Jasonisms

I've been thinking about rage-quitting Google+. As much as I enjoy communication, sharing ideas and thoughts and interacting with people who share some sort of interest, I'm getting really tired of all the narcissistic ego-centrism I'm seeing. This isn't the first time I've post thoughts of this subject and after restricting my Google+ usage, I'm finding (after a semi-full time return) that I'm just as annoyed as before my partial hiatus. I was blocked twice today. Both by long time connections who were both Buzzers of days gone by. One guy -- a guy who alienated many people with his strict outlook on life -- a guy who once told me to stop posting current event articles and to stick to photos of my dog because he disliked my choice of source articles or my opinions, finally blocked me today (or was it yesterday?) after I questioned why he created a post of nothing but a link about a murder suicide. He left no comment on why he shared the link, what his o...

For the first time ever I told someone to block me. The more I get to know people in Google+ the more I'm ever more grateful for the *I* in *INTP*. I understand over the years, especially during this last election cycle and with the advent of the Tea Party and 8 years of Bush era policies, somehow somewhere along the way I've been labeled liberal.  As much as I've rebelled against that label, I am still saddled with it for my support of social issues, equal rights, immigration reform, social justice, civil rights, and many many more causes. However, that doesn't mean the Right isn't correct once in a while. I saw a fairly large backlash when I defended (then-candidate) Romney for misspeaking at a public event. He said "apples" when he meant to say "oranges" and while every liberal on the internet jumped on him for being an idiot I preached a more understanding viewpoint: the man is campaigning. He is probably getting between 4 and 6 hours o...