That’s it. I’m done. I’m officially a quitter.
This will be the last post you see from me on Facebook. I don’t think I’ll ever venture back into social media. It’s just not worth the time and effort anymore. I didn’t think it was possible, but this Facebook has broken my spirit. I swear that site is destroying my faith in humanity one post at a time.
Ya know…every day for a long time now I’ve tried to start everyone’s day off with a little humor or some sort of positive message on Facebook. I refrain from politics unless it’s something that’s not really biased, just funny as hell. I think I kinda fooled myself into thinking I was making just a little bit of difference…but it has become clearly evident that I’m not. I’m trying to keep everyone positive and smiling and the overall feel of the site keeps getting more and more combative. Hell…maybe I’m the problem.
I’m tired of the negative comments. I’m tired of the politics. I’m tired of the rash of negative posts. I’m tired of the misinformation and the outright lies. I’m tired of all the hate.
I spent the entirety of my adult life defending the Constitution of the United States. In my heart and in my mind I was defending the ideals of the greatest society this planet has ever known. To open up Facebook and see my feed filled with this much animosity from people I know hurts my soul. For those of us who went where we went and did the things we had to do in the name of this society…well, let’s just say that a lot of us are questioning the blood, sweat and tears we dedicated to an idea that nobody else seems to give a flying fuck into a rolling donut about. I scrolled through my facebook feed for a few minutes today and couldn’t find a single humorous, enlightening or positive post except one I had written….and the responses I received to that post were…to say the least…disheartening. This evening was the final straw…as much as I love you guys I really don’t need this kind of shit in my life.
I’ll more than likely keep writing the blog but you won’t see them pop up on Facebook. If you enter your email address on here and subscribe, you’ll get an email notice when I go on a rant and you’ll know to check the blog. If activity doesn’t pick up on the blog in the next six months, I won’t renew the domain and I’ll just write for the sake of writing and keep all my thoughts to myself. I’m beginning to think that’s probably for the best anyway.
SO…if the three of you who actually read this need to reach me you can contact me through this blog…comments made here go straight to my email account and I check it every morning and most every evening. Many of you have my phone number and email address already…feel free to contact me directly if you need anything.
Be good to each other, My Tribe. And SMILE, dammit. 🙂
Light’s Out.