According to the first line of your post it reads.
I wanted to share a FACEBOOK private Message I received tonight from an old friend (actually, my first boyfriend) who now lives in Massachussetts. Anyone who is my FACEBOOK friend knows my politics, hence..this..
Hi Hildy, I write to you privately so as not to air our differences in public.
Note the words “I write to you privately so as not to air our differences in public.”
Not to make a big deal of it, why make it public to everyone if it is supposed to be a private message and the sender doesn’t want it aired in public regardless if his name is blanked out?
I certainly wouldn’t want my message aired out in public if I specifically mentioned to someone not to tell anyone. I know lots of people would probably agree. I am not defending his comments and I didn’t read them.
I know your thread will get lots of hits and people commenting.
I don’t want to start an argument, but I thought I would bring it out to your attention. If I sent you this comment in private email you might have aired it out in public.
This was on Facebook and he was talking about doing it on Facebook and I didn’t mention his name here nor do I plan to. My point was to show the mentality we are fighting. I understand what you’re saying though. So noted. But nobody here knows who he is and I seriously doubt he has ever heard of us!
You don’t know the person, we don’t know the person and she didn’t mention a name so who gives a rip? Geez chillax already with self-righteousness.
Plus people seem to forget that anything they post on the web can and will be seen and read by many eyes. Potential employers, the public, friends, enemies, etc. It’s risky business to spill your guts on the web IMO.