Anyone else trapped by Facebook political insanity?
Yep. This is a vent.
I got on Facebook noticed a post from a woman. We are on the PTA together and our kids go to school together. We are not good friends, but our kids are friends and she lives a few blocks from me.
She just posted this, "I'm at the clinic with my son today, waiting patiently for the doctor. Can you imagine how long we will have to wait once Obamacare is the law of the land?"
I feel trapped. I can't tell her what I'd really like to say--and what she needs to hear, "Hey, are you a bloomin' idiot? You won't have to wait longer for a doctor with Obamacare, you'll have access and you'll pay less. We're the only modern nation on the globe without a national healthcare system, and the only reason we don't--is because the health-insurance magnates use Fox News and Glenn Beck to convince ignorant fools like yourself--to carry their bizarre messages for them. Wake the hell up!"
I can't say that. I have to just sit there. It's difficult, because you see this insane baloney and you want to haul off on these people. But some of them are your neighbors, your co-workers--or the people you'd see on your morning jog or at the PTA meeting. And frankly, I don't think they're up for being enlightened. They just want to throw out barbs.
It's difficult to see this endless parade of electronic foolish, false and nutty statements -- when you're constrained due to the politics of social connections.
I understand that this is the nature of Facebook. I get that. However, I'm at the end of my rope when it comes to the Fox News/Glenn Beck mentality that is destroying our world. It negatively impacts so many issues:
*Global warming is decimating the planet--because Big Oil wants to maximize profits and has filtered their "climate change is a hoax" propaganda to these lemming talk-radio listeners.
*Big Banks are ramping up for another implosion and bailout because they're so deregulated and operating in a financial Wild West. Banks remain unaccountable because they use right-wing media to pass on the "We're too regulated!" meme and the lie that poor people with big mortgages caused the first housing crash. And once again, the lemming listeners are happy to act as the PR arm for these corporate greed mongers--and pass on their soundbytes through social media.
I'll never understand it. Americans arguing against their own interests--because they've been completely bamboozled by corporate-led marketing campaigns designed to enrich the wealthy and powerful. It's one thing to flip on Fox News and to see this garbage, but to see it floating by on your Facebook--while feeling muzzled--is a unique kind of frustration.
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'you got that from fox news, didn't you?' and then sadly shake my head.
can't do that on facebook tho..
Either you feel comfortable talking about these things with acquaintances, or you don't.
I'd refute their BS with facts and attempt to engage in a civil debate. That was impossible. They don't care about the truth and will never ever admit they're wrong no matter how well you make your argument. When proven wrong they will either start trying to turn the conversation around on you personally or just keep changing the subject.
They are almost always unreasonable and rude, so now I just either ignore their stupid posts or I share this image and unfriend them.
You actually have to get used to it, I suggest de-friending her, works for me, and my Facebook page never gets this type of crap. Democrats tend to think before they post, the GOP just rants like mindless cavemen, which is why FOX and rightwing Radio are in business, they think for their audience and throw out the propaganda 24/7. It boils down to “Thinker vs. Non-Thinkers”. 
