I have started unfriending Democrats on Facebook!
A few
weeks ago I started unfriending BurnBots. Fellow Democrats! Or, are they? Especially
if they were name callers, cursors or liars. I love a good conversation, but,
when people try to persuade me of their point of view by presenting false facts
and calling me names, I stop listening. When they emphasize their lies by
calling me vulgar names and accusing me of beliefs I don’t hold, I unfriend
them.
I was
a Bernie supporter from day one, until I began to notice BurnBots and their
vulgar language. If I had the slightest difference of opinion with a BurnBot,
it was as if I sprang from a desert outhouse, which hadn’t been cleaned in
a long time. It was amazing how I went from their best friend to their worst
enemy, instantly, all over the meaning of a single word.
In
other words, I left the Bernie camp for the same reason I left the Republican
camp. I have
always lived by an ancient proverb that goes something like this.
“Walk with wise men and be wise. Walk with fools and become one”. (There are
many variations, of course). My Dad gave me this piece of advice. I have never
been in trouble with the law because of this modest proverb. It’s simple. Don’t
hang around with fools. I don't hangout with BurnBots or Republicans.
Over
time, I couldn’t stand the kind of people who identified as Republicans. I will
go to my grave wondering what happened to the Republican party. Now I’m
wondering what happened to Bernie supporters.
Republicans
became horrible, self-centered people who lost the meaning of what it means to
be an American. Associating with them made me look like an idiot among my
social circles. Democrats seemed more mature and thoughtful. I became a
Democrat. Hillary supporters seemed more forward-thinking than BurnBots. I became a
Hillary supporter.
I left
the Bernie camp because BurnBots suffer from indications of grandeur and they are too quick to call names. Like Republicans, BurnBots think they are better than people
not like them. Have you ever noticed when having a conversation with a BurnBot
how you cannot utter a word, while they yell at you? One suffers such rudeness with
Tea Braggarts as well.
BurnBots
think so highly of themselves your words mean nothing. They have no intention
of shutting up long enough to hear anything you have to say. BurnBots and Tea Braggarts
are just bad mannered people. When you cannot finish a single sentence without
interruption, stop trying to talk to them. Just walk away from people like this. If they don’t listen, you will never convince them of anything.
A lot
of marriages end up the same way. If your spouse won’t let you finish a
sentence, the marriage is over. When the shine wears off and you overlooked
your spouse’s bad manners in the courting days, that shortcoming amplifies
itself big time a few years into the marriage.
If an
adult didn’t learn good manners as a child, teaching good manners later in life
is almost impossible. Some of the biggest arguments you will ever have is when
you confront an adult’s bad manners. Just walk away from them. Walk away from
BurnBots. Walk away from Republicans. Walk away from Tea Braggarts. Walk away
from your spouse. They will never respect anything you have to say.
So it
goes, with Bernie supporters. A long time ago I decided to tune Tea Braggarts
out entirely. That included some family members. It was a necessity! I swear a
family member threatened me because I was a Democrat. Hatred for Democrats had
become so strong among Tea Braggarts, members of my own family were calling me
names and warning that someday they will put guys like me in jail. What?
I just
don’t talk to Republicans in general and Tea Braggarts in particular. Their
opinions have
damaged family relations. Now, BurnBots are turning out the same
way. Supposedly, they are fellow Democrats and our alliance comes with an
understanding we may have minor differences but in the end, we have the same
goal. You don’t treat fellow Democrats like the enemy. BurnBots think you are
the enemy.
All my
life I have always thought of fellow Democrats as an ally. This belief went without
saying. I never thought, I would live to see the day, when I would fight fellow
Democrats. I never thought I would see the day fellow Democrats would hate me
so much.
The
only thing I can think of, is that these Bernie supporters are not now, nor have
they ever been, Democrats. That would explain why they behave more like
Republican Tea Braggarts than thoughtful Democrats. Regardless, they are bad
mannered, vulgar and not worth conversing with. I feel good when I unfriend them.