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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 02:26 PM
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Had to drop a crazy relative as a facebook 'friend'
I'd recommend it to anyone.

I'm sure you know the type. Taking all the stupid facebook polls and making comments. The 'American Jesus' type.

Huge hypocrite. Thrice married, has like 8 kids with 5 different last names and is telling everyone else how to live their life. No healthcare for the 'lazy' because it's big government but wants prayer in schools. I point that out and he deletes the thread completely because he claims it's 'too controversial' for the rest of his facebook friends to have to read.

And this is his current wife:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/WL-Cati/171503400727?ref=sgm

A 'preacher' who's only ministry is bigotry against Islam because she was once married to a crazy dude who was Muslim.

Cadillac driving, Humana insurance selling, golf playing, bigot, hypocrite without a brain or an empathetic bone in his body.

Good riddance.

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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 02:29 PM
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1. I did the same.
Or rather, she dropped me. I snapped at her for her bigotry. Bye bye.
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 03:01 PM
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6. This guy, remember a relative, would tell me my points were right on, I was 'smart'
and he couldn't compete with me if it were a battle of logic. So from that point on he would preface everything with "this is my opinion and I'm entitled to it" or something similar. Then would delete the thread whenever he was made the fool.

Did you check out his wife's page? It's unreal. I watched a video he posted of one of her 'sermons' and before I knew it was his current wife I made a comment about how nice it was for someone to uplift their congregation by bringing down others, because the entire thing was how bad other people and religions are.

My father is a retired minister, so I know what I'm talking about when it comes to Biblical principles and can throw it back at them, even though I'm an atheist. That bugs the shit out of them. I brought up the Beatitudes to him and he was like, um, 'delete'.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 02:34 PM
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2. I just had to shut the door on some door to door mormans
They wanted to give me their tract that had "the truth" about god. And of course they were the type who wouldn't take no for an answer. Why do they always drag their kids along with them, to make it harder to say no and shut the door? Should have told them to pray for my dog who is dying right now, and ask for some magic underwear for him. OK, that wasn't nice of me to just type, but dammit, take no for an answer.
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GReedDiamond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 02:49 PM
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3. I had another run-in with a FReeper Teabagger...
...earlier this week.

I am an independent contractor/technical consultant to a hand-painting/silk screen operation.

The owner has recently brought this guy on as, I think, a sales rep. He was formerly a client, but since this dumbass ran his company into the ground, like any good Repug, he managed to weasel his way into the sales rep gig with the company I consult.

There was an incident with this jerk last year, where I called him out on his his vociferous, loud-mouthed support of Bu$hler Admin torture policy.

After that, he shut his trap when he was around me for a time, but lately he had started sending me emails with pro-Fox News propaganda (the "Obama has an enemies list, and Fox is at the top of the list" bullcrap), and, while in the office with me, yapping about his love of Michelle Bachmann and the Teabagger astroturf phonies.

I told the owner of the company, in no uncertain terms (130 decibels), to keep this fuckwit away from me, or I was outta there.

Haven't seen the FReeper since...

It is time to stop "reaching across the aisle" unless it is to slap these fuckers down.
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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 02:53 PM
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4. just dropped 2 today
One who sent a poll about fox news and Obabama, the other hyping about no need for universal health care. I finally decided I am tired of thier bull, so bye bye ladies! Felt good!
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 03:45 PM
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9. I'm ok with most of it, and can tolerate a lot. But when they start deleting
stuff because they don't want their other 'friends' to see they are being logically 'owned', fuck them.
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 02:55 PM
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5. I dropped an old acquaintance for the same reason.
She was pissed and sent me a message about how politics shouldn't dictate who your friends are. After all, "Obama won't go to your funeral if you died". Really? Duh! She wouldn't either!!

She is a stupid bitch and I never much liked her back when we did hang out. No loss.

Unfortunately, you can't choose your relatives though. They are still there even if you drop them from FB.
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 03:03 PM
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7. Hadn't talked to him in years before he found me on FB anyway.
That part of the family is nuts. If they can't talk about anything but this crap, no need to converse with them anyway.
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 03:09 PM
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8. I had some man ask to "friend" me, although I didn't know him
So, I PM-ed and him asked was he on the XYZ board? He said yes, and it was a neutral topic; computer software.

Well, I just noticed he unfriended me because he must have seen all the liberal friends I have and everything on our mutal wall; The Nation, Health Care Reform. etc.

I thought, 'Well, that's pretty stupid- you ask to friend me, I don't know you, then you unfriend me for some reason.' I suspect that had to be it due to HIS profile, which I won't go into details here on, to protect the coservative. :eyes:

Well, good riddance! He wasn't even good looking. :)
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 03:48 PM
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10. I asked to friend someone I didn't know because they belonged to a group I did
as soon as I saw his profile I dropped him - he has sarah palin as one of his pages and other right wing nut things
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 03:58 PM
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12. Well, I'm just learning the netiquette for FB
although I saw his profile, I am the kind of person who thinks that I can discuss software or whatever without always getting into a big moral or political thing.

Having said that, if I friended someone who had all this hate speech on their page, I would probably unfriend them, too. FB opens up all sorts of interesting ways to meet and deal with people. With one glance you can, for the most part, learn about a person, as opposed to just meeting them in person and then finding out about them slowly.

Not sure if that is good or bad.
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 04:44 PM
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14. you are right - I realize I can know more about a person from what they
write on that page - and some who are members of every wing nut group - I don't want to subject myself or my other friends to them either - I have a hard enough time with those who are moderate or libertarian who are against health care reform -
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 04:57 PM
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16. Eh, this has piqued my curiosity about conservatives on FB
Just visited a few pages; blech. Oh, well.
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Ironman3476 Donating Member (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 03:56 PM
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11. Sounds like you should refriend and unfriend again -with feeling.
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 04:02 PM
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13. lol, I asked him if he deleted the thread, went throught the whole 'too controversial' thing
I ended it with 'bah'.

Then just got rid of him.

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Ironman3476 Donating Member (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 04:47 PM
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15. Just think how much money you'll save on your Excedrin bill.
Reading this guys junk had to give you a pain right between the eyes.
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 05:55 PM
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17. I wouldn't mind if it he would at least be honest in a debate, but no, when
he's embarrassed, he just deleted the whole thing like it never even happened.

Fucking coward.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 06:20 PM
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18. I just roll my eyes and go read something else, really
I mean, I like being connected with family and friends I haven't seen in a long time, and some of them are into religion and all so when I see them posting stuff I consider stupid, I'm just like, OK...whatever...

I'm waiting for some of THEM to "unfriend" ME, to tell the truth, because on my profile page under "Religious views", I have "Rude".

:evilgrin:


So far, nobody has unfriended me, so they either haven't noticed, or they don't care.

I keep my political and religious views off of FB anyway... :)

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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 06:26 PM
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19. I knew better than to add my sister on.
My other sister is as much crazy as I can stand.

Some people have so much time on their hands they'll take a poll to find out what Norse God they're most like, for crying out loud.

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