I don’t spend a lot of time on Facebook, I may look at it once or twice a week. Now, I like Facebook and I try to use it for what it was intended for which was to catch up with friends, share birthday and anniversary greetings, extend condolences on a family member’s passing, I enjoy seeing everyone’s pictures and memories. When you don’t look at it much, all of the post from the month, start popping up and one caught my attention today. It was a post about the delivery of the US Marines bodies to Dover AFB. The wording really struck me, and I thought, how despicable do you have to be to write something like this. I watched the video to see what the White House Press Secretary said and basically it was that President Biden understands what it is like to lose a child, which he does as he has lost three. Being in the military for as long as I was, I’ve had the chance to see the best and worst of humanity around the world. I’ve seen men and women die in combat and I took care of both both my parents till their last day. If I learned anything from this is, there is no dignity in death and how you die doesn’t really matter to the folks left behind, the person is gone and they are left to grieve and pick up the pieces of their life without that loved one there.
The post and wording that went with it is shown below.
What a farce – WHO gives a shit about a Jag lawyer that dies in Walter Reed from brain cancer. These heroes died in the field of battle and he’s checking his watch???
Now, it takes a lot to offend me, and I’m certainly not offended by words especially by some of the dopes who spend every waking minute on Facebook whining and moaning about everything. I guess what my real question is, “Is this what Facebook has become?”, a place to spread your hatred and miscontent, really kind of a shame that this is what Facebook has turned people into. Keyboard Warriors, I like to say.
I spent a little time listening to the Facebook whistleblower yesterday testify before Congress and after she was done and all the talking heads in the media started, it all had the same theme, “What is the government going to do about this?”, that response is a little comical to me. Both parties Democrats & Republicans have used Facebook to spread misinformation about a variety of topics, you honestly think they will try to regulate it, I don’t think so.
I have decided to take my own action when it comes to Facebook by deleting some of the angry malcontents from my friends list, so I don’t have to listen to their gibberish any longer! Before I hit that delete person button, I decided to enlighten them on some of the BS they have been spreading and then move on back to my grandchildren pictures, birthday greeting and such. I know this will not offend the folks I unfriend, but it will make my Facebook experience a lot my fun!