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Why You Need To Respect Other's Opinions

Especially after the election.

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Why You Need To Respect Other's Opinions
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If you own a computer, you know exactly what I’m talking about when it comes to social media and the lack of respect... especially after this election. Lately every. single. thing. I see on social media right now is someone bashing someone else’s opinion. Everyone who owns some type of social media has witnessed this whether you even give a shit about the election or not.

If you really must share your political opinion on social media,

which is a horrible idea considering you have hundreds of people on there who are different religions, ethnicities, and have different political views...

sure go ahead (sounds like a great idea), but expect others to take it as offensive, hurtful or degrading, because sorry to tell you but that is the world we live in these days. It is one thing to share a thought, but it is another to completely bash everyone and anyone who did not vote for the right candidate. Nothing that a person posts on social media will change who is in office, try to remember that. These people are the ones who are dividing this country even more than it already is.

Even I have been scrolling through my newsfeed, seen something that pisses me the hell off, thought about commenting something against their opinion, but have refrained. Because 1. No one cares about my opinion, and the same goes for yours, and 2. What good will come out of that? Nothing. Families have been spilt, friends have started wars, over what? Trump vs. Hillary? Start thinking about the effects before opening your mouth.

If you were to sit down with everyone you’ve disagreed with on Facebook, would you say everything that you’ve said behind a screen? Absolutely not. People don’t even take half a second to think before posting or commenting on social media. If we were all less selfish and thought about how our post might impact someone, we might not have this issue.

Social media wasn’t created in the intension that people would use it to criticize others, especially during times where the Nation is supposed to be united. So rather than bashing everyone and anyone who has an opinion different than yours, realize that it will only affect relationships, abuse the power of freedom of speech, and tear our nation apart.

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