Immediately, a few of my FB friends on the opposite side politically began gleefully posting their approval. I even learned on other platforms, fellow authors were advocating their approval.
WTH???
There was a time when, no matter what side of the political spectrum, when a public figure was assassinated (Lincoln, JFK, RFK, and MLK), everyone mourned. If they were secretly happy, they kept it to themselves. Probably the same in Biblical times. Rejoiced behind CLOSED DOORS.
The digital age has turned us all into 1st Amendment warriors. "It's my page! It's my platform!" (you see how I'm choosing to vent my opinion; here, on a blog no one reads!)
I guarantee, if I were to post ANY of this on FB, I'd lose half my friends. And there are several I'm seriously considering unfriending. It's hard to stomach vitriol spewing from someone you like to hang out with.
It's one thing to state your opinion; it's another to start ramming it down everyone's throat.
I have no issue scrolling by and silently eye-rolling a post. But when that's ALL YOU SEE?
Sometimes enough is enough.
Maybe I won't unfriend them; I'll just block them for a time.
After all, I've been tolerating some of this since 2015. Do the math; that's 10 years.
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They have caught the young man responsible. I saw POTUS DJT on the morning news, and don't agree with his assessment of needing speedy trials. Okay, yeah, they caught the kid on camera. Do you honestly think he's going to survive in lock up? They'll have to keep him in solitary; someone's going to find a way to save the taxpayers $$. I'm honestly surprised Tim McVeigh wasn't offed, but then again, that was before social media took off, and everyone suddenly became an armchair politician or police.
My sympathies lie with his family. It's my understanding his father did the right thing and turned him in. What a heartbreaking discovery/decision to make. What about the GUILT his parents are feeling?
"We raised him; we did not raise him to do this."
The lament of every criminal's parent. It's how I felt when my own son was tossed in jail, due to drugs. Tough love saved him, as well as finding Jesus again. We raised him in a faith household; thankfully he eventually returned to his roots.
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