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wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:11 AM Nov 2012

OMG, the whining on Facebook this morning is epic.

I had to log out before I started to make responses I might regret later. I seem to know a lot of very entitled straight white people. The third party people are the worst. They are all pissed that everyone in the world doesn't recognize the primacy of ALL their issues and fall directly in line. They don't actually want to do any work around issue advocacy or GOTV, but we should all do what they say anyway. My particular favorite, most people don't have IQs above 130 (well duh, it's a bell curve and that is 2% or greater) and anyone who did would support Gary Johnson I think I need to get off the internets and go outside and cool off.

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OMG, the whining on Facebook this morning is epic. (Original Post) wildeyed Nov 2012 OP
my facebook republican friends are silent. madrchsod Nov 2012 #1
I wish mine would be. liberalhistorian Nov 2012 #11
I think we have the same FB friends, LOL ebbie15644 Nov 2012 #25
You are exactly the type of Christian Christ and we want and need. Smilo Nov 2012 #30
Tell them to run a Christian next time... TeeYiYi Nov 2012 #32
I know. And it makes me so happy b/c after the first debate, they were all over the place Iris Nov 2012 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Alleycat Nov 2012 #36
Enjoy it! They're bitter losers who have been marginalized. Let them rant. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #2
I hear ya. I'm going to just enjoy the day and not listen to the sour grapes. Chiquitita Nov 2012 #3
I'm pretty happy with my FB feed this morning. tridim Nov 2012 #4
My facebook republican friends are qouting the bible this morning. Waltons_Mtn Nov 2012 #5
Tell them an Obama win is what God intended to happen. tanyev Nov 2012 #10
You beat me to it! nt avebury Nov 2012 #35
If they truly read that bible, they liberalhistorian Nov 2012 #13
To which I invariably respond: "Why wait for the Rapture? Leave now!" :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #31
My Facebook is eerily quiet this morning. Grammy23 Nov 2012 #6
Shocked at some of mine FedUpJerseyGirl Nov 2012 #7
My facebook friends are jubilant this morning mindfulNJ Nov 2012 #8
Facebook is fairly quiet kwolf68 Nov 2012 #9
My ridiculous cousin is bemoaning Russian subs off the coast of Florida...WTF?! MatthewStLouis Nov 2012 #12
Sounds like my cousin vankuria Nov 2012 #14
Add me to your list of possible relatives~ DawgHouse Nov 2012 #18
They get wrapped about some stupid shit kwolf68 Nov 2012 #22
I just realized that my cousins comment is about a "controversy" DawgHouse Nov 2012 #23
There's one guy at another news site I frequent Habibi Nov 2012 #15
I am going dark Springslips Nov 2012 #16
I lost a 'friend' last night with all of my celebration. PeaceNikki Nov 2012 #17
My favorite Freepers are talking about moving to Canada... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2012 #19
lol, yeah, it's amazing. PeaceNikki Nov 2012 #20
and "going galt" justabob Nov 2012 #26
Yes, and they are putting out there for all the world to see...and relish. kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #21
This post is from a middle-school chum of mine on Facebook coeur_de_lion Nov 2012 #24
All of mine are silent, I think they are in shock. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #28
All of the right leaning people I have friended on FB are asking me to "Change the subject". EnviroBat Nov 2012 #29
I'm gloating by flogging the Alec Baldwin tweet (seen here first): coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #33
That is pretty funny. wildeyed Nov 2012 #37
GLOAT GLOAT GLOAT HangOnKids Nov 2012 #34

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
1. my facebook republican friends are silent.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:13 AM
Nov 2012

last night they were in shock so i`m figuring they are still hiding under the sheets..

liberalhistorian

(20,819 posts)
11. I wish mine would be.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:27 AM
Nov 2012

They're out in full force (including some family), telling us to "enjoy even more of your taxes going to support those who won't work", etc., etc., ad nauseaum. Then there's the whine about a "weaker military", never mind that we spend four freaking billion dollars a goddamn WEEK on it. Then there are those who claim that I cannot vote for Obama and still be a Christian (I'm a seminary student), never mind that rMoney is a modern-day Pharisee who "stores all wealth for himself, caring nothing for others" and never mind that both the OT and the NT are filled with near-demands to serve others, especially the poor, sick and needy, in other words, the social gospel, etc., etc. Never mind that rMoney would have been one of the ones Jesus would have thrown out of the temple.

And my favorite is that they cannot take what they dish out. They can post all kinds of nasty shit, but if I or another Dem friend posts anything at all remotely political last night, they'd post to "grow up" and "shut up", etc., etc. Truly amazing.

Iris

(15,666 posts)
27. I know. And it makes me so happy b/c after the first debate, they were all over the place
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:51 PM
Nov 2012

and commenting on how quiet all their liberal friends were!

Response to madrchsod (Reply #1)

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)
2. Enjoy it! They're bitter losers who have been marginalized. Let them rant.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:14 AM
Nov 2012

Kick back, have some and enjoy the shrillness.

Chiquitita

(752 posts)
3. I hear ya. I'm going to just enjoy the day and not listen to the sour grapes.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:14 AM
Nov 2012

I got up today and it felt like Christmas morning. No ones going to ruin that!!!

tridim

(45,358 posts)
4. I'm pretty happy with my FB feed this morning.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:14 AM
Nov 2012

The mostly non-political Dems in my little circle are all being vocal this morning. And some non-Dems are actually "liking" what they are saying.

