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A high school acquaintance on FB is relentlessly posting anti-Islam screeds. Should I de-friend, block, or do nothing? -- nm

Posted by nubby Sep 14 '10, 18:23

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Defriend. I just did so with Richard after he flooded my page with right wing crap. - TWuG Sep 14, 18:40
I defriended someone last week for the same thing, so I'm in that boat. - kare Sep 14, 18:34 9
- I defrended someone that thought the government was responsible for 9/11. - Bacon Bits Sep 14, 18:36 6
  - Tangentially related, I realized the other day that one of my HS "friends" defriended me. I'm kinda wondering what hippy liberal thing I said - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 18:38 3
    - Are you sure they didn't just put their account on inactive? - David Sep 14, 18:41 2
      - No, she's still friends with some of my other HS friends. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 18:43 1
        
        "And this person looks like...they don't like me." - David Sep 14, 18:46
  - oh man. yeah, there's no other way. those people really upset me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 18:37 1
    - Oh but Jet Fuel can't melt steel you idiot!! -- nm - Bacon Bits Sep 14, 18:38
- My good friend from Church started posting a lot of anti-Islam/anti-Obama stuff - amoxy Sep 14, 18:36
- Boat, camp, whatever -- nm - kare Sep 14, 18:35
Tell him how you feel then defriend his ass -- nm - amoxy Sep 14, 18:32
Defriend his worthless ass -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 18:30
Facebook is *awesome*! -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 18:30 4
- You know that classic shot of Peggy peeking into Don's office on Mad Men? - amoxy Sep 14, 18:56
- It kind of is awesome finding out what people are really like, actually. -- nm - mara Sep 14, 18:55
- know what else is awesome? cherry-picking data to support your pre-determined conclusion! - mafic Sep 14, 18:52 1
  - Amy is the smart one of his family. We are facebook buddies -- nm - Bacon Bits Sep 14, 18:54
Build a Mosque on his Farmville Farm -- nm - Bacon Bits Sep 14, 18:26 2
- Or catch him in a Mosque mousetrap. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 18:31
- +5 Qale Points -- nm - Qale Sep 14, 18:29
the latest: - nubby Sep 14, 18:25 13
- defriend. saying something to him about why won't change anything, but if it were me, I'd feel better having done it. -- nm - mafic Sep 14, 18:50
- Send some Korans to his daughters and then defriend. -- nm - Max Sep 14, 18:41
- The Know Nothing Party really has made its return. -- nm - David Sep 14, 18:38
- and the one that got me the other day: - nubby Sep 14, 18:33 2
  - Oh, she's a Christian. I didn't see that coming. -- nm - mara Sep 14, 18:38
  - "I think the free falls are connected." nm - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 18:36
- Hopefully I've attacked more than one religion equally to make sure everyone gets their fair share. -- nm - Qale Sep 14, 18:29
- there's no amount of signal that can make up for that noise. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 18:27 3
  - Even setting aside the content, the writing sounds like something you'd find handwritten in tiny letters all over the walls of a shack. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 18:29 2
    - wiggie ... it *hurts* to get lettuce stuck up my nose. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 18:30 1
      - Hey man, when it comes to what you kids get up to on your weekends, I'm firmly "Don't ask, don't tell." nm - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 18:32
- I kinda think you should say something, then defriend. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 18:26
- defriend -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 18:26
my instinct is block. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 18:24 7
- but there is a fourth option ... tell him how you feel. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 18:25 6
  - Because people that are entrenched in their opinion as he is are open to rational logical thought suggestions? -- nm - Bacon Bits Sep 14, 18:29 1
    - agreed, but even so, I think there is value to speaking up when someone is being a bigot. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 18:30
  - post something pro-islam on his wall for every anti-islam post he makes - bugsy Sep 14, 18:27 3
    - I'm pretty sure saying anything would be useless for anyone except me. -- nm - nubby Sep 14, 18:28 2
      - but at least you'd know you did the right thing. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 18:29 1
        
        But your instinct was just to block? -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 18:37
send them a personalized Koran -- nm - bugsy Sep 14, 18:24

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