The Law and Order intro says this: "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders."
After a few minutes of thinking, I think I've come to an adequate revision of this intro that fits a topic that has been hot on my mind lately.
In the social media world, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important outlets: Facebook, where people go to express discontent with the U.S. government (and watch cute videos of animals and how to make food), and Twitter, the international fountain of memes.
As of late, this perfect system has been distorted in a way that disrupts the peace of the social media world.
What I mean is, due to the increasingly large amount of political propaganda that unnecessarily pollutes my Twitter feed, I am no longer able to log on to Twitter and receive adequate humor from memes.
Twitter has been the safe haven of humor on social media for a while now, and has provided many people with an outlet to get a good laugh whenever they need it, but with the continually increasing political presence, it seems as though no social media can get away from politics anymore.
Personally, I do not think social media, in general, is the place to be posting political opinions. There are much healthier, as well as much more effective, ways to express political dissent. You can participate in marches, as we have seen, to raise awareness for an issue. You could also do some good 'ol lobbying for your local representative to make your interests known.
OR, if you're feeling extra motivated, you can have a healthy conversation with someone that shares an opposite opinion, and make meaningful dialogue, rather than achieving absolutely nothing other than taking away from the beautiful world of Twitter and happiness.
If you're like me, one who enjoys happiness, and meme culture, you know that there must be some kind of remedy to this dilemma. Luckily, Twitter has just the feature to keep your Twitter a meme-friendly zone.
Now you can filter what comes across your feed by choosing words and people you do not want to see news from. For instance, you can put the word "Trump" in the box and not see any tweets containing the word Trump. If you want to go even further, you can even plug in those accounts that you simply wish to hear nothing from, and with one click, your Twitter will once again be safe.
We must do all we can to protect our memes, and though this may not completely solve our problem, it is truly the first step in taking back the stronghold of humor, which is Twitter.