I stopped using Facebook

I decided to get off Facebook at least for a while because I was getting pissed off. Not about politics. I enjoy people showing passion and I enjoy poking holes in arguments. But about a matter here in Town. A few high school kids were at a house where they had some alcohol and a couple decided to Snapchat a few bits I gather they thought, under the influence, was either funny or something else. The snapchats contained some racist words. It’s not clear to me what they meant or, indeed, if they meant anything at all because they were kids doing stupid stuff. People in the Town FB group were calling for expulsion. One guy, a lawyer, has previously argued against deporting adult undocumented criminals but he demands expulsion for kids saying stuff on snapchat. I couldn’t take it. A guy I know is a history teacher and had one of the kids – not one of the ones making the video but in the room. That kid is now hiding in another state because he’s been threatened with bodily harm, even death. One of these bleeps came out and said she was speaking her ‘gut’ demanding expulsion, seemingly unaware as an adult that her rash behavior mirrored the rash behavior of adolescents she demands be horribly punished. I don’t want to be in a virtual room with such people. So I backed away. Quit the groups and decided I was getting too worked up about this shit.