I hate political posts on Facebook

[bif]

I have a friend who's pretty conservative. He posted something about how he was glad the MA seat went to a Repub. I hate reading that kind of crap there. Anyone else get annoyed by that?

[jmm]

1. I've noticed conservatives on facebook are the first to claim

you attacked them when you disagree with them spamming Facebook with comments about how Scott Brown was elected to the white house seat instead of a Democrat which would have been a disaster. Somebody who sent me a friend request because we went to school together but I'm not really close has been making comments like that since yesterday.

[driver8]

6. You are absolutely right about that.

I bashed Rush Limbaugh on my FB page and this ultra conservative "friend" of mine jumped all over me. So I went to her FB page to post something and it is nothing but liberal bashing.

Fuck her -- she's not worth the energy.

[Orsino]

13. Conservative = entitled

Therefore, any disagreement must be an attack.

[unpossibles]

61. exactly - they've been told so many times

that they are the true majority in America, that they fail to understand the validity of other opinions.

[Radical Activist]

51. I was told I'm rude for responding to a political post.

Then she accused me of attacking her, even though I only wrote about the link, and nothing about her. Then she proceeded to call me names and attack me personally, which I never did to her.

They've adopted the talk radio mentality of victimization and projection. It's horrifying and pathetic.

[Terra Alta]

2. religious posts on FB are worse.

I have several friends who feel the need to use their FB page as a pulpit, and post all kinds of Bible verses, "God loves you" type crap and how everyone needs to be saved or perish forever... it's people like that who make me glad FB included a feature where you can ignore posts from certain friends so they won't show up on your news feed.

[WolverineDG]

8. The current one is really offensive

combines Jesus Christ & the US soldier because both have offered to die for you & if you don't repost, then you obviously hate America. :eyes:

dg

[ipfilter]

12. I saw that one first thing this morning from one of my wingnut friends.

He's also a reserve deputy sheriff...go figure.

[WolverineDG]

16. what's really mindboggling is that most of them haven't quite grasped the fact that

FB is international. Some seem genuinely shocked that people in other countries actually have different opinions than they do. My fave though are the ones who slam FBers who don't speak English as a first language. One even posted "This is America, SPEAK ENGLISH" and was shocked to find out that the rest of the world begged to differ with her. :eyes:

dg

[Posteritatis]

26. A bunch of my liberal friends posted that one sarcastically; entertaining confusion ensued. (nt)

[WolverineDG]

31. there's another one, offering to send Dems to Haiti

and so someone responded with one listing Rs to send....I asked them if they didn't think Haiti had suffered enough. ;)

dg

[BlueStateGirl]

39. I just updated my status to read " Jesus didn't speak English. Maybe

he pressed 2".

[WolverineDG]

47. LOL!!!!

I'm going to put that up right now!!! BRILLIANT!! :evilgrin:

dg

[blue_roses_lib]

49. I have this magnet on my fridge...

Maybe I should put it on my facebook page as well... hmmm...

[tigereye]

63. ah, that's wonderful!

:thumbsup: I want that too!

[mysticalchick]

66. I've got it there too ...

... bought in honor (?) of my cousin who is an evangelical christian and one of the meanest, most assholic people you'll meet. I so want to just send that to her but she'd know it came from me. heh (And I'm the only one of the cousins NOT friended by her on FB. My other two (cool) cousins send me her status messages all the time and we have great fun laughing over it. (Should I seek therapy for this? heh)

[blueamy66]

59. Thank you.

I stole that and posted it!!!

[blue_roses_lib]

48. That is f*ing disgusting.

:puke: gag.

[Scout]

60. i noticed they all repost the incorrect spelling of "solider" instead of soldier... n/t

[Initech]

46. My fundie relatives post that crap all the time, I just ignore it.

[grace0418]

3. I guess it would bother me if I was friends with any conservatives. But since I sometimes

post comments of a liberal persuasion on my own page, I was careful not to friend anyone who might be offended. That, and I thankfully don't have a lot of conservative friends. Just one brother, who's used to being the odd man out with ten siblings who are all raging liberals.

I suppose it would be hypocritical of me anyway, since like I said I post comments myself. Not all the time, but once in awhile.

