I don't spend much time on Facebook. I'm not out there always updating my status, or posting pictures of my kids, or my food, or my kids eating food. But every once in a while, I feel compelled to comment on someone else's status, especially strange ones.
This week I had an exchange that I enjoyed enough to blog about. It all started with me replying to a comment from a friend-of-a-friend who was complaining about pot laws, but then suggested our government allowed us no more freedoms than that of China.
Here's the entire exchange, verbatim, with no fact checking. Watch the other guy's paranoia (and the ALL CAPS) elevate:
ME
Hey [name], what color is the sky on the planet where you're living? If you think China is a more tolerant and free society and treats its citizens better than the U.S., go over there and smoke weed and complain about their government, and post how that turns out for you. Might be difficult since you won't have free or uncensored access to the internet as you obviously do in the U.S., but that's OK, China doesn't allow computers in the prison camp you'll be working in the rest of your life anyway.
HIM
William have you been to China? YOUR GOVERNMENT tried to pass CISPA/SOPA, AND PASSED NDAA, HR347, National Defense Resource Preparedness Act. You KNOW nothing of China but what you are TOLD to THINK. Why are you talking about China again? A TRUE PATRIOT is pro-people and questions their out of control government.
THEN HIM AGAIN
It is more so people are to distracted or brainwashed by the TV which is CONTROLLED information. If people can use Facebook then they can use the WORLD WIDE WEB to educate, inform, and research stuff the TV tells them. 90% of the mainstream media is OWNED by 6 corporations tied to banks and the war machine. I WISH people would instead of vomiting misinformation or ignorance BUT instead go to Google, A SEARCH ENGINE and read about it or watch educational films.
ME
I'm guessing brown...the color of the sky on [name's] planet is brown, the same as it is in Beijing because their government enforces no environmental laws either. You should live there, I'm sure you won't have to worry about the government controlling the information or what you think. At least that's what I read on the internet.
HIM
William why are you talking about Beijing? How many times have you been there? This conversation is about wanting a better future for our country. You can love your country WITHOUT loving your government. The founding fathers LOVED America that is why they fought to set the foundation we are letting to shit. So while patriots talk about wanting to preserve the Constitution, the law of the land that many died for you talk about Beijing. I have found lately when people bash the direction this country is headed people say things like racist, Bush or Beijing?? Are you trying to change the subject? WILLIAM if the TV told the world was flat, would you research it? Would you question it? Would you talk about Beijing? OH, and who said the world was brown?
ME
Hey [name], read the comment thread. I'm talking about China (and the sky in your world being brown) because you suggested we had no more freedom in the U.S. than they have. You might want to Google 'Tiananmen Square' sometime and start getting up to speed. You apparently have no idea what freedom is. No one here has a problem with those who responsibly question their government, it's essential to its operation and that's why it's done and even encouraged. But if you did the same in China you'd get a visit from someone in a uniform and/or tank, and no one would ever hear from you again.
I didn't get a reply to that. I'm certain he would have, but I suspect he had to crash after being up all night smoking dope and eating Doritos.
I love how the guy is convinced the internet is the source of all accurate information. No wonder he's on Facebook all of the time. That and the fact he clearly has no job. I still 100% support decriminalizing pot, but no one who turns into a full-time delusional stoner ever amounts to anything.
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