There have been some big changes in politics. Trump became America’s 45th president and women all over the world marched protesting their rights. Of course, this means my Facebook feed has been flooded with political post and lots and lots of arguments. Half of my newsfeed was people posting hateful things about Trump. The other half of my newsfeed was those that are Trump supporters.
I myself was down sick on antibiotics this weekend so I had nothing better to do but then to read all of these posts and articles and skim through the comments on them. All I have to say is people really need to calm down and learn to respect other’s opinions.With my newsfeed being one-half liberal and one-half conservative, there is stuff people are posting that I do not agree with but I would not dare to post my thoughts on the subject on Facebook.
Think what you will about my decision to not post comments on how I feel about these subjects, but I will not be changing my mind anytime soon. It is not because I am not educated in the subjects, not because I am scared, not because I don’t stand for anything, but because people are ruthless.
It does not matter what side you are on; neither side can let things go or can have an intellectual debate without getting so upset with the other person that it becomes personal. I fully understand that politics deals directly with very personal issues so I understand how things can get escalate quickly and become personal, but people are taking it to another level!
I made the mistake of sharing a photo that said “Many people would rather see Donald Trump fail and bring the country down than to see him succeed and do good for all people. That’s pathetic." I thought that this was just a blanket statement saying that I hope for good things for America’s future. Well, boy was I wrong! I had a very liberal ex-classmate comment on it and then I had a very conservative friend comment on it. They went back and forth for a little bit, and in just the few comments between them, it was just plain ugly.
I saw people arguing with some of their closest friends and getting very nasty with each other. Politics are important and it is great that so many people have strong opinions and are not easily persuaded on these issues, but at what point are we crossing the line. People are losing good friends over these arguments and that is just silly. If you don’t care to hear or attempt to understand where the other side is coming from then you should keep your comments to yourself and pass on by the post.
I once attended a seminar on how to use social media to help boost your business. In this seminar, I was told that Facebook will weed out your business posts if they seem to be too “pushy” or if you are trying to sell something unless you pay for the post. They will block these posts because Facebook is supposed to be a place of fun and friendship, according to their developers.
If Facebook will weed out and block sales posts because they are not “fun” then why the heck are they not weeding out and blocking all these hateful political posts?! More people are getting hurt and losing friendships from these political posts than they are from John Doe, that they use to go to high school with, trying to sell them a freaking shirt!