[GodlessBiker]

17. I post liberal comments. If my "friends" don't like it, let them de-friend me. I don't care.

[tblue]

53. Me, too. I don't find posts like "I like Rolos" all that interesting.

My life is about 75% politics, and I have no consevative fb friends, so I'm like you. I post my thoughts, often political, and try to make people think. Anything to promote the cause.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Someone asked me to join the Marco Rubio for Senate group....

.....I declined.

[driver8]

5. You can hide their posts -- that's what I did.

I've got a "friend" from grade school on FB -- she is a right to life, ultra conservative, liberal bashing, republican. I got tired of reading her bullshit, so I hid her posts from my FB page. Go to the right of that person's post, and you will see the word "hide" -- simply click onto the word and you won't have to read their bullshit anymore.

The only reason I keep my "friend" as a friend is because we have mutual friends and I didn't want to look like a dick.

[tigereye]

7. hard not to blast the lovers of Palin and Beck

:wtf: as well as the emotionally stunted who are still Objectivists... double :wtf:

[WolverineDG]

9. "Hide" is your friend nt

[Lex]

10. +1

[stuntcat]

62. +2

All the shitbrains I couldn't DELETE went on ignore. And I blocked them from seeing my updates and news and stuff too. The privacy settings ROCK :headbang: And I know they work too. I hid myself from this super-religious girl I used to work with and she noticed almost right away :)

[Blue_Tires]

11. add a few more DUers....

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. no. i am a political person, my friends are political, its expected

[noamnety]

20. I agree.

It's a personal web page, I don't get the need to dictate what people should or shouldn't post on them. My friends tend to care about political issues, so they tend to post about them. It's not like a public school with a teacher forcing their opinions on captive students. Don't like it, click away from it.

[southpaw]

15. I have hidden or deleted several 'friends' for political posts

I do not post my politics on FaceBook. Admittedly, I did post a few angry updates back during the uproar over Obama's speech to the students... mostly in reaction to the utterly ridiculous paranoia being voiced by the righties. Since then, I've kept politics out of my public postings.

Some 'friends' have been deleted outright for political postings that carried racist undertones or espoused a 'birther' perspective. Just coincidentally, these were posted by 'friends' that I knew in high school in the 80's, not by anyone I actually associate with in the present.

There are a few friends I have hidden from my feed because they are prone to right-wing political posts and I simply don't want to see them. By hiding their status updates, I can maintain a contact with them through private messages, but I don't have to see their pro-puke or anti-Dem postings every time I log on.

I'm considering hiding some friends who constantly preach their religion on FaceBook, but so far, that sort of thing hasn't caused my blood pressure to shoot up the way the right wing blow hards do.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Yep. I avoid discussing religion or politics there, and let my eyes glaze over

those kinds of posts.

[Terra Alta]

19. I just logged onto FB for the first time today...

and found the latest two wall posts from my Repuke brother:

"One year ago today, America started it decent into darkness. Lets fix this in 2012. Vote for the conservatives."

"Scott Brown wins Massachusetts' U.S. Senate Seat. Maybe there is some hope for America."



:puke:

Honestly, sometimes I can't believe we come from the same two people... I think it's time I hide my brother's posts from appearing in my feed...

[bookworm65t]

21. My Bil and some other relatives do that.Very irritating!

I am not spending much time on FB anymore of these rants. I would cancel out FB period, but I still wnat to maintain contact with the good relatives.

[Terra Alta]

23. just hide their posts.

It's what I've had to do. I've become too addicted to FB to give it up completely.

[AllenVanAllen]

22. I have a few FB friends & family that like to RW rant.

I just put them on "hide". Yesterday one of my siblings posted this on their wall.

WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Press 1 for English. Press 2 to disconnect until you learn to speak English. And remember only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, JESUS CHRIST. And the AMERICAN SOLIDER. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. If you agree... copy and paste in your status.

You can't pick your family but you can sure as hell put them on "hide". Bigoted assholes.

[Terra Alta]

24. glad I'm not the only one

with a bigoted, Repuke sibling who posts RW crap on Facebook.

I had to hide his posts, too. I've had enough.

[AllenVanAllen]

25. You're not alone.

:hi:

[Kali]

28. You can't pick your family but you can sure as hell put them on "hide".

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[blueamy66]

35. Holy crap.

I hope that you don't speak to your sibling too much.

