OPINIONS....are like assholes!!

Do you ever have an opinion but are afraid to voice it, in fear that friends or family will disagree with you? Disagreeing is okay and is expected some times, but often times, it gets emotional and that leads to arguments. Why is it, that some people can't discuss events, beliefs, or opinions without getting so angry? Is it how passionate someone is about the subject matter? Is it a superiority or inferiority complex that some people have?

How to start an argument online.......Post your opinion on either Religion, Abortion or Politics.....and wait!!

There was a woman on Facebook named Carla. We were friends due to the equal love of animals that we shared. Well, it comes to find out, that was the only thing we had in common. She started posting only hateful posts regarding the political party that she did NOT follow. It was constant, several a day, hateful posts, calling names to anyone that didn't have the same belief as her. She was belittling and forceful in her beliefs. If you didn't agree with her opinions, she had venom toward you. I kept quiet and didn't comment on her posts. I remained her friend on FB for quite awhile. Thinking she would never notice me gone, because she had hundreds of friends, I unfriended her.

After about a few months, she sent me a private message that read:

" I'm assuming you defriended me because I'm a conservative?"

OMG!! She noticed!! What now? Do I lie or tell the truth? Crap!

Okay, I decided to tell the truth but be very passive and non-confrontational about it. So this is how my response went! Mind you, this is about 4-5 years ago, when I didn't really associate with either party.

"Hi Carla,

First let me apologize. I didn't even think you would notice I was gone. Oops, I was wrong. :)

I respect that others have their own opinions and feelings. I refrain from posting mine, in a public forum, regarding the dreaded 3 which are, Abortion, Politics and Religion, as not to offend any of my friends. Everyone is so quick to attack over things they are very passionate about. I choose not to attack, but to keep my opinions to myself if I don't agree. (animals are a different story though.) ♥

I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I can see good and bad in both. I think what happened was there were so many negative posts, one after another and a few in the end that I decided to remove them from my wall. I don't even remember what they were now, but they upset me (and my opinions) and I decided to unfriend you rather than fire back at you with my opinions. I refuse to argue with my acquaintances over 3 subject's that have no right or wrong. They are opinions that differ immensely. Again, I apologize for not being up front, but felt and feel that it may not have been taken in a positive way.

My daughters and I have been working on focusing on everything positive and have for a few years now. It's hard, as I was only brought up around negativity. It really brings me down and I can notice immediately when I say something negative. I post positive thoughts on my wall all the time, so I can share them with others.

On a more positive note, I have been transporting animals more and more and feel so good about it. We definitely have "animals" in common and I thank you for that!! I can tell you are very passionate in everything you do and  there is nothing wrong with that.

I am trying to focus on all of my relatives in Japan and all of those who have died and have lost everything. I am communicating with many over there and trying to offer my assistance in any way that I can. It is just so sad and heartbreaking. =(

You take care!
♥ Paula

So this was, I thought light and friendly and to the point. Do you agree?

Well, from that point on, if I commented on a mutual friends post, she would make comments against me like, "Oh there are people on here that only like you if you think the same as them!" Or worse, "there she is again, the one that unfriends you if she doesn't like what you say."

I think I blocked her from that point on, so she couldn't see when I posted anything. It was so embarrassing and my friends just ignored her ramblings.

These are the types of people that I don't care to be friends with, on Facebook or anywhere else, for that matter. So occasionally, I go on an unfriending spree and rid my Facebook of "these" types of people. Bye, Bye now!!

VEGAN....or not VEGAN!!

People are crazy on Facebook. There is so much friending, unfriending, bashing, fighting, blocking and unblocking!! It's crazy and it all has to do with differences of opinions. Everyone thinks they are right and the other person is wrong.

I have been clearing out my friends list. Why you ask? There are people that are on my friends list, that aren't really my "friends." They are acquaintances or they like things in common with me or they're someone I knew, long ago. So many times the people we once knew, are no longer the same people today. It can also be that I have changed so much from my younger days, that they no longer fit my taste or likings as "friends."

A little over 4 years ago, I transported a little dog for a lady and she helped me get to a hospital after I got bit by another dog. She asked me to be her "admin" for her rescue. I declined, since she lived so far away (up near Santa Barbara, CA) and I didn't know what all it entailed.

She is Vegan. I have nothing against vegan people, more power to them, if that's how they want to live and eat. I don't bash them, try to argue with them on why they won't eat meat, or try to convince them that they should eat meat or dairy, etc. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

All this lady did was post about eating animals and how horrible and how ignorant people were that did. I didn't have a problem with her multiple postings about veganism. What I did have a problem with, was how she started calling people names who weren't vegan. She would post horrific pictures of dead animals or animals being tortured and follow it up with "is this what you are guilty of, you hypocrite?" There were more names she would call people and I didn't feel that I had to put up with her or her personal bashing's. I'm not guilty of anything and that's my opinion. Have your own opinion but don't push me away in the other direction, by trying to shove something down my throat. That doesn't work, just like trying to shove Religion down my throat. It just makes me steer clear of it even more!! I'm not opposed to turning vegan, but in my own time. Then it will be my circus, and my monkeys!!

From The Ends of The Earth - Jeep Contest.

Does anyone ever really win those contests that they enter?

Well, I think they do!! I was on Facebook and saw a contest sponsored by Jeep. Enter your photo's, up to five, must be Jeep related. Okay, so what do I have to lose, right? Maybe, just maybe.

So here we go, one that I thought was funny, matched all the criteria, Jeep related, "ends of the earth," unusual. All the pic's I saw were people in their Jeeps, driving through water, climbing mountains, almost flipped upside-down, etc. But.....my hub's, he's a natural!!!

Low and behold, right when they said the contest ended, I got an email. It looked like spam and fortunately, I opened it, instead of just deleting it. I had forgotten all about it, actually. WHAT??? I've been chosen? This has to be a hacker.....they want me to fill out a form and enter my SS# and have it notorized? Oh crap, I know it's a hacker that is going to steal my identity!! M.U.S.T Google this company Prize Logic.....Hmmm, seems like a legitimate fulfillment company......It has to be legit!!

Just as stated in the "official rules," 4-6 weeks to receive the check, BAM!!! I'm a believer now!! Heck yeah!!