Why is he "way pissed" about Obama's foreign policy, and why do you "get" that?

I also don't like his education policy. But I am still a strong supporter based on other issues.

I have told those that have jumped off the deep end that are friends of mine this;
When you decide to stop reading and believing bullshit from any ole source and take back reason, discernment and thought of your own instead of letting strangers think for you then I will be happy to welcome you back to reality and call you friend again.

I have friends on both sides and I value the friendships of both much more than any political argument. When we are sitting around grilling some burgers on the grill and enjoying each others company, well, that's more important to me than an argument over a political issue that neither he or I will solve.

A guy I've been friends with for about 40 years started sending me those tea-party type emails that go around. I asked him not to send me this stuff. He then sent me scare story links to anti-Obama sites. I sent him the same response. Then he tried links to bad science like global warming political sites and anti-abortion sites. I wrote a strong letter this time. I haven't heard from him since. His choice. Before this we always had real discussions about our lives. I find I don't care to know his new self. So, his choice.

Some Republicans are ok as long as you don't know they are Republicans and politics never really comes up. The radical ones are too far gone to save. It is better to move on. Even though a relationship might have lasted many years, there are times when such a relationship is better ended. Of course that is a personal decision.

Each election cycle gets worse or so it seems. I wonder where we will be in the coming ones.

Sadly I have two daughters that apparently spend all their time on Obama hate sites. They are mean, nasty, and totally off the wall with the things they believe. I can't have a conversation with someone on Facebook without them making nasty remarks. I ask them to stop it and they would not. I unfriended them. We barely speak. I blame this on