Thursday, November 10, 2016

Let's move on from politics. I'm begging you.

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and went to Facebook out of habit and boredom. After about fifteen seconds I got so disgusted I closed out of it, and I'm seriously considering deleting the app for a while.

This election has pulled the nasty out in everybody. I've had friends get into it with each other on my posts, friends get mad at me over a comment I made or a meme I shared. I've had people call me names, poke at my character and question my integrity and my ability to parent. I've had people I don't even know start arguments with me about my own body. It's been brutal, it's been ugly... and this is all from an app I downloaded for enjoyment! It's no longer worth the headache to me.

Trump won. There's nothing any of us can do about it. I didn't like it when Obama won, but guess what? Throwing a temper tantrum isn't going to help things, and I cannot believe the way some people are acting.

Just because I don't hate that Trump won doesn't make me racist, or homophobic, or a redneck. I just never trusted Hillary or got a good vibe about her, and y'all know how I am about vibes. (They. Are. Real.)

I've lost a few Facebook friends over this stuff. I haven't lost sleep over losing those friends, but each time it happened I was in disbelief. One of my oldest friends was a huge Hillary supporter and we hardly ever see eye to eye, but we've had healthy and respectful debates about our views. At the end of the day, it didn't get nasty because we aren't friends because of politics. We are friends because we grew up together; we share childhood memories, a love for all things nerd and Harry Potter, and we both have children. What unites us is so much stronger than what divides us, and it's a shame that some people have ended friendships over this media circus we called an election.

I'm begging y'all, can we PLEASE get back to posting pictures of our food and the Snapchat filters I used to talk so much shit about? I'd much rather see pork chops and those obnoxious cartoon glamour filters on my timeline than one more freaking political post, rant, meme, article, ANY OF IT.

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