I went undercover in a Progressive Facebook Group

First, I just had to see.

I had to see if everything I was told in my life and online was true.  What better way than to just join and watch as the drama or joy unfolded in front of me. I could see anything... Drama, it was drama that I saw. It arrived in three categories.

1. Anger
   Everyone is angry about something. Trump winning, people getting kicked out of America, abortion being banned. Every talking point I've ever been told the other side is angry about and wants to change, that was there.
2. In-fighting
   After their first protest, the organizer/admin had to come in and tell everyone not to bash the protest, if they wanted their own protest; organize it! They pretty consistently disagreed on violent vs. non-violent action and even started a spin off group where the more radical could join together and figure out what do with their violent rage.
3. Shut Down
   People are scared constantly. Not a day went by when someone was posting about leaving America and wanting tips on the best country to live in. Or, they aren't sure how things are going to go so they cry every night. Or, they are afraid for their kids or, or, or, the list went on.

Examples:

They had the exact stance on Chritianity that I was always told progressives have. Suspicious, mocking, disbelief and the people who were Christian or have conservative leanings in the group were told they really didn't belong there because the group basically wasn't for those who want to build a bridge of understanding.

I then began to notice that I was feeling really down most days and not wanting to participate in things I usually like to do. I wanted to lay in bed and just be sad. Every time I opened Facebook and saw a notification from the group, I cringed.

The piece de resistance for me was when they posted a satanist info graphic about where to receive the religious right of abortion through the satanic church.

At this point I was done. I can't imagine having this mind set constantly. All you want to do is fight, cry and be sad. No real solutions are thought through, just the constant demand that everything is wrong.

I was hoping that everything I had been told throughout my life had been wrong. That progressives are really just more extreme hippies and the conservative side of things was showing me some the fringe of even this group. Sadly, it's all true.

Abortion and bigger government is a fight they will never give up, they believe it to be a moral right. And so, neither will I.

I will continue to pray for them and go against the ideas they stand for. Hoping all the while that they come to know Jesus as I have, so that their world doesn't have to be one of doom and gloom and always sadness.