IrvingD

I'm eventually coming to face a disconcerting fact about FaceBook. The status bar simply cannot sustain subtleties of thought or the nuances of emotion. Recently, I posted a comment about my frustrations with politics-or at least the way people post political opinions. I am not a little amused and outraged by those status bar items which rail against other groups as being "hateful, vicious, narrow-minded, idiots," while claiming all along the moral high ground of moderation and sweet reasonableness. They will post links to other pieces that decry the ignorance and stupidity of their political opponents all the while holding to the semblance of sophistication and sanity. My status bar recently announced that for these and other reasons I hate politics. Next thing you know, a couple of old seminary buddies chimed in with dead serious mini-lectures on the significance of politics in the course of human events. Good points were made about the place of influence on the lives o...