Some days I think we have completely lost our sense of humor.
That's another casualty of our overheated, partisan rhetoric.
It's also one of the reasons I started posting every morning on Twitter and Facebook a quick item to try to brighten up people's day.
I call it 'Today's Upper: A slice of good news to start your day.'
Yesterday, some people took me to task for it.
Can you guess what their objection was?
Yep, politics.
They believed I was again inserting my "leftist, liberal agenda" into the conversation.
I admit I was kind of taken aback.
Have we gotten to this point, where we can't even laugh?
The item I posted noted that on yesterday's date, Francis Scott Key penned the 'Star Spangled Banner.'
Then I added a note that was supposed to be humorous, saying 'no word yet on whether anyone took a knee.'
That's an obvious reference to the hullaballo surrounding some pro athletes protesting during the National Anthem.
I did not take a stand (or a knee for that matter) on the issue one way or the other. I was not pro-athlete, or pro anthem. It was just a quick anecdote.
Not everyone took it that way.
I started to get hit with responses on Twitter again insisting this was just one instance of my bias coloring the news.
So I'll ask you, do you think I was making a political point?
Or just trying to offer some levity to start the day?
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