by Texas Homesteader

Recently on my Facebook page I shared a story that I read about how much food is wasted in this country – everything from harvest waste or culls in the field to grocery store waste.  

I commented that it was a shame that more edible & in-date food destined for the dumpsters for whatever cosmetic reason couldn’t be used instead to feed hungry people.

Many of my followers chimed in that it was a shame indeed. But one person was angered by the story for some reason that I still don’t quite understand. As a matter of fact he was indignant and abrasive to many various commenters.

Now I love FB and I typically enjoy it immensely. But this internet troll incident got me wondering if public social media sites like Facebook are really a friend or a foe?

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by Texas Homesteader~ 

Too many times it seems we hide behind a stand-up-for-yourself persona to blast someone else.

Now although I’m not suggesting that you let anyone actually take advantage of you, sometimes it’s just gossip – pure & simple.

But when did our right to stand up for ourselves turn into the right to really jab hard at someone else? To go for the jugular so to speak?

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