Political on social media? Really?

Ok. I don’t normally rant or get political on my blog or on social media sites. However, I get sick and tired of people ranting ad nauseam about their political beliefs on Facebook, Google+, etc. This posting is directed to those people who are always throwing their beliefs in everyone’s faces.

Most people’s political view points are relatively fixed and aren’t going to be changed by anything you post. If someone “friends” you, it means that, either they already agree with you politically, or they feel you have something important or interesting to say about other topics. No one friends you because they want you to convince them to change their political viewpoint. So, if you are going on and on and on about your pro tea party, pro occupy, pro whatever beliefs, you are either pissing someone off, or preaching to the choir. Neither are productive.

I have real friends that have viewpoints different from mine and that’s OK. There’s other common ground that’s more important. As long as you believe in America and want to improve our lives, all the rest is just details and it’s Ok if we disagree about the details. I just don’t want hear about them over and over again.

Once again, thanks for reading!

-Ken