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InformedElitist

(39 posts)
13. yup, this is the way -- time to have more self-control and do it
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 05:13 PM
Apr 2017

Yes, that's what I need to do. My problem is not so much TV but b/c I do a lot of stuff online, I always seem to have cnn.com, huffpo.com or FB up on my browser. I have to say it's a bit of an addiction and a clean break from it might just be the only way of coping. Being constantly plugged-in is a problem I think many of us have and that goes beyond politics.

I did enough damage on social media yesterday to blow up extended family relationships. It was bad, and my more immediate family members are pissed at the way I did it, but in the long run it'll be for the best. They've exposed who they are. It's beyond politics. When they say I come off as crazy and angry b/c of other people's "opinions" when they have confederate flag cover photos (these are not Southerners, but Brooklyn-born Italian-Americans like me mind you), or when my attacks are personal but they saw nothing wrong with their hero mocking a disabled man, there's no winning them over or even wanting to spend anymore time with them. The fight might be bigger and off FB this weekend, but hopefully, again, a disengagement soon after.

Thanks!

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