I really hate all of these social media articles that begin with:
While you were distracted by (news the writer wants you to believe is frivolous) look what (entity the writer wants you to believe is evil) slipped by, right under your nose!
Now, I’m not saying that the given news the writer thinks is frivolous is not frivolous. And I’m not saying that the entity the writer wants you to believe is evil is not evil. Sometimes I agree and sometimes I disagree. But I’m really appalled at the arrogance of the writer to assume that he or she is so much more informed than the rest of us. It might as well read:
Ok, you lazy, unobservant assholes, I thought you had my back, but I was wrong. You had your nose glued to a porno while I was talking to the Lord about the next steps of the righteous. Meanwhile, Voldemort managed to totally overthrow all of humanity including you.
While I’m at it I also hate those Facebook posts that say, “If you love your _____ repost this,” or “If you are proud of your ____ and think he/she/it is great...” These articles are generally benign and sometimes even sweet. I just don’t want them on my page. But I feel guilty because I do love my _____. I don’t want my _____ to find out that I didn’t repost this article and then think that I don’t love him/her/it. Will my _____ ever find out I didn't repost? Probably not. But there is, logically, a > 0% chance he/she/it will. Which means that there is a >0% chance I'm ok with breaking my _____'s heart. I'm a little unnerved by this self revelation. I feel potentially callous.
By the way, while you weren’t paying attention the communists put this on my blog:
If you love your daughter or son or husband or wife or Jesus or your cat then you will comment to this thread!
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