Yes, but the problem here is that the people who complain most about paying taxes are often the ones that whine most about underfunded schools and poor health care. I don't know, of course, how you feel about paying a reasonable level of taxes.
How did I lose you? A major disgrace (slavery) deserves major reactions. A minor disgrace (Facebook) deserves proportionate reactions, e.g. Trying to make others realize that Facebook is creepy, greasy, dishonest, etc., via mild-mannered observations on an internet forum, does not strike me as a disproportionate response.
There is no real inconsistency in pointing out that even if someone does not partake of a particular perversion -- be it as major as slavery or as minor as Facebook -- they still have the right (and arguably the duty) to make their feelings known in the hope of influencing others.
It is typical of the internet to fail to distinguish between parallels (which can be a long way apart, such as slavery and Facebook) and the meaningless use of terms of opprobrium, such as calling someone a Nazi for cutting you off in traffic. Unless perhaps it's a KdF Volkswagen, and I doubt that many of those are still being driven by Nazis or neo-Nazis. I mean, WHY would a Nazi cut you up any more willingly than a communist, born-again Christian, atheist or vegetarian?
Another symptom of internet exaggeration is the characterization of mild dislike or exasperation as "hate" and the use of "love" when "admiration" might be more appropriate, such as "Where is the Hasselblad love?" Nowhere. It's a camera. Anyone who really loves a camera is mentally ill, even though we may all say, "I love Nikon Fs" [or whatever] if we're talking idly.
Cheers,
R.
