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I am feeling a little self-conscious about one aspect of this blog I write.<\/p>\n

It involves the way I distribute it. I use several social media to disseminate my musings about this and\/or that. One of them is Facebook.<\/p>\n

This week a young man with whom I am acquainted complained\u00a0about the politicization of Facebook. He told he has grown weary of all the back and forth, give and take, the jousting over political matters on a social medium that — as he understood it — isn’t intended for such discussion.<\/p>\n

“It’s supposed to be a place where people ‘congregate,'” he told me.<\/p>\n

True enough.<\/p>\n

I mentioned to him that I distribute my blog through Facebook and other social media; I don’t think he reads the blog, so perhaps he learned something about what I do in my “spare time.” The blog does produce its share — or more than its share<\/em>, perhaps — of comments from those who spend a lot of time reading other people’s posts. They engage each other. They take me to task for my posts; others of them endorse whatever\u00a0I am saying. They argue with each other, they get under each other’s skin.<\/p>\n

I choose essentially to stay out of that kind of repartee. I prefer to post the item on my blog and then fire it off on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,Google and Tumblr.<\/p>\n

I don’t intend to politicize Facebook with these posts. I merely intend to get as much exposure as I can for my blog, which I enjoy writing immensely.<\/p>\n

This exercise, which I pursue multiple times a day, is a form of therapy<\/em> for me. It keeps me engaged in public affairs and the news of the day.<\/p>\n

Sure, my blog content is mostly about politics and public policy; it’s also about slices of life and life experience — including retirement and grandparenthood. And, yes, I enjoy writing about\u00a0our adorable puppy, Toby.<\/p>\n

Perhaps my sharing this fit of self-consciousness will help clear my head — and my conscience<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Actually, I feel a bit less<\/em> self-conscious at this moment than I was when I began writing this post.<\/p>\n

See? The “therapy” works!<\/p>\n\n

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