Today I am going to offend people on Facebook. I am a God fearing, gun loving white unapologetic male! Let the hate begin. I do not own a handgun or a semi-automatic assault rifle not because I would not like one. I have fired them and they are cool. No, I don’t own them I am a cheapskate. They cost a lot of money and so does the ammunition so I choose to buy car parts instead. I believe in God and I read my bible and try to do what is right by what God teaches. I am a white male, I do my best to not judge others by race or creed, gender or even, shock, sexual preference. I try to judge people by the strength of their character. Huh, where have I heard that before? I believe there are nasty people who call themselves Christians and Atheists who are more christianly than I am. Guess what, you can disagree with me and I don’t hate you! Let’s be honest, the internet has gotten out of hand. People are going to Facebook and other places saying the stupidest things on both sides. Civility is lost, dialog is dead, instead, it has been replaced by screaming and shouting and verbal abuse. I am officially calling for a cease-fire! I call on everyone I know to lay down the weapons of words we are using and return to civil dialog amongst friends. I am calling for all of us to not see those who disagree with us as the enemy, but a chance to show love and compassion and a chance for us to show everyone else sending out the abuse, that it is not how adults, real adults act! I pledge to you right now to not send out abusive diatribes, posts that do not promote healthy dialog or are about cats and personal injuries. They are funny and sometimes cute but there are just so many times you can take someone take one in the groin! I call on all my friends to do the same and if you agree, pass this on to your friends, maybe we can change the current culture for the good!