Paintball Magazine November 2017 | Página 17

Social media has given us a platform to show off the worst in us. We spend more time trying to be cleverly rude in our responses than we do trying to sound intelligent. We use shut- down comments instead of having conversations because we’d rather win than hear the other side of a debate. We don’t debate or discuss in any type of detail because we might have to admit to ourselves that we’re wrong sometimes. Vulnerability is lost. We hide in our safe blue or red boxes so we don’t have to take the risk of being wrong. I’m tired of one-way “conversations.” I’m fine with whatever phone you like but I can also tell you why I like mine. If you think NFL players are actually protesting the flag, tell me why and I’ll listen. If you are convinced Eli Manning is not a future Hall of Famer, I’ll debate you and I’ll hear your side. If you don’t like my politics that’s fine because I don’t like my party either right now. I don’t like Fox News or CNN. They both have self-serving agendas. Want to discuss? Let’s do it. I’m tired of one-word answers to complex questions. Aren’t you? Thanks for reading! John Amodea President/Editor Paintball.Media www.paintball.media 017