Taking an FB break...
Sep. 18th, 2012 07:54 am... the political venom (on both sides) was getting to me, and I found that when I was posting in any related threads I was getting actually emotional. This is especially true when I actually try to discuss stuff; FB is TERRIBLE for ongoing discussion. When I get to that point it's time to leave. So I figure I won't be back there until well after the election (probably December, long enough for the wailing from whatever faction lost, and the snickering from whatever faction won, to die down to a dull roar.
I will still be here on LJ, though.
I will still be here on LJ, though.
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Date: 2012-09-18 05:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-18 06:51 pm (UTC)Emotional investment in politics? Not for me. Waste of my time. I can't change what they do, and getting emotionally upset by it just (A) makes me feel ill, and (B) deprives me of energy I need to do useful things.
It was especially annoying when people would call me an "X" -- where X would be "liberal", "conservative", "democrat", "republican", etc. -- because I don't fit in any of those boxes and indeed often see little difference between them.
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Date: 2012-09-18 08:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-18 08:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-19 12:34 am (UTC)