We don’t have bumper stickers anymore - we have bumper magnets because stickers are hard to get off and we may change our mind about “Never Forgetting”.
I recently “friended” someone on #Facebook that I haven’t seen or talked to in almost 25 years. This morning that person has posted several Tea-potty wingnut memes and I was at first surprised to see them supporting such nutty stuff.
I really considered just clicking on the ignore button or perhaps even “unfriending” them. (strange new verbs we use?) But decided they probably felt the same way about the liberal leaning stuff I post.
And then I chastised myself for falling into the same trap of false equivalency that the media stumbles on. Because there is a difference between disagreements about the causes or results of actual facts —— and the advocacy of fantasy and lies as reality.
I understand people can have a difference in how we go about fixing things economically or politically —— but I can’t support simply turning a blind eye to reality and inventing nonsense to excuse the stupid stuff those you support are doing.
So I decided to simply leave things alone and neither encourage or discourage this person’s views. If only in regard for the friendship we once had and the sorrow I feel for their current delusions.
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