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Post by gorgeouskid on Oct 17, 2016 3:47:08 GMT
...she really needs to stop sharing Trump things on Facebook without comprehending the content.
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Post by Nink on Oct 17, 2016 3:56:33 GMT
All my FB friends and family that do that have been hidden from my news feed until after the election and possibly longer if it continues beyond that.
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Post by freecharlie on Oct 17, 2016 4:00:37 GMT
My FIL does that. He is a Trump supporter, though he is not as big of an ass as some of the supporters. Even before Trump he posted things like saying the pledge every day or bringing god back or whatever. DH and I roll our eyes and say "hashtag patriotism." There is nothing I am going to say to change him. I will challenge him in person so he doesn't say the things in my presence (my oldest will challenge him too  ), but continues to post. |
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 17, 2016 4:08:55 GMT
All my FB friends and family that do that have been hidden from my news feed until after the election and possibly longer if it continues beyond that. I'm hiding all political posts and unfollowing any Trump/Hillary/McMullin ardent supporters until the election is over because that is the only thing they post.  |
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Post by momto4kiddos on Oct 17, 2016 13:34:13 GMT
I've hidden several people in the last few days. I was tolerating the few times a week posts and ignoring them, but seems the closer it gets the more they post. I just do not get why people need to share their views/opinions on a daily basis.  |
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Post by beachbum on Oct 17, 2016 14:53:12 GMT
All my FB friends and family that do that have been hidden from my news feed until after the election and possibly longer if it continues beyond that. Same here. I'm sure a couple are wondering why I haven't commented on other things by now but I just couldn't take it any more. SaveSave |
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Post by lionsimba on Oct 17, 2016 15:31:23 GMT
My FIL does that. He is a Trump supporter, though he is not as big of an ass as some of the supporters. Even before Trump he posted things like saying the pledge every day or bringing god back or whatever. DH and I roll our eyes and say "hashtag patriotism." There is nothing I am going to say to change him. I will challenge him in person so he doesn't say the things in my presence (my oldest will challenge him too ), but continues to post. Is there something wrong with patriotism? Why would you want to change that about someone? I understand not wanting to see political posts, but I have no issue at all with someone who loves their country and wants to express it. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Oct 17, 2016 15:45:37 GMT
I'm lucky that NONE of my family members, immediate or extended post political stuff on facebook. Wait there was one random cousin who friended me a few years ago and I unfriended them after less than 24 hours - serious crazy person there. I'm sure I have other cousins who posts crap - I have a crazy ass huge family, luckily none of them are my facebook friends. I use Facebook for ENTERTAINMENT. I love to keep track of my college friends and see my cousin's new baby. I have absolutely no interest in their political views. I also do not use Facebook for news AT ALL. If you occasional post something political, you feel passionate about it - great. If you post something daily, or several times of day - Goodbye. I just unfriended some mother who's daughter dances with mine. We're acquaintances at best. I understand that she feels passionately that the world will come to an end with a Trump election. But I do not want her multiple posts a day about him cluttering my feed.
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Post by littlemama on Oct 17, 2016 15:54:24 GMT
My FIL does that. He is a Trump supporter, though he is not as big of an ass as some of the supporters. Even before Trump he posted things like saying the pledge every day or bringing god back or whatever. DH and I roll our eyes and say "hashtag patriotism." There is nothing I am going to say to change him. I will challenge him in person so he doesn't say the things in my presence (my oldest will challenge him too ), but continues to post. Is there something wrong with patriotism? Why would you want to change that about someone? I understand not wanting to see political posts, but I have no issue at all with someone who loves their country and wants to express it. Not the OP, but I don't think it is the patriotism that is the problem, it is the posting of stupid crap on fb. I have fb because I want to see what family and friends that we don't see often are doing - I am not on fb to see things like what the OP is seeing. Or posts that are clearly copied (like the one this weekend - "this is a test to see how many people read posts without pictures" or some such idiocy.) |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Oct 17, 2016 16:56:03 GMT
My FIL does that. He is a Trump supporter, though he is not as big of an ass as some of the supporters. Even before Trump he posted things like saying the pledge every day or bringing god back or whatever. DH and I roll our eyes and say "hashtag patriotism." There is nothing I am going to say to change him. I will challenge him in person so he doesn't say the things in my presence (my oldest will challenge him too ), but continues to post. Is there something wrong with patriotism? Why would you want to change that about someone? I understand not wanting to see political posts, but I have no issue at all with someone who loves their country and wants to express it. If this were my case, it's because of the religious aspect. I have one seriously religious friend and I hardly see anything she posts because it annoys me (I didn't unfollow her, but I had her set to 'only important'...I don't think that is a setting choice anymore, but it's stuck with the updates...after she started posting crap about Obama voters being dumb followed by emails to me saying 'not you, of course' after I challenged her...at least this election she doesn't seem to like either of the 2 leaders...I would seriously question more about her than I already do if she was all 'rah-rah, go Trump'). I don't even like that my son has to say the pledge at school because of the religious component (nor do I think it's okay to have a child who doesn't know what pledging allegiance to a nation even means pledging allegiance to anything at all...just like we will not teach them religion as children...it is brainwashing to tell a child to believe something they don't have the ability to understand...if my children want to find religion as they grow and can actually understand what it means, I will try to stomach it, but as children, morality doesn't need a religious component to it). |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Oct 17, 2016 17:20:27 GMT
I have friends/family on both sides so I do a bit of hiding each day  |
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Post by Country Ham on Oct 17, 2016 17:27:12 GMT
For some folks Facebook is their only online communication/social media outlet. Many of you post things here, discuss them here rather then FB but not everyone has such a forum as an outlet. Some folks don't like talking to "strangers" on forums etc. Think about it, someone famous dies, or an especially heinous crime happens, a shooting, changes in laws affecting abortion, gay rights, or something crazy related to the election and someone WILL start a thread about it here. Doesn't matter whether the discussion is positive or negative it does get posted. For some people that's what FB is for.
