OK. Who's getting holier than thou posts from fb friends/family re the Hobby Lobby decision?

[mnhtnbb]

I had to laugh out loud when I saw the following comment on my page, in response to posting this graphic:








XXXXX (My name),
I respect my liberal friends/family posts because, well, I like a good, well-rounded, respectful debate. A post like this gets you nowhere except isolated among people who spew the same disrespect - which is not 99% of the population like this meme suggests. We can all learn something from each other if we stay calm, stick to the facts, and not let the insults fly.



This comes from the daughter of one of my husband's nephews--a stay at home, home schooling, mom of three who lives
in Georgia. The family is as right wing as they come. My husband has resisted visiting his family for the last several years
because he can't stand their politics--anti-Obama, of course--yet he feels as though his much older sister literally saved his life when
he was growing up 60 some years ago in a home with an alcoholic mother.

So, my husband wants me to ignore the post, because he anticipates going to funerals of his sister and/or her husband in the not too distant future (she is mid 80's and the husband is 90+). I have had this relative on ignore for months, mostly because I detected an anti GLBT attitude and I have two gay sons. So, although I don't see her posts, I occasionally look at her posts just to see what's going on with the family. I decided I didn't want her holier than thou shaking of her finger
on my above post, so I deleted it. The question now is, should I just unfriend her, too, or let it go and see whether she follows up on seeing her post deleted?-

If I were to engage her, I'd probably say something to the effect that her post was in the same vein as the Hobby Lobby decision:
i.e., employers don't have the right to tell women what contraceptive methods they should use and she doesn't have the right to tell me what to post on my page. So, if you don't like my posts, put them on ignore so you won't be bothered with them.

Anybody else catching any flak from family for posting anti Hobby Lobby graphics?

[arcane1]

1. My conservative classmates and family on Facebook haven't made so much as a peep

LOTS of posts from my liberal friends though.

[RainDog]

2. I would ignore her

I refuse to be facebook friends with religious members of my family - because I told them I would offend them, and I don't want to do that, but I also refuse to censor myself (anymore) to make them happy.

I blocked one cousin because he's a religious nutcase and he makes my skin crawl. Last I saw him, he said something so totally asshole-defining, I feel no need to care about his feelings because he certainly didn't care about mine.

I'm not friends with anyone who is conservative - or if they are, they don't say it around me.

One long-time friend "unfriended" me for making a smart ass remark about white guys, cause he's a white guy. Bye bye.

[nomorenomore08]

3. Almost none of my relatives are on FB, and I cut my one Republican friend from high school off

several years ago over anti-immigrant scapegoating bullshit. Lucky me not to have to put up with any right-wing tirades.

[lovemydog]

4. I only got one in my feed. It said this is a victory for

religious freedom and demonstrates that 'Obamacare overreached.' Funny thing, she's a lobbyist & it only got one like, roflmao. If I see her I'll engage in a discussion.

[orleans]

5. i'd let it go

what she said isn't that big of a deal--of course "they" want us to stay calm. "they" always prefer the "calm" until they get their panties in a bunch. then, of course, it's different.

bla. let it go. let her go. she's not worth upsetting your husband over. not worth it at all.

[hedgehog]

6. Alternatively, I've been pleasantly surprised by some of

what previously apolitical my friends are posting!