Swearing off toxic places

This has been building for awhile. I'm swearing off discussion boards, at least for a long while. They're simply toxic to me. The amount of rhetoric and spin on both sides of the political aisle is ridiculous and counter productive. It is impossible to attempt to be objective without having someone accuse you of positions you haven't taken and thoughts you haven't expressed.


Life is too short.

We have fooled ourselves into believing the dialogue means something. Perhaps it does on some nebulous stage but I think, in most instances, people who have strong opinions aren't interested in the dialogue, they're interested in the noise created by the voices. It does no good, imo, to continually rehash the same issues in different modes and hope for a different outcome.

The dialogue generated by the masses, meaning us, I believe sometimes blocks out what's being said by the people who represent us. When hear say and regurgitated platforms begin to be more important that the positions actually taken by our elected officials, I think its time to speak less and listen more.