Posture of Peace
This past week I have several friends reacting to a post on social media. It looked like an innocent enough picture, but “the powers that be” chose to censor the picture for potentially offensive content. As I read comments, and saw increasingly more people commenting on the post, or sharing the post it led me to think, well that algorithm or plan worked. I have revisited the posts on multiple pages several times to see if it is still in censored mode. I even considered reposting it myself. I consider this plan then ask myself, why am I choosing this, why am I invested in this picture, or any post, or the reactions it generates within me? What do I gain by giving my time to social media? Social media is a means to advertising dollars, and income is best generated in an environment of discord and discontentment. This picture that had no obvious reason to be censored and likely would have been easily passed by as a lovely statement and picture soon forgotten. However, the act of cens