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Post by jemmls4 on Oct 17, 2016 20:47:39 GMT
Sounds like my MIL and step-MIL. I finally had to unfollow. About 75% of the Trump crap she posts is blatantly false and easily refuted from reputable news sources or just using your brain. The other 25% you can see is complete crap using snopes.
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Post by compwalla on Oct 17, 2016 20:54:35 GMT
I have disfollowshipped my own mother on Facebook. It's the only reason we're still speaking.
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Post by rickmer on Oct 17, 2016 22:08:43 GMT
I understand not wanting to see political posts, but I have no issue at all with someone who loves their country and wants to express it. and i agree it's not about loving your country either... it's the venom. it's the hatred and negativity that i suspect most people don't wanna see on their FB feed. i live in another country and i have certainly seen a fair bit of anti-trump, pro-hilary stuff on my page (i only have about 140 friends, a lot left-leaning and they probably post the most). the closest i have seen to a pro-trump post is a picture of a super-cute baby with a caption saying "i am looking forward to grandpa's debate tonight" (or something to that effect) and it was ivanka trump's son.... it was my former colleague who shared it and a couple of people liked it. i did post this on my FB feed which has been my only foray into the US election on FB.... it was a bit harsh but it made me laugh. from the British perspective...
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 17, 2016 22:15:33 GMT
For some folks Facebook is their only online communication/social media outlet. Many of you post things here, discuss them here rather then FB but not everyone has such a forum as an outlet. Some folks don't like talking to "strangers" on forums etc. Think about it, someone famous dies, or an especially heinous crime happens, a shooting, changes in laws affecting abortion, gay rights, or something crazy related to the election and someone WILL start a thread about it here. Doesn't matter whether the discussion is positive or negative it does get posted. For some people that's what FB is for. They can post whatever they want, I can stop following them or hide posts.  I have disfollowshipped my own mother on Facebook. It's the only reason we're still speaking. Ha! I'm going to start using that word! My use of the word unfollowing didn't sound right.  |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Oct 17, 2016 22:23:50 GMT
All my FB friends and family that do that have been hidden from my news feed until after the election and possibly longer if it continues beyond that. I've unfriend the one who came across my feed! I'm just happy that in all my FB friends it was just 1 😁😁😁😬 |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Oct 17, 2016 22:24:40 GMT
For some folks Facebook is their only online communication/social media outlet. Many of you post things here, discuss them here rather then FB but not everyone has such a forum as an outlet. Some folks don't like talking to "strangers" on forums etc. Think about it, someone famous dies, or an especially heinous crime happens, a shooting, changes in laws affecting abortion, gay rights, or something crazy related to the election and someone WILL start a thread about it here. Doesn't matter whether the discussion is positive or negative it does get posted. For some people that's what FB is for. Very good point  My FB feed is pretty tame compared to here. I do have a couple of people on each side that post a lot of the really over the top stuff. But compared to here and all the Trump is evil, Hillary is the devil threads my FB feed isn't too bad. |
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Post by freecharlie on Oct 17, 2016 22:40:38 GMT
My FIL does that. He is a Trump supporter, though he is not as big of an ass as some of the supporters. Even before Trump he posted things like saying the pledge every day or bringing god back or whatever. DH and I roll our eyes and say "hashtag patriotism." There is nothing I am going to say to change him. I will challenge him in person so he doesn't say the things in my presence (my oldest will challenge him too ), but continues to post. Is there something wrong with patriotism? Why would you want to change that about someone? I understand not wanting to see political posts, but I have no issue at all with someone who loves their country and wants to express it. nothing wrong at all. I believe I am extremely patriotic. In fact, I tear up at a good rendition of our national anthem. That said fil posts things like... Like and share if you think the pledge should be said every morning How many Americans care enough to like and share (this could be homeless vets, Vietnam vets, any thing to do with veterans) Facebook is banning Amen posts, type amen Should American give aid to Muslims like = no, share to say hello no And those are just a few in the month of October |
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Post by Country Ham on Oct 18, 2016 0:41:21 GMT
My FB feed is pretty tame compared to here. I do have a couple of people on each side that post a lot of the really over the top stuff. But compared to here and all the Trump is evil, Hillary is the devil threads my FB feed isn't too bad. My FB feed is very diverse politically. Equal amount of trump love/hate, Clinton love/hate. On the other hand it's not overwhelming, just a post here or there. |
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