I don't post my political views online.  Here is why:

1)  I might be wrong.

I have been wrong before.  I will be wrong again.  Why should I believe that just because an issue or person has got me to an negative emotional state, that I am correct about my beliefs?  I am angry, but am I right?

2). Why do I deserve to get what I want?

Even if I am right, why do I deserve to get what I want?  What if what I want is bad for someone else?  There are 350 million of us.  What are the odds that what I want as one person is the best solution for the other 349,999,999?

3)  It’s only 5% of our lives.

If we don’t like the President, we get to vote for another one in just 4 years.  If we live to be 80, 4 years is just 5% of our entire lifetime.  If we are not getting what we want now, can we decide that we can be ok getting what we want for the other 95% of our lives?  Will 95% be enough?

4)  Can it really change someone's mind?

Telling someone what they are doing wrong never works.  It doesn’t matter how many bumper stickers you have or what your T-shirt says.  People need to see an advantage to changing their mind, and hate and anger does not seem to work very well as a motivating force.

5)  Is the post a solution?

If you are going to post, are you posting a solution?  A baby knows something is wrong, but it either has not yet developed the intelligence and skill to communicate the solution, or does not know the solution.  So it screams and cries.  If we are not posting a solution, are we acting just like a baby by throwing a fit because we don’t understand why our tummy hurts?

6). We don’t need to do it because the solution exists.

Just vote.  Every situation that exists that one side does not like, is because on the day we all voted, that side could not get enough people to agree with them.  Yes, you can say gerrymandering, election fraud, PACs, biased media, billionaire donations…..  But we don’t have to let them influence us, so we are still in charge.  Just vote.

7)  That's what friends are for.

I constantly wear my friends out with my rants.  They constantly tell me I am wrong.  But neither of us actually think we are better than the other person so while we argue and yell, neither of us is trying to change the other person.  The system works perfectly.