Every time you share a meme on Facebook that's designed to inspire rage, you're helping kill our democracy. Let me explain.
No matter your political/moral/social views, you will be angry when you see and share a meme made to inspire a particular point of view. Here's an example. I recently saw a meme that purported to show a homeless vet living in a car. The text said something to the effect that our government should help homeless vets before helping refugees. "Share if you agree" is usually a part of these inflammatory posts.
If we agree with the meme, it means that we're against refugees. If we disagree, we're against homeless vets. Either way, you're pitting human being against human being and working to split us apart in a very real way. That's exactly what the Russian troll farms intended to do, and we have all fallen into the trap.
If you must express your opinion, how about writing it yourself and not sharing a meme or article that shares your view? If you believe that homeless vets need more help, volunteer. Or cite statistics (real ones) that show what and where the problem is. Start a conversation.
Otherwise I'm simply going to believe you've fallen under the thrall of an entity determined to hurt us.
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