Short but not so sweet.

     So this afternoon, a friend I knew from HS posted a very poorly done video that purported to PROVE that a kid had been given detention for saying God Bless You to a schoolmate. Now all the video was is a guy (Presumably the kid's Dad) asking the kid what happened and then prompting the kid to tell how he had said GBU to a student and an evil teacher gave him detention as part of religious persecution. No evidence was given to back up the claims just the guy and his kid.
      Now folks, I see this sort of crap all the time. People claiming this or stating that and offering no proof of any kind to support it. IMNSHO (In My Not So Humble Opinion in case you forgot) people who post this sort of Shift are actually hurting the causes they claim to support. Saying "OH NOSE WE IS BEING PERSECUTED!" at the top of your lungs is like crying wolf when its actually a Beagle. People might listen to you in the beginning but eventually they stop because you are being an Ass.
      So when I very politely (Yes me politely) pointed this out, my friend became quite irate and insulting. She accused me of not being a Christian and that I was attacking her. When I attempted to explain to her that I was not attacking her or even disputing the video's claim, she got even more angry. When I pointed out that the man actually lied twice in the video, she came back with "I do not care that his fact may or maynot be wrong." (Her spelling not mine.)
      I know it comes as a shock to most of my college friends, but I am a Christian. (Heck it shocks me some days still.) I support Christians right to worship as they please. All other religions too. Pointing out when someone is wrong doesn't make me not a Christian. It does occasionally make me an Ass, but that is another point entirely.
      If the only way you can depend your position is to ignore the truth and insult other people, then you are not only an idiot, but not very Christian either. (Okay I admit calling her an idiot isn't very Christian either, but darn it she annoyed me.) If you refuse to support your position with actual facts, people are going to, at best, ignore you and at worst think that you are a nut case,
      If you want people to take you seriously, then you have to do more than make unfounded claims. If yo don't do that, you are right up there with the 9/11 Truthers, the Obama Birthers and the Sandy Hook/Boston Marathon Conspiracy nutters. Prove it or STHU,