Its Monday evening and I have no more art to show, so heres a random post about when and why I unfriend people; I have a lot of people on my friends list who dont agree with me on a variety of topics. Some might be big and important like religion and social issues, others relatively small and inconsequential like specific videogames or books. Some of the opinions of my friends I find less.... reconcilable than others. In these cases, I ask myself; Is this a person I talk to? If yes, Ill try to convince them to change their opinion, or at least engage them so I can understand where theyre coming from. If no? Unfriend. I know it seems like a knee-jerk reaction to contrary opinions, but I already discuss these contrary opinions with people I at least somewhat know, and those conversations are usually constructive and relatively polite. Trying to have a heavy debate with someone on my list I barely know usually ends up with mud being slung back and forth. In the end it comes down to spending energy where its most likely to have an effect. I realized i could spend all day every day trying to tear down every (IMO, shitty) opinion I see on fb, or I could unfriend the ones I dont have time to debate and focus on those closer to me. I still get a steady stream of contrary opinions and good debate while the audience gets informed as to why i hold my opinion.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:11:23 +0000
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