Let’s be honest: The Lewis County Knews Facebook page isn’t satire. It’s a bitterness factory dressed up in sarcasm and snide memes, pretending to offer humor when what it’s really offering is a platform for ridicule, resentment and rage.
They say they’re “capturing the quirks and charm” of Lewis County. That’d be fine if what they published actually reflected charm, or even truth. Instead, article after article is soaked in disdain, mocking people, businesses, churches, leaders, community groups, anyone who dares to think or act differently than they do.
And here’s the kicker, many of their followers claim to be against hate. Against bullying. Against toxic politics. But what’s happening on that page? It's the very thing they say they stand against: unrelenting mockery, misinformation and outrage bait.
Let’s not kid ourselves. This isn’t about accountability. This is about entertainment at the expense of our neighbors.
Yes, we absolutely should call out corruption. We should demand transparency and fairness. But that’s not what this is. This is shotgun-style shame, attacking every other person, every other business, every other institution, regardless of whether they’ve actually done something wrong. It's not activism. It's not journalism. It's not even good satire. It’s performative division, served cold.
What a gross way to spend your time and talent tearing down your neighbors, ridiculing small businesses, mocking people’s faith, families and efforts to make things better.
You’ve taken the gift of communication and used it not to inspire, challenge or uplift but to create an echo chamber of bitterness. If that’s your legacy, built on cruelty, a brand built on tearing people down, then I genuinely feel sorry for you. Because you could’ve done something real.
Something that made a difference.
But instead, you chose this.
So what’s the alternative? It starts with each of us.
Look in the mirror. Ask: Am I really seeking truth, or just scrolling for something that affirms my outrage?
If we see injustice, speak out — but do it with integrity.
Call out the act, not just the person. Encourage accountability, yes — but don’t confuse cruelty for courage.
Get involved in real conversations. Real solutions. Not anonymous comment threads where people cheer each other on for being the loudest and meanest.
Support local journalism that informs rather than incites.
And maybe — just maybe — choose to build instead of burn.
This community is too important to let bitterness become its voice. We all want to live in a place that’s fair, transparent, and thriving. That starts by refusing to make a joke out of the very people who are trying — imperfectly — to do just that.
We’re better than this. And it’s time we started acting like it.
Leah Sizemore
Centralia
