When I first joined Facebook (summer of 2009), I wrote in the "About Me" section that I was dragged, kicking and screaming to Facebook and that it was the devil and would melt my brain.
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Little did I know how close to the truth I was - except it hasn't melted my brain, it's melted America's (collective) brain. And as far as Facebook being the devil, one can certainly argue that like heaven and hell, Facebook is the battleground for America's soul. For instead of being a social meeting place to keep up with old school chums, show off pictures of your dog and your kids, it's now a semi-anonymous platform for people to espouse hateful things that I doubt they'd otherwise say in person if confronted by those they attack.
I'd like to share 3 instances I've seen via my Facebook "wall". One is a photo a "friend" shared. Another is a conversation initiated by the national television morning show, Today Show. And the third is the President of the United State's Facebook wall.
