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Why I am Voting NO for Twitter during the Republican National Convention

I want to warn you before you read this post… It’s written by one confused little American 24 year old.  I was born and raised in Texas and at since I am a Texan, I suppose that means I am a  Republican (even though my mother was from the east coast and Democrat through and through).  I am also an Army Reservist, and in my unit, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who wasn’t a hard core Bush fan.  Sometimes I disagreed with the Republican party, but I always voted Republican because that is what everyone I knew did.

All I ever heard about was what Republicans believe.  I never had anyone to tell me the other side of the story.

Well let me tell you, last week watching the Democratic National Convention I was moved on SO MANY different levels.  I followed twitter religiously and even went upstairs alone at a friends house during a football game (this is a big deal-I’m from Texas remember?) to watch Barack Obama’s acceptance speech.

So I dug down and started doing my research.  I promised myself I wouldn’t make a snap political decision again and I would learn as much as I could before November.  I found as much information on Obama AND his party as I could find.  Along the way I also researched the Republican party more extensively than I ever had before and began to see that I was at a crossroads.  I do truly believe in a lot of what John McCain and his party have to say… But I also believe a lot in what the Democratic Party stands for too

Let me tell you the issue that stands in my way now.  Twitter.

Last week everyone I follow was GLOWING and so happy with what was going on.  Well every since Sarah Palin was named VP, I realized whose voice I was missing.  The Republicans.  I did not hear much from them during the Democratic National Convention.  And since then I have honestly been shocked.  Last time I checked, the point of Social Media and Twitter is to spread awareness and knowledge… not call 17 year old Bristol Palin a whore and point out everything her Mother has done wrong with her family.  I mean… wasn’t Obama’s mother single?  Wasn’t he born when she was 18?  Didn’t Obama specifically say that “people’s families are off limits” during elections???

And I’m not going to even get started on the military thing.  Every day I wonder if this will be the day I am going to be deployed but I still could not find myself saying some of the things that I have heard said about McCain in the last 5 days.

I am not saying McCain is right or Palin is a Saint or that Obama can’t change the world; what I am saying is that I wish we could stick to the facts and leave those kinds of catty comments to Perez Hilton.  I think his blog is best suited for that type of commentary.

I miss the the candid and witty comments on everyday life, the funny OHs, the knowledge sharing and the juicy links to awesome stories…  I miss all that made twitter so charming!

So I’m turning Twitter off during the Republican National Convention tonight.  I want my opinion to be based solely on the facts and not a bunch of angry opinions.  I am all for healthy fact based debate, but since Friday I have felt like I am in high school again.  Except this time the only voices I am hearing are those of the mean.

(Thank you woodleywonderworks for the amazing flickr photo!!)

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