A little bit of a soap box rant here, but I'm a little disgusted by the number of people trying to use their social media accounts as some kind of snobbish tool for being self righteous and avoiding difficult conversations.
Case in point, this is a paraphrased Facebook post from a former coworker of mine:
- There are no such things as good cops; there are only bad cops and cops who don't do anything about the bad cops
- All precincts should be burnt to the ground and something "useful" should be built on top
- If you disagree, please go ahead and quietly unfriend me because this is not an argument you will win
I'm seeing things like the bolded stuff everywhere. It's like some sort of passive aggressive attempt at flaunting one's self-importance. Not only is it a ridiculous line to draw in the sand, but how does asking someone to unfriend you do anything other than limit your circle of perspectives?
This is mostly rhetorical but had to get it off my chest somewhere. There are certain things in this world that are objectively worth condemning i.e. racism, discrimination, sexual assault, etc. But I didn't realize it was time to start selectively annihilating social circles based on the nuances within those conversations.
For what it's worth, this person is someone who would easily fall into a leftist extremist bubble. It's not even really worth discussing but he's not the only person leveraging their social accounts in this way which is the primary reason I brought it up.
