That's not how you win friends or influence people. At one point I was heavily into politics. Now I'm not.
Why? In no particular order:
- I don't have time to fact-check every claim.
- It's never cut and dried, always nuanced.
- I'm burned out from when I was in the fight.
- I don't have time for this now because my focus is different.
- I could jump back in and be a real beast at it, however, politics makes me angry so why pull the trigger and be angry all the time.
- Politics are quid pro quo.
- Politics are tribal and when people get emotionally involved their reasoning ability goes down.
- I'm not going to argue with emotional people, its a waste of time.
Instead, I'll focus on my priorities now of following Jesus, husband, teacher, and friend. One of the best decisions I made was turning off the 24/7 news cycle.
If a friend wants to discuss policy and we can keep it civil, great, I can roll with that.
I'm just not going to blister the internet like I used too.
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