[AllenVanAllen]

45. I talk to them on a regular basis.

There's four of us two are liberal and two are conservative and I just don't let them discuss politics with me. I've had enough of arguing with neoconservatives. It's like arguing with a selfish teenagers. I know I can't change them so I just love them and them keep them on "hide".

[jmm]

40. The person I referenced in the first reply to this thread posted that today.

I finally unfriended her. I never minded her occasional political post. I've discussed sensitive topics such as politics and religion with a few others on facebook but you need to be able to take as good as you give. She's claimed a few people including me attacked her by replying to her with news articles debunking her but lately it's gotten ridiculous. The ironic part is she's constantly complaining about being broke and struggling to pay for child care, rent, etc but she's voting against her own self interests and obviously doesn't know much about politics if she thinks Brown won a "white house seat."

[AllenVanAllen]

50. "she's voting against her own self interests."

It's as if they think siding with their owners gives them some kind of power. I'll never forget the expression on a republican friend's face when I told him, "You're never going to be rich. You'll never belong to the ruling class..." He looked like he was going to cry!


:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

54. Best reply (taken from upthread):

"Jesus didn't speak English. I guess he pressed 2."

[blueamy66]

64. Yeah, I posted that....

and some fundamental Christian responded with a huge explanation as to why Jesus wouldn't have pressed 2.

Ugh. :-)

[Chan790]

27. It doesn't bother me...

though that may be because I am the more prolific poster of politics content I know...also I have a degree and work experience in the field and so do most of my friends...it's no different than talking shop.

[mdmc]

29. it has not been easy..

[bigwillq]

30. Nope

I'm free to post what I want to post, and so are they.

[Posteritatis]

32. Not really, no. (nt)

[AsahinaKimi]

33. This friend of mine

Has a friend. His friend is a staunch Republican Freeper. He is a fan of GLENN BECK on facebook. He asked to be my friend. I ignored his request. I don't need to read freeper crap every time I go on Facebook.


For me Face Book is about reaching out to friends all over the world. Most of my friends love Japanese Metal bands, Visuel Kei, and Jpop. Its our love of this, which makes Face Book fun. I am even able to post in Japanese.

[blueamy66]

34. How do I handle a friend (kinda)/coworker who

posts a condescending response to my own niece?

I sent her a message telling her that I didn't appreciate her response.

What an ass she was.

I stay away fromm God and politics on FB.

on edit: And I also stay away from hetero/homo-sexual agenda posts....

[noamnety]

36. homosexual agenda posts?

meeting bob for drinks at 7pm
world domination at 8:45

?

[blueamy66]

38. I guess that I didn't explain myself....

Many of my family members are Christian....many of my friends are gay.....get it? I don't want to offend ANYONE!

[Generic Brad]

37. No kidding?

I hate Facebook posts on political sites.

[Kali]

58. ha

:spank:

[soleft]

41. I unfriended someone who posted something like that

It was someone I went to high school with who I barely know. Then my cousin posted something like, "yay Scott Brown, let this message to America."

In stead of unfriending her, since she is my cousin, I just responded, "Yes, we need to move left"

[abq e streeter]

42. I try not to,but end up doing political posts on FB( rarely though)

Partially cuz I rarely post there anyway, but on occasion feel a need to respond to another political post. I have also "unfriended" a couple of friends for posts defending Palin and Limbaugh. They have a right to support neo-nazis, and I have a right and duty to call em on it, and block them from infecting my "wall"or whatever you call it with that level of ignorance.

[Unvanguard]

43. I post political stuff on Facebook all the time.

So do lots of my friends. :shrug:

[donheld]

44. What's frightening is

Potentual Employers can use that stuff against a person. It hasn't stopped me from posting lefty things but employers
are starting to check that. It would not surprise me if Finanical institutions are checking that stuff too. Hello Big Brother.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

52. Thankfully I don't know anyone like that

Most of my friends who are interested in politics are left wing and their Facebook posts reflect that. If I have any right wing friends, they mostly keep their views to themselves

[robo50]

55. I am annoyed by people who want to control free expression

I hate Brown, I hate all Republicans.

Look for it on my Facebook.

You can do the same on yours.

[tabbycat31]

56. I had one last night mad that Obama's going after the banks

and she called it socialism. I sat on my hands.

[Blue_Tires]

57. ttt

[lib_n_proud7650]

65. I hate FB altogether