If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say

     Then don't say anything at all.

Or at least stay off social media

    There is an overabundance of hate on X (Twitter...whatever), Threads, Instagram, and Facebook.  I'm sure there's a ton on what's called Blue Sky, too, but I don't post there.  I can handle only so much crazy, you know.

    As a rule, I don't post serious topics on Facebook or Instagram.  Instead, when I want to give an opinion on current events, I head over to Threads or Twitter (X...whatever).  The way I figure it, Facebook, especially, gives me an outlet to post silly things and interact with family and friends.  I generally keep my opinions to myself.

    Same goes for Blogger and Penwasser Place, as you know.

    However, those other two platforms are often chockful of people fighting with each other over this, that, or the other.  If it's not Biden crapping his pants, it's Trump crapping his pants.

"Is that what that was?"

      If you disagree with something, you're immediately derided as a libtard idiot or a MAGA idiot.  "Stupid." "Imbecile," or "Moron" are all over the place.  These labels are usually accompanied by vulgar epithets.  The "F" word (and I don't mean "firetruck") is as common as doughnuts in Chris Christie's pants.

"You say that as if it's a bad thing."

     Now, mind you, I have resorted to these mean-spirited attacks in the past.  And I'm sure that I will call someone an "idiot" in the future.

    But, that doesn't make it right.

    No, I try my very best to refrain from ad hominem assaults when I post or tweet (X...whatever).  Because, while changes of heart are as rare as Slim Fast in Chris Christie's refrigerator,

"COME ON!!!!"

they can happen.  However, people will never be swayed to your way of thinking if you first call them a "fucking toe-eyed cabbage."  It just won't happen.  Perhaps, though, they may come over to your way of thinking and say to themself, "You know, maybe letting unvetted criminals into the country isn't such a hot idea, after all."

    In my experience, courteous debate is much more preferable than ranting and raving like a keyboard lunatic.  After all, some of my very best friends are Liberals.  By the way, if you don't know that I'm a Conservative-NOT MAGA-by now...

 

"You haven't been paying attention."

    In fact, I don't think my children are Republicans (not the same as Conservatives, but another story for another day).  We never talk politics because why bother?  The love we share is more important than any orange clown or cackling imbecile.

    If you are my friend, you are my friend.  You may think I'm wrong and I may think you're wrong.  But, we are friends.

    While strangers on the internet may be perfect targets for my bile, I don't want to fling useless insults their way, either.

    Granted, some of them make it so very to not respond with a "What are you? A rucking fetard?" (Stephen King, I'm talking to you), but I really want to try (I will fail on occasion, though).

    Because, while I try not to be, I can be a hateful buffoon.

    And, quite possibly, a fucking toe-eyed cabbage.