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You probably don't want to go to the Politics and Other Controversies board here then. At least on Facebook, you can unfollow people or hide them -- or just specific posts. I don't mind the politics that I don't agree with. It's the name calling and belittling that gets to me. And, yeah, the anger.
Yup! Like you, I seldomly anymore go to the CD Politics section. Most people don't post there with the intention of engaging in sound productive discussion. Most are there to vent, rant, and persecute anyone in disagreement with them. It's truly pointless.
What I find most interesting is that I myself never cared to get anxious, annoyed, or otherwise thoughtful about political views, political appointees, presidents, parties, etc.etc. And I've seen a fair few decades of politics in my long life.
But recently, very recently, I find myself absolutely incensed about certain political actions being taken by certain elected officials. This has never happened before to me, but I have become very political and although I have tried to channel it in positive ways, sometimes I can't help myself (like when I see something I just can't pass by on C-D). So I can understand that it happens. I don't presume to understand why this is happening now and never before for me, but I can emphathize now with others who feel this way, too, even if they don't agree with my opinions.
It's not a question of agreeing or not agreeing; I wouldn't think it's exactly a sign of mental health to be that continually obsessed and rage-filled no matter how just the cause is... Have they nothing else in their lives, or is everything else in life considered "trivial" now compared to this endless drum beat? Are they told to do this (that it will further the cause)? That and continually sharing obviously biased "news" reports from clearly bogus sites. The repetition is just relentless.
If nothing else, it's quite boring, but I'm afraid it's more pathological than that...
The funny thing is, it's nothing but re-posts of memes asking very pointed questions and a response of "amen" or "absolutely". The people I see on my feed actually have very little invested knowledge in any of the topics they're posting about, but they hear the talking points and will go down swinging defending said talking points, facts be damned.
Social media will be the downfall of modern society....I'm being sarcastic (I hope).
Some people use fb to vent. You're only seeing a keyhole view of their life so it’s a mistake to judge their mental health or life based on that. Unfriend or unfollow if it bothers you.
What I find most interesting is that I myself never cared to get anxious, annoyed, or otherwise thoughtful about political views, political appointees, presidents, parties, etc.etc. And I've seen a fair few decades of politics in my long life.
But recently, very recently, I find myself absolutely incensed about certain political actions being taken by certain elected officials. This has never happened before to me, but I have become very political and although I have tried to channel it in positive ways, sometimes I can't help myself (like when I see something I just can't pass by on C-D). So I can understand that it happens. I don't presume to understand why this is happening now and never before for me, but I can emphathize now with others who feel this way, too, even if they don't agree with my opinions.
It would be interesting to zero in on why because, I agree, this is unprecedented. Just out of curiosity!
It would be interesting to zero in on why because, I agree, this is unprecedented. Just out of curiosity!
And to address a few other posters above, I don't consider myself a blowhard at all. But I do have these tidal waves of rage about some things I consider totally unacceptable, and often that translates into forum posts or posts on my blog. I do draw the line at getting a Twitter account and tweeting all over the place!
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