Posted on 11/09/2016 9:21:33 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
I need to vent. I got rid of facebook last night because my leftist friends where unhinged about Trump. Trump is going to take away all rights from gays, ashamed of our county, how dare anybody vote for him, they all leaving the county and etc.
This is worse then when Bush was in office. In the end Trump won they need to get over it. I did not even respond to anybody because it would have been a bloodbath of friends lost.
Anybody else experience this on facebook?
Facebook is very ugly. I refuse to use it but I have heard of absolute disgusting rhetoric coming from it. Parents are indoctrinating their children to ridicule other kids at school whose parents went Trump. Lots of assassination innuendo also. This is very Animal Farm and Communist like.
I saw at least three times, What will i tell my children??? I thought WTF is wrong with you people?
First of all, I don’t do Facebook and never have. With respect to losing friends, I couldn’t care less. My father spent 24 years in the Air Force and did tours in Korea and Vietnam. My brother did four years in the Navy and I spent 20 years in the Army, most of it in places most Americans couldn’t find on a map. None of us served to see what we fought for flushed down the liberal/progressive/communist/globalist sewer, nor did millions of other veterans. Nor did we do it to see an unindicted felon elected president. If my “friends” can’t understand that, I don’t need ‘em.
What little I’ve ever visited over at DU; there is a dearth
of vocabulary at that site. It’s the “F” word just about
every other word with extra “F” words thrown in for good
measure. Ironic that they seem to think that they are the
“educated” elite. - The FREEPER MADNESS site is pretty much
the same way, only without the ubiquitous “F” words at
every turn.
I’m in the same position. I rarely log on except when my wife tells me there’s some good family photos that I’m missing or something. Then I always regret it because I see an obnoxious comment.
I might try the trick of ‘unfollowing’ certain people but if I still find FB is an unpleasant place to be, I’ll just close my account.
To people who ask why I keep liberal FB friends, why I wasn’t more selective when confirming friend requests, the answer is simple: I didn’t know they were that liberal until I encountered them on FB!
For example, I am a musician and play in several cover bands, we have a following and a network of bands that support each other by showing up at one another’s gigs. It’s a very cool social scene and everyone gets along famously.
As you know, musicians and artists are often liberals, but politics rarely comes up and people have good manners and are respectful of differing opinions, or keep it to themselves when face to face. If someone crosses a line the rest of the “herd” gives them a look and they realize they were out of line.
On FB, it’s a different story. There is no filter. The same exact people post offensive things about people I admire and admire the people I find offensive. It makes me sad. I really don’t want to hear people I like saying ugly things but they do, and it becomes a group think fest as they all agree with each other and I feel like the odd man out.
I know that if I can just ignore and forget that they said whatever they said, everything will be fine the next time I see them - they seem to have no idea they said anything the slightest bit controversial or hurtful. They think anyone would agree since they got so many “likes”.
I blame FB itself. People should be aware of their audience and not blurt things out loud. They should not be awarded “likes” but be insulated from any disapproval (there is no dislike button or I would have used it a million times).
I think FB can be a wonderful tool for connecting with old classmates but people can get obsessed and they are always on it and never come up for air. They feel free to blurt things you’d maybe say to a close friend, one-on-one but now there are potentially hundreds of people eavesdropping. Always being on FB seems like a sickness with some people. I think there used to be a lot of manners we were taught like don’t gossip, don’t eavesdrop, don’t be opinionated, don’t talk about politics or religion in social settings, don’t boast, don’t flatter don’t whine, don’t patronize, don’t bore people with your daily minutia, the list goes on...all these manners are totally out the window with FB.
I say good riddance!
I saw at least three times, What will i tell my children??? I thought WTF is wrong with you people?
My kids have been totally screwed by Obama. My older son couldn’t find a job for almost two years. My younger son is still living with us because he can’t find a job that pays him enough to pay rent on a place.
So sorry to hear that. God Bless you and your family.
So... knowing he had an affair I told him: "Shall we go scorched earth and discuss some things? My advice, shut the hell up."
That shut him down immediately and he's removing his attacks against me. Sometimes you have to nail them where it hurts and fortunately I had that opportunity. I didn't plan on ever seeing her family again anyway.
True. Yes, hide them. So you might have to see them once.
I mock them and try to reduce them to tears
Excellent!
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