Hitlerball

Anyone who uses facebook with any frequency has probably seen the wave of postings that consist of a picture of some figure, or an info-graphic, with a quote from that figure, usually anecdotal and out of context.   People see these, get a quick laugh out of them, assume they are correct if they fit their religious or political outlook and repost it, repeating the process.  As most of my friends come from varying ideologies, I see a wide range of them.  I look upon most of these with sadness because,whether I agree with them or not, all they do is to further divide people and like I said, their factual basis is usually questionable.  As we currently have a Democrat in the White House, much of what I see are quips about fascism, loss of freedom and liberty and how Barack Obama is driving the country into hell.  I remember 10 years ago, similar things being said about President Bush.  I was younger then, 18, and I remember participating in the hyperbole myself and I'm not particularly proud of it.  Another cool-headed friend of mine posted another one today.  An info-graphic making fun of info-graphics, my favorite kind.   It said basically what I am saying here, it was a picture of Adolf Hitler with a caption pointing out how everyone accuses everyone else of being Hitler-esque.  The minute someone kills 6 million innocent people because they have "inferior genes," is the only time Hitlerball should break out.