Posted on 11/02/2013 9:02:45 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
Excellent question. I’ll be using this in the future.
I post political cartoons and links to interesting articles on MY FB page ALL the time.
Yes, I have been “un-friended” by acquaintances and family members!
My own sister found my posts “repugnant” and demanded that I not post such information because it appeared on her news feed. I informed her that I will continue to post what I choose on MY OWN PAGE and she could choose to read them or not - that’s when she deleted her FB account Wah-wah.
I have a meme that I post from time to time on FB.
It says, “I don’t post political memes to convince those who disagree with me. I post them so those that agree with me know they are not alone.”
The Left is lost. I had 2 people message me after the 2012 elections and tell me that my opinion about the election was “over the top” and “harsh.” One of the things I said is my tagline. One person completely left FB (and I think I was the reason for her departure). I blocked the other one - our friendship is no longer what it once was.
After the 2012 election, I culled my FB list. Libs are out. When it all hits the fan, I don’t need them in my life. Things are going to get bad enough without those dead weights. And since they are directly responsible for electing the instruments of our destruction, it’s just better for my mental health not to see or hear them.
I often wish FR had a “like” button, because I would use it on your post!
I post links often on FB and many of my links come from FR. Some of my family and friends are liberal and they post from that slant. If I find something they post offensive I can remove from my feed.
One time I dropped someone from FB was because the husband of a niece posted something so offensive to my Christian faith that it was required as a matter of personal dignity and as an example to my teens/young adults of what should not be tolerated. I ended up also deleting my niece for about a year or two until she and her husband became a little more tolerant and sensitive to our family values. I didn’t ask my kids to do likewise as they needed to think through this ‘lesson’ but I did explain why I did it.
These values were the same ones she was raised with before her divorce and remarriage. Basically I stood my moral ground. By doing so I know I have encouraged other friends to also post from a conservative and republican standpoint and this perspective is very important for the younger people to read.
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You have my condolences. I remember living behind enemy lines, but it's been so long ago that I hardly remember what that's like.
In my personal life, I'm my own man. I own a business, so I'm not forced to work alongside people I have fundamental disagreements with, for the sake of my very survival.
I don't create personal associations with those who are opposed to the Framer's vision of America. I may work for liberals from time to time, but it's all business, and I don't have to suffer their idiotic world views.
“I don’t post political memes to convince those who disagree with me. I post them so those that agree with me know they are not alone.”
May I have permission to use your comment on my FB page? I LIKE it!
No problem. Feel free to disseminate widely. :D
If they will watch it, learn and not flip out against you there is hope for them. They truly just aren't informed and may welcome an explanation and new understanding of why certain things have happened in our country.
If they get angry then there wouldn't be much point in anything else. They are committed Marxist/socialist/liberals and will not ever be convinced.
(I believe there is a spiritual problem that causes Marxist/liberals to be blind to the truth, and until that spiritual problem is corrected they CANNOT see the truth... JMHO)
Frequently and falsely attributed (by liberals) to Eleanor Roosevelt. Who said it? I remember my dad teaching that us to us as kids and have always remembered it with fondness. He despised Roosevelt so doubt he would have quoted Eleanor Roosevelt unless unknowingly, but he never mentioned where he heard it.
The only way to solve the national debt is to limit spending to a percentage of our gross incomes or the GDP. Say 10%.
I’m so glad you posted this. In regards to what my liberal friends and acquaintances post, I find myself seeing at least a small percentage of them in a very different light - a light which I do not like at all. It’s disheartening, as these are people I’ve known for a great many years. I don’t want to see them essentially for who they are (and my take is far from the tolerant benevolence with which they see themselves), because it’s unhealthy for me to have toxicity in my life from my circle of friends.
>There is reverse McCarthy-ism out there, no doubt.<
Oh, yes, yes there is. There is much talk of lynch mobs by the other side, yet while we might gripe about them, they actively wish for “those Tea Party racists” to come to great harm.
Friends are NOT friends on FB. I’ve learned that the hard way!
It can be an unpleasant shock.
When I post something the slightest bit controversial I always preface it with "I could be wrong but......." and end it with "......IMHO, of course."
Social media is useful to separate the true progressives from the Dem Talking Points crowd who will contort themselves to defend Obama. True progressives will call Obama out on stuff like war, NSA snooping. At least they are not hypocrits.
I can’t stand it today!! The libs are posting about the Benghazi Hoax book, and the lies and sloppy thinking in the articles about the book and their posts are driving me crazy.
I guess I should realize how desperate they are all becoming to believe, and even publish, such crap.
Thanks for letting me vent!
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