Do you make political posts on FB and other SM with your name attached?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not on social media since 2014. Lame.

^^ who’s going to tell her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I unfollow anyone who makes any political posts. This includes friends and family, even immediate friends and family. When I realized I didn’t follow my parents or husband anymore (they are on opposite extremes with their views) I decided it was time to delete SM altogether. I am so much happier not on it.

Ok you just watch this current S#!++ show from your vantage point and keep acting like nothing is happening. Keep it up.

This is 1938 Germany. Imagine if there was social media.

I think this is terrifyingly similar to 1938 Germany, so I stay silent on social media. I know how to contact people i trust and organize with in ways that aren't publicly broadcast or tracked by companies I don't trust. Nothing I say or don't say on Facebook is going to help at this point.

[Anonymous]

I deleted social media back in 2022 and don't miss it. Seeing all the supposedly smart, educated people from my Ivy League school support pandemic-era overreach such as extended school closures when I knew they held different opinions IRL made me realize how fake and performative it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I deleted social media back in 2022 and don't miss it. Seeing all the supposedly smart, educated people from my Ivy League school support pandemic-era overreach such as extended school closures when I knew they held different opinions IRL made me realize how fake and performative it is.

A moment of silence for the insane amount of teachers who passed from COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t make any political comments. I just don’t need the stress or the haters. It’s just not worth my time.

People are so mean nowadays. So many haters. Some are my so called friends on FB. Some are MAGA supporters some are ultra liberal.

I just don’t want to engage. Not worth it.

+1 completely agree!!

[Anonymous]

No. It’s childish. Often the posts are intended to be zingers or “gotcha” that actually sound stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why or why not?

What do you think of people you know IRL who do? Do you mute them? Comment? Ignore? Block?

I do, but not a lot. I do not mute people I know in real life just because their views are drastically different from mine, and certainly don't block them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am apolitical and I can’t stand the stupidity of people who are devoted to ill informed opinions, this includes both maga and communists.

Cannot imagine the privilege of remaining “apolitical” in this day and age..

I know. I am sooo privileged, and I recognize it, and not ashamed of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am apolitical and I can’t stand the stupidity of people who are devoted to ill informed opinions, this includes both maga and communists.

Cannot imagine the privilege of remaining “apolitical” in this day and age..

I know. I am sooo privileged, and I recognize it, and not ashamed of it.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am apolitical and I can’t stand the stupidity of people who are devoted to ill informed opinions, this includes both maga and communists.

Cannot imagine the privilege of remaining “apolitical” in this day and age..

Most of what we see as information is trash. News is targeted in such a way as to confirm our bias- in whatever direction it may be - and push towards specific conclusions and tribalism. Absolutely hold to your values and agree/disagree on z, y, or z. But hold on to your absolutes loosely.

[ZachF]

I always post with my name on FB and I do plenty of political posts. Let people block me. I don't care. I'm also in a lot of groups but I'll quit groups that allow anonymous posting or AI generated questions.

[Anonymous]

I personally get annoyed by people on (my!) social media who post political things that do not coincide with my own beliefs.

Well to be more concise - - anyone who posts supporting words for our current Prez annoy me to he#% ➕ back.
But if I like them as a friend, I simply just scroll right on by.

[Anonymous]

I definitely post political stuff on FB, along with personal stuff about how I’m doing, music I like, or sometimes travel photos. I post up to 3 times a week.

I do it because I know people who are immigrants, and I want them to know I have their backs. I do it to show courage, because that’s what it takes to put yourself out there in resistance to the current administration. I do it to let everyone know where I stand, so they don’t mistake me as a fan of 47. I do it because what is happening unseen and yes, undocumented!, in ICE detention centers is stunningly close to German ghettos and concentration camps in the 1930s, and I’ve always judged harshly the Germans who did nothing.

And I do it, and show up at protests, to lessen the danger for the other people who are doing it. If you’re coming for that person, I’m standing up with them. That’s why my heroes as a middle aged white person, are a bunch of ordinary young people and dedicated politicians from the civil rights era of American history. It’s a marathon not a sprint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I definitely post political stuff on FB, along with personal stuff about how I’m doing, music I like, or sometimes travel photos. I post up to 3 times a week.

I do it because I know people who are immigrants, and I want them to know I have their backs. I do it to show courage, because that’s what it takes to put yourself out there in resistance to the current administration. I do it to let everyone know where I stand, so they don’t mistake me as a fan of 47. I do it because what is happening unseen and yes, undocumented!, in ICE detention centers is stunningly close to German ghettos and concentration camps in the 1930s, and I’ve always judged harshly the Germans who did nothing.

And I do it, and show up at protests, to lessen the danger for the other people who are doing it. If you’re coming for that person, I’m standing up with them. That’s why my heroes as a middle aged white person, are a bunch of ordinary young people and dedicated politicians from the civil rights era of American history. It’s a marathon not a sprint.

This!

[Anonymous]

I don’t, but only because I work for a federal agency and I would like to keep my job. Under any other administration, I feel like I could support or oppose a policy without retribution — but not this administration. I will sometimes “like” someone’s post, but even that makes me paranoid. Once in a while, I will push back on someone’s post, but I do so in a way that might suggest I’m an independent and only trying to engage in critical thinking.