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Why I’m Taking a Social-Media Sabbatical
The Wall Street Journal ^ | January 11, 2021 | Chip Roy

Posted on 01/11/2021 7:59:56 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

I’m suspending indefinitely my use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media. I’m doing so not to make a political statement, but in the hope that America can return to kitchen tables, churches, taverns, coffee shops, dance halls (it’s a Texas thing)—whatever it takes to look others in the eye and rebuild our communities and humanity.

As a husband and father, I also want to stop spending so much time looking at a screen and reacting in ways that are inconsistent with who I am and—most important—who I strive to be as a Christian.

While social media has proved a useful vehicle for sharing information quickly, I have concluded that it does more harm than good to individuals and society alike.

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To: Olog-hai

And some folks never take a break and get wrapped around the axle so tight they alienate themselves from everyone everywhere they go.


21 posted on 01/11/2021 8:56:42 PM PST by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: Olog-hai

> Fighting the truth is the same thing as fighting God.

The truth will come out. It is going to suck for those who have been peddling the lies (or have been taken in by them), because the wanton killing of other human beings is not something God looks favorably upon.

> But it only takes one human to zot thee.

Honestly, I really couldn’t care less if there is no one left on FR that can tolerate an dissenting opinion (but I guess there are still a few left.)


22 posted on 01/11/2021 8:59:11 PM PST by Qilin
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To: Qilin

23 posted on 01/11/2021 9:00:28 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Never did social mastur...I mean media, so missing nothing.


24 posted on 01/11/2021 9:01:47 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Take some time off - thanks for you posts - good stuff


25 posted on 01/11/2021 9:02:05 PM PST by 11th_VA (Et Tu Fox News ?)
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To: 11th_VA

👍


26 posted on 01/11/2021 9:07:49 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Daffynition

I am a conservative, but that doesn’t mean I have to march lockstep with everyone here. I don’t like Trump, never have. But I was willing to give him a chance. But he has blown it bigly, in my opinion. As for Giuliani, I think he is lying. If you don’t, fine. Time will tell. The NY Bar is starting an investigation to disbar him. I think that’s just the beginning of his troubles.

If you can’t tolerate dissenting opinion maybe DU would be more to your liking?


27 posted on 01/11/2021 9:11:23 PM PST by Qilin
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To: Qilin

Trump may be a SOB but hes our SOB. All of this was inevitable. Trump may just be accelerating all of it.


28 posted on 01/11/2021 9:13:01 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Qilin

IBTZ


29 posted on 01/11/2021 9:23:34 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: Qilin

There’s a difference between a “dissenting opinion” and a lie. And you’re using the same language as the left.

BTW, who is engaging in “the wanton killing of other human beings” if not the left? What specific killing do you refer to?


30 posted on 01/11/2021 9:48:02 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

And no, I don’t consider FR to be “social media”).

I consider it an open-source news site


31 posted on 01/11/2021 9:48:27 PM PST by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, if the Democrats don’t cheat)
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To: TakebackGOP

Remember your grammar. Whenever Q is not followed by a U, there is trouble: Qaddafi, al Qaeda, Iraq, Nasdaq, etc., and of course, the names of many CCP agents.


32 posted on 01/11/2021 10:44:51 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Dominion delenda est.)
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To: madison10
I just deleted my Facebook account this evening.   I may have withdrawals but so be it.   I have never twitted.
33 posted on 01/11/2021 11:41:49 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: Delta 21

Bttt


34 posted on 01/12/2021 2:11:44 AM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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