinking”. There are so many ways to look at a topic that there is no specific right or wrong, and that is what countering proves. I used countering in my last essay, when an author suggested that society was getting lazy with the improvement of technology, I countered that idea and suggested that society is just adapting to their surroundings.

Countering is a common thing to do in articles, blogs, tv, and any other source of news. It is all over the place. Some of the biggest examples can be seen in politics. One party may think lowering taxes will improve the economy while one party may think the opposite. Neither party is necessarily wrong but they just have different ideas on the same situation presented in front of them. Another topic that one can see countering in lately is on the topic of gun control. In this article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/gun-control-constitution_b_2657841.html it questions whether or not the constitution restricts gun control. It is not saying that people are interpreting the constitution wrong, it is once again just another way to look at a piece of writing.