Saturday, January 28, 2017

Better Things To Do

People amaze me and not always in a good way. Someone that I blogged with in the now defunct Blogstream has been exercising his freedom of speech by calling all women who disagree with his support of Trump, things like old hag, bitch and the C word. My only comment to him after 2 days of seeing his behavior was that if supporting Trump meant using the kind of language, I'd pass. I spent the rest of that day deciding that I might need to unfriend him for the sake of my own sanity. Went to Facebook the next morning to do so and found that he'd taken care of the problem for me. This after his spending weeks complaining that people were unfriending him for his politics. Umm, no. Sorry Bryon, it's because of the hate you're spewing in the name of your politics.

Many of my Facebook friends voted for Trump.. Oddly only 3 or 4 have had anything to say about their choice. Those who decided that they wanted a solid Conservative SCOTUS said that was why they voted for him and they didn't celebrate that win because, as Christians, the need to vote for him didn't make them happy. Supporters who keep spewing their anger at those of us who don't support this president seem to have had the wall, the ban on muslim immigrants, abortion or the defeat of the PC people as the reason behind their votes. Those of us who don't fall into lockstep with that particular block of Trumpeters are on the receiving end of their schadenfreude and it's vitriolic expression.

I'm not being bothered by any of them since I don't feel that arguing online is going to solve any problems. Therefore I am not making a target out of myself since my only contribution to the fight is to post articles I know to be closer to the truth than some things one can find online. I also have this little quirk in my personality. I feel that if someone isn't paying my bills, they aren't entitled to an explanation of my beliefs. I say what I think and I have no need to defend that. I'm entitled to that, according to the Constitution. I have a very dim view of people who want what they want at the expense of those less fortunate than they are. I just stay away from them as much as possible and have chosen to leave their fate on Judgement Day in the hands of a higher power than I am. I have my opinions, but, in the end, do they really matter to anyone but me? I don't think so.

Anyway, because of all the turmoil, I am spending much of my time where I can enjoy my life. That place is in the comfort of my castle with the laptop shut off. I might be cooking, cleaning, sitting in my recliner with the cat on my lap and a book in my hand. I might be out shopping or running errands. I might even be doing some painting. That was what I did yesterday. Today I will sign the piece as I have looked and in my mind it is finished the way it is. In another day I will start the sealing process and grab another surface to see what my mind decides needs to be painted onto it. There's a spark of something running around what remains of my brain, we'll see how that goes.

In the meantime, this is what I did yesterday. I think he's flirting with you.




8 comments:

  1. yes doing something you enjoy is much better for your emotional health that's for sure! ;) the painting is pretty. :) I love birds.

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    1. I was shocked at how nasty Bryon got. Not to me, but I just can't see arguing like that over a shit bag like Trump.

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  2. Since I dropped off Facebook for awhile, I lost track of all former Blogstreamers there and haven't really sought them out. I have enough to contend with with my extended family. Somehow I missed or overlooked a lot of their extreme right wing tendencies until our election season (and post-election) but I have no qualms about taking them on. In fact, I have warned them that if they go off on pro-Trump rants, I will respond and then it becomes simply a matter of which of us unfriends the other first.

    In all honesty, the way things are at present, I am almost sorry I had to leave New Zealand.

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    1. Some of them have changed so much it's enough to make me ask who they were to start out with. I ran afoul of Prank within a week of having an account there by asking a random question. One of those things that pops into the head when we're bored. I asked if there was any such thing as an accident. He went off on me, accused me of shaming people and I unfollowed him.

      I've seen many of my former friends there and chose not to friend them. I believe we change as we age, but not like they did.

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  3. Sounds like your friend would fit right in over on the other B place !

    Hopefully everything will die down soon on the political scene, but who knows, it may get worse. Ugh, I am glad I am such a hermit and watch very little tv too and politics are forbidden in my house lol.

    Great job on the little birdie. I love it :-)

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    1. I'm avoiding the other B place. I check my subscription notifications to see if there's something I want to look at which was how I caught Sabrina being back. Other than that I don't bother.

      I'm having fun with paints, beats the internet drama any day of the week.

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  4. Interesting piece. I just (today) deactivated my FB account mainly because all the election trash talk had just got me down. I didn't vote for Trump, and am not impressed so far but like you I don't think I'm required to defend my opinions. It was uplifting to read your article. As far as this medium - like you - I"m devoting myself to 'things' I like outside of social mediium. I will occasionally check in here and read some of the people (you for one), but as to publishing anything substantial - so far - I have no big desire to do so. For now, I'm just relaxing and doing things I want to do sans FB.

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    1. I stick it out for family because they've mostly forgotten how to pick up a damn phone and call to let us know what's going on.

      I knew it wasn't going to be magic when a month into the experience I was reading something and randomly asked the question if there really was such a thing as accidents. Prank jumped on me with both feet, accusing me of trying to shame someone. I tried to explain my thought process at the time and he just kept telling me I was wrong. Like he was inside my head? I immediately unfriended him and went on my way. Life's too short and for some of us it's getting shorter.

      I still like to write and since I don't have much attention here, it's peaceful. I like peaceful. You and Pup take care.

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