Waltons_Mtn

(345 posts)
5. My facebook republican friends are qouting the bible this morning.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:17 AM
Nov 2012

Lots of "Only God can save us now" crap.

liberalhistorian

(20,819 posts)
13. If they truly read that bible, they
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:29 AM
Nov 2012

would know that there is no way they could vote for rMoney and his ilk and still look in the mirror and call themselves Christians. I'm a seminary student and I'm proud to say that my seminary practically exploded with joy last night, and is continuing it this morning.

Grammy23

(5,811 posts)
6. My Facebook is eerily quiet this morning.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:18 AM
Nov 2012

Not one word and not a peep last night. I mostly have stuff from Family on FB and I do have family members who voted for Romney and were proud of that. So to not have one comment on FB is kind of weird since before the election I regularly had posts from them that were pictures of Mitt, pithy things he had said or other endorsements of the Mittster. Guess they had their hopes dashed last night and they are still licking their wounds. I had no intention of gloating or posting ONE WORD on my FB wall about the election in order to keep peace in the family. But they didn't mind posting lots and lots of things (pre-election) that some of them knew was an affront to me. It is very telling that they are laying low this morning. But I am happy they realize anything they write that is negative will be regarded as sour grapes or petty. I am sure they will wake up from their "bad dream" soon enough and start posting crappy stuff again, but the reprieve (for now) is NICE.

FedUpJerseyGirl

(49 posts)
7. Shocked at some of mine
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:18 AM
Nov 2012

When did some of my old friends from high school become such racist assholes? I defriended a few last night....and am trying to just be patient for the rest, because they are clearly uninformed. But its amazing.

mindfulNJ

(2,367 posts)
8. My facebook friends are jubilant this morning
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:20 AM
Nov 2012

I'm in a creative field so I have lots of lefty friends, and a LOT of international friends, who by the way were INCREDULOUS that Mitt Romney came THAT close to winning.

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
9. Facebook is fairly quiet
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:21 AM
Nov 2012

Had one guy bash Elizabeth Warren to which I responded. He is a hardcore righty, but is usually pretty reasonable.

The nut jobs were posting last night, guess they are out 'creating jobs' today.

MatthewStLouis

(904 posts)
12. My ridiculous cousin is bemoaning Russian subs off the coast of Florida...WTF?!
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:28 AM
Nov 2012

I wanted to reply, but it's like trying to argue with a 2 year old. I think I will refrain from any and all gloating on facebook.

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
18. Add me to your list of possible relatives~
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:04 AM
Nov 2012

My cousin posted something about watching the acceptance speech and Obama didn't put his hand over his heart when the flag passed in front of him. My cousin has the sad today.

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
22. They get wrapped about some stupid shit
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:10 AM
Nov 2012

I had a friend of mine a couple days ago complaining about Obama not taking a certain name. I was like WTF?

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
23. I just realized that my cousins comment is about a "controversy"
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:05 PM
Nov 2012

from YEARS ago. It wasn't about something PBO supposedly did last night. Like I said, RWNJ!

Habibi

(3,598 posts)
15. There's one guy at another news site I frequent
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:51 AM
Nov 2012

who keeps saying that, because of fewer votes/states won than in 2008, Obama's win is really a "slap in the face" that "you can call a victory if you want." Oy.

Springslips

(533 posts)
16. I am going dark
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:59 AM
Nov 2012

On Facebook, speaking only to improve the silence. I took a peak; it is peaceful there; the righties are in shock, or thinking that the world is going to end.

I feel sorry for them, for their distortion that are bringing them down. They are my friends. But they spent month polluting my feed with garbage. If they really thought the President was some Satanic force then why act so cavalier about it all month with their "in you face" obnoxiousness?

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
17. I lost a 'friend' last night with all of my celebration.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:03 AM
Nov 2012

After being told to "enjoy speaking chinese" and paying for "obama phones" and socialist blah blah blah.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
19. My favorite Freepers are talking about moving to Canada...
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:05 AM
Nov 2012

...which is hilariously ironic.

One is sure she's moving to Australia.

coeur_de_lion

(3,681 posts)
24. This post is from a middle-school chum of mine on Facebook
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:48 PM
Nov 2012
Thankful Day 7: That God is the Supreme Ruler and that even when He allows negative things to happen, we can still be confident in His greater plan! Hopefully this will bring His children to their knees to pray so that someday He will heal our nation (2 Chronicles) and bring us out of the darkness... this shows us so much more of the mission field that lies ahead, sometimes our own neighborhood! Pray for and reach the Lost!


She also promises dark days ahead and the financial ruin of the country.

It has taken all of my restraint the past few weeks not to delete her as a friend. I just don't want to be that way.

EnviroBat

(5,290 posts)
29. All of the right leaning people I have friended on FB are asking me to "Change the subject".
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:53 PM
Nov 2012

Ummm, sorry, no. I'm going to gloat, and shove this victory down their throats for many, many days. They deserve this.

 

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)
33. I'm gloating by flogging the Alec Baldwin tweet (seen here first):
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:59 PM
Nov 2012

"You know your party is in trouble when people ask did rape guy win, and you have to ask which one?"

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