Facebook is definitely and clearly a place to speak your mind since you are allowed to say whatever you want to say. Yet, can you REALLY say what you want to say?
Personally, I use Facebook mainly for keeping in contact with friends and advertising about my educational services. ?However, recently I have decided to also use Facebook to speak my mind out to the public especially about social issues that happen in Cambodia and and that help Cambodian society to grow in a positive way. This decision of mine is pretty much influenced by George Carlin (1937-2008), a great stand-up comedian, actor, and philosopher. He was known for his stand-up comedy shows in which he criticized the US government and talked about social issues beneficial to people.
To say that talking about social issues in Cambodia on Facebook is an easy decision could be a mistake because many people particularly my family members have warned me of danger into which I will put myself because some of the stuffs about which I truthfully talk are related to high-ranking officials and big business people in Cambodia. Some even said that I would put my life at stake.
Am I scared? Personally I am not, even a bit, because there is nothing wrong about speaking the truth. If we are terrified about speaking the truth, we had better be prepared to start living in illusion full of lies, distortions and frauds. Plus, I only speak about what I believe is wrong to the Cambodian society with concrete evidence. Besides, I do not involve in any political parties whether they are for or against the government.
Today marks the end of the second week of speaking-my-mind-on-Facebook mission. ?For 14 days, I have written no fewer than 6 edu-taining statuses about Cambodia?s social issues including beer and wine advertising, regular electricity cut-outs and etc.
What have I got from speaking my mind on Facebook??
Besides the hundreds of ?Likes?, dozens of ?Comments? and dozens of ?Shares? that I got for each of my speaking-my-mind statuses on Facebook, I have got many insights from doing this.
First of all, I have learnt that there are actually many caring people in the society. Cambodian youths and citizens actually care about Cambodian society. They want and are willing to help Cambodia grow by means that they are able to do. For instance, whenever I posted good statuses about beer and wine advertising, they shared my statuses to their friends and groups in which they are. Even though some of them are not courageous enough to speak their mind, they are actually brave enough to stand behind someone or some people who do.
Secondly, I also learnt to control my mind. There are actually many things to say about Cambodian society, people, governments and etc. Yet, not all the things can be said. There are limitations by which I should abide or else I will be in trouble provided that I do not have enough evidence to back up with opinions most of which are put in my statuses. As a responsible citizen, I respect people for their action just like the way I want to be treated, thus making me realize the mark that I cannot cross. Though I am not afraid to write about what I want to write, I have to respect other people by not writing something that is groundless and untrue about them.
Thirdly, since I produced my comments about Cambodia mostly in Khmer language, I have somehow improved my Khmer language writing skills. Honestly speaking, my Khmer language writing skills suck since I have not practiced it much if compared to my English language writing. After the two-week writing, I have seen growth in my Khmer language writing in spelling and grammar. (I strongly encourage Cambodian people to start writing in Khmer language as to promote accuracy in Khmer language usage).
Source: http://www.teplivina.com/education/speaking-my-mind-on-facebook/
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