I have been on this site for over 9 years. I haven't written a diary in quite some time. I hope will indulge me a bit of a personal rant.
I just cleared out several Facebook friends. I like Facebook because I can keep track of life events of distant relatives and friends. It helped me when Japan had it’s earthquake and Tsunami - I have a cousin stationed in the north of Japan. He was assigned to offer aid to the Japanese people after that. I’m very proud of him. I found out my Godson’s girlfriend was pregnant and now I get to watch his son grow, even though he lives 1200 miles away. I swap pie recipes with my wife’s cousin who is on the east coast. She gave me a great tip to add Scotch to my pie crust. In many ways, it has been great. But it seems more and more frequently, it is becoming a cesspool of ignorant political opinion. I am in the process of ‘unfriending’ a lot of old friends and associates.
I have had several ‘discussions’ with these individuals. Fortunately, I have been able to leave before I have put something out there that is really damaging. But most time when I engage with a few of these individuals, they always says something like ‘I just want to have a discussion’. I'm sorry, but that is not possible. Because we aren’t even speaking the same language. This diary is a cathartic exercise in my frustration. Every one of these paragraphs is something that was presented by my FB friends - who are now no longer my friends. Follow me below the orange French looking thing if you care to read my rant.
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