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RandoLoodie

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20. tell them: "DELETE FACEBOOK"

Reply to lillypaddle (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2014, 08:30 AM

May 2014

and shut off the tv for good measure.

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I'm incensed [View all] lillypaddle May 2014 OP

Stop trying to control who people are friends with. SMC22307 May 2014 #1

You're a better person than I am lillypaddle May 2014 #3

Well, I wouldn't go that far. SMC22307 May 2014 #10

Lighten up JJChambers May 2014 #19

You can't control what other people do, you can only control your own response to it. scarletwoman May 2014 #2

ouch lillypaddle May 2014 #4

I assume you can post anything you want on FB. So, set the example of what you think is important. scarletwoman May 2014 #5

Thanks lillypaddle May 2014 #6

Dear lilypaddle, I admire you, too. scarletwoman May 2014 #9

Are you mad about how they have friends "on the right," or how they don't post anything? Brickbat May 2014 #7

Honestly, I don't know lillypaddle May 2014 #16

I have never let politics 840high May 2014 #8

I Facebook with a lot of family Niceguy1 May 2014 #11

It's actually polite. The general rule is to not talk about religion and politics in mixed company. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #12

A rightwing friend of mine saved me from a suicide attempt. NuclearDem May 2014 #13

I am glad there was someone there ... when you needed someone most etherealtruth May 2014 #15

This has never become a problem for me because I'm not a Facebook user. Jenoch May 2014 #14

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback lillypaddle May 2014 #17

Our politics are a part of each of us Shankapotomus May 2014 #18

tell them: "DELETE FACEBOOK" RandoLoodie May 2014 #20

Why do you need to say anything to them? LWolf May 2014 #21

You are free to post what you want on your facebook page. NCTraveler May 2014 #22

I see it your way, lillypaddle. Waiting For Everyman May 2014 #23

Great points lillypaddle May 2014 #24

No, they weren't MO_Moderate May 2014 #25

+1! YarnAddict May 2014 #30

I think people who are lillypaddle May 2014 #34

Hyperbole is also dangerous YarnAddict May 2014 #36

Here's the problem with this whole issue: YarnAddict May 2014 #37

You are making a lot of assumptions about me lillypaddle May 2014 #38

See reply 34 nt lillypaddle May 2014 #35

It is wrong and counterproductive to apply the extreme to the whole MO_Moderate May 2014 #43

Many progressives are too polite. GeorgeGist May 2014 #26

Viewing everything through the prism of politics is a very narrow view. Throd May 2014 #27

conservatives endorse misogyny, homophobia, racism, they are anti-worker Skittles May 2014 #29

I'm not saying you need to hear their side. Throd May 2014 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles May 2014 #33

^^this^^ lillypaddle May 2014 #39

One of the many reason I am not on Facebook Kelvin Mace May 2014 #28

I don't post political stuff on my facebook page... ljm2002 May 2014 #32

mind your own business TorchTheWitch May 2014 #40

WTF? lillypaddle May 2014 #41

telling you to mind your own business TorchTheWitch May 2014 #42