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Quit the Blood Bath

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Quit the Blood Bath
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Dear Facebook,

Never before in my life have I seen so much hate between people. Thanks to Facebook, all of you feel like you can scream at each other with no consequences simply because you are protected through your computer screen. I hope you've all realized that you aren't protected, or that you've actually hurt people through all this election crap.

I think I've seen all ends of it.

"How could you vote for this person?? I am seriously offended that you would vote for this person when you know me personally and know what my beliefs are. We can no longer be friends!"

"Don't worry Women, someday we will get that bully out of office and show our daughters that they can become president!"

"How could you pick someone so Racist and evil?"

"You voted for Hilary? She murders babies!"

"I'm from Mexico, how dare you vote for Trump!"

"Not trusting our president is the worst thing you Americans can do!"

Though many of these Facebook posts have made me laugh, I kind of want everyone to just take a step back and think for a moment. I'm pretty sure that whoever voted for trump did not think "Hey, I like sexual assaults. I'm racist. I'm gonna vote for Trump!" and I don't think people who voted for Hilary were thinking "I hate babies, I want a liar for a president, I'm going to vote for Hilary!"

I really don't think anyone was thinking that. Everyone voted for who they felt would do the best job as president. I'm sure not everyone agreed with every single idea that their candidate presented, but they agreed with some of their ideas and decided that was best for their vote. I don't think anyone voted to hurt someone else.

I don't think most of the rumors spread about Trump and Hilary are true. Trump will say one thing, the media will twist and warp that until it's a dead beaten dog. Hilary will present one idea and the media will turn her into a blood sucking demon.

This blood bath is kind of ridiculous. Can't we go back to the days when we voted, and then we all kept quiet about who we voted for and supported whatever we ended up with? Because if a country is going to function, we all need to unite. Oh yeah, that's right, that never happened.

I understand that we all want to state our opinions. That is fine. I also know that all of our parents/teachers have trained us to approach our opinions with research, maturity and thoughtfulness. You are not looking to stab people with your opinions. You are looking to state an opinion you have with understanding and tactfulness.

So, next time you are thinking about posting your opinion, make sure you are being tactful and inspirational. Be careful with your words.

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