Mueller Report, A.G. Barr, Political Social Media

With the release of Independent Counselor Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in our 2016 elections, almost all of the media and popular attention has been on the level of culpability on the part of Donald Trump, his campaign, and decisions made during his presidency so far.  There has been much criticism...misguided, in my opinion...about Attorney General William Barr's handling of the report and his press conference before its release.  But Barr has made good on his promise and efforts to release this report, something that he legally did not have to do.  As the nation's chief law official he had to look at Mueller's findings through the prism not of whether Trump behaved well...or even ethically, but rather whether, based on the investigation's results, charging him with conspiracy or obstruction was recommended.  Since Mueller himself made no conclusion to that effect, and Donald Trump is an active, sitting president, there is a legitimate Constitutional question about going forward with legal action of any kind against him.  There is, though, the Constitutionally-amenable avenue of impeachment, which Congress may or may not choose to pursue...that is, though, a political and not legal process, and not under the authority of the Attorney General.  But Barr, whether or not you happen to agree with his legal philosophy, has acquitted himself well here and I'm tired of hearing people on TV running him down.  Now back to the "Russian" investigation results...

There is a very clear lesson ordinary folks like you or me can draw from the report's conclusion that Russia interfered with the 2016 elections by dumping phony websites and messages on social media in targeted states, largely through its so-called Internet Research Agency...I'm sure they (as well as other countries) are still up to their mischief under new names.  When reading my newsfeed on Facebook I'm continually coming across certain posts by Facebook friends who have a very emotionally-invested take on politics, the posts they pick up and copy from other sources.  Also, with some of their comments I've read with a strong political flavor they will place links to Internet websites affirming and expanding on their viewpoints, as if doing this in itself proves their point for them.  I would be very, very skeptical and careful about reposting others' politically-charged posts or links to sources whose legitimacy might be suspect...like picking up food off the floor and eating it, you don't know where they've been.  I have a better idea: for a change, why not do what I do and just write out your own opinion and philosophy without hiding behind somebody else's?   Just a suggestion, but it seems to me that if you're one of these people with such strong feelings about politics and you're capable of writing, then you would want others to know your thoughts to better persuade them...and you can write to your heart's content on Facebook, or like me start up your own blog...