I unfollowed my own mother on Facebook...

I have FIL, DH's aunt and LSS owner friend unfollowed for similar political and religious non-sense. Probably won't add them back until way after inauguration.

I've unfollowed a few people as well, but mostly when I see people posting hateful, untrue, or just silly political things it makes me sad.
I know these are smart people, so I don't get why they take those political posts at face value. It's like we have become a group of people who can't seem to look past the (often untrue) clickbait and dig for the truth before we share. And in my circle, it happens on both sides of the political spectrum.

It's actually depressing. Very few really research, most of them just want to be spoon fed what to think.

I've been hiding a lot of posts on FB and might have to hide my Aunt because of political stuff she posts. I can't wait for the election season to be over. I'm tired of seeing all the bashing that is going on on FB regarding politics. Actually I'm pretty tired of seeing and hearing all the political stuff on the radio and TV. If it wasn't all so mean spirited I might not mind as much.

Yeah me too. Lots of people I've unfollowed on both sides of the spectrum. And their sources are almost always the far side extremists.

I unfriended my dh's great aunt after multiple posts calling President Obama the n word. Lots of making fun of poor people, lots of gay bashing. I just quietly unfriended and told dh. Dh refuses to have Facebook because it's lame and I am starting to think he is right.

I just unfollowed my first friend over political posts, and I predict there will be many more to follow. I unfollowed my mother a long time ago; she would post hurtful things, such as "my favorite dd's just came to visit." She has 4 dd's...only two were visiting her during that post.

But see I don't get why anyone has to post any articles etc pointing fingers at the other side.  I assume you would of had to expect backlash to your post???
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I am debating hiding a friend of 30+ years over political posts on FB. Not because she's posting them, or because I don't agree with her position (although I don't), but because she's taken to calling those who will vote differently than her "stupid, brainwashed, unintelligent & frustrating". Alrighty, then.

I know the feeling. When DH joined Facebook a year or so ago I made the conscious decision not to follow him because of his - and his friends' reposting/sharing of political things that I didn't share the same viewpoint or that were stupid or untrue (i.e. he would share something that if you looked up in Snopes was found not to be true, stuff like that). 

Several people on my FB had posted pretty ugly things about the results of the FBI investigation.  I posted an article that reminded people that there had been a similar scandal, mostly ignored, during the Bush administration, and shared my opinion that neither major party was fit to rule.  I encouraged people to look into a third party candidate.

It devolved from there, but no, the original post was not inflammatory and simply encouraged people to consider third party candidates.  So I didn't really expect a backlash.  I don't mind some discussion and disagreement on FB, but what my cousin posted went way beyond a simple difference of opinion and reflected some extremely ugly and racist views.  This isn't the first time he has shared these views on my FB, either.  This is an adult cousin I haven't seen in probably 20 years.  I can definitely live without this person in my life.

Unfollow is my favorite feature on Facebook.

While my dad was still living, I refused to be friends with him on FB. He posted so much racist, conspiracy theory, anti public school crap that I couldn't tolerate it. My mom thought I was being cruel, but if I read his stuff everyday, I would not have been able to speak to him without losing it. I don't post religious or political things on FB. I don't mind reading it or responding to others if it is an intelligent discussion, but I hate the rabid stuff from both sides. One of my high school friends posts constantly about how much he loves Hilary and is very rude about anyone who doesn't agree. I actually like her and it ticks me off.

Maybe I don't have any friends with extreme views but I just ignore the political stuff. I do find it interesting which people think more like me but it isn't a big deal if they don't.

I have unfollowed a few family members as well as not accepted invitations from a few family members because I don't want to know their TMI and major drama going on in their life.

I also had a "Debbie Downer" former co-worker/friend that I get notified if they post, but I have to click on it to view it. Most of the time I regret clicking on it.