I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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I believe the basis of the article is the Tea Party is racist, even racists think so.
Do you have anything to say regarding that thesis?
Quick sidenote: we laughed at the article. I don't go dragging people through the mud, so this conversation we've been having has stayed between you and me. Also: I do like the new profile picture.
Back to topic. You may want to actually try talking to some people in the Tea Party. I did. I went out and talked to the Occupy Norfolk people too for the few days when it was a thing.
You'e getting information second hand. You know everyone has an agenda. I'm merely suggesting you actually go out and find things out first hand.