Reality vs The Media (Including Social Media)

I've went a week or so at a time with not turning on the tv at all and not looking at any social media and it's a blessing.

I agree about the race issue, especially down in the south outside of the big cities. I took a little trip last month and visited three little towns on the coast in Mississippi. I interacted with several black people and it was almost shocking how nice they were to me. Just walking down the street or walking near the beach and I would hear "have a nice day", "enjoy your walk", "how you doing honey".

You seem to find yourself in a lot of random hugging situations.

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I interacted with several black people and it was almost shocking how nice they were to me.

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That’s because they were afraid you were going to shoot them. You know whites hunt black people all the time right?

BLM

The media is the enemy of this country. I don’t know why anyone trusts any of them. Fox, CNN, they are all propagating hate and division.

I hear you, man.

I worked one of the covid checkpoints at the hospital yesterday, people of all ages, race, ethnicity, etc., and had nothing but polite pleasant interactions with them all.

Forgive me, I got hammered last night

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he world is nowhere near as bad as it seems if you are just living, loving, and laughing.

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It really is crazy the stark contradiction of what's portrayed in the news and what's going on in everyday life.

A couple days ago I had to stop by Walmart on my way home and there was a line outside because they were holding people up to try and keep people distanced from each other. The guy in front of me was a black gentleman in his 50s or 60s. We were outside for maybe 5 mins and we were just laughing and joking about how ridiculous the procedure was. My son was with me and he gave him a peppermint from his pocket. You know, just people being people. And this all happened in AL and believe it or not, it isn't the first conversation I've had with a person who doesn't look like me. The news and whack jobs on social media would have you believe that I hate him and he's scared of me. It really is crazy.

I really think it has a lot to do with growing up in the south. There is a bigger black population per capita here and we all grew up together and have learned to live together. The south got most of its racial issues out of our system back in the 60s. Seriously one of the most segregated places I've ever been in my life was the Midwest. A guy I worked with from Wisconsin told me once that he had never had to interact with black people on a regular basis until he went to college and got a job in the south.

This 1000%.

I've met more random friendly people in the last two months than I have in the last 3 years of work travel.

People are sick of all the negativity. Most just want to live and let live. And these folks are from all walks of life. Baws, doctors, decorators, retired folks.

None of them with the same friendly disposition agree at all with the hate being fomented out there. Put down the phone, look up, and enjoy life. You'll be glad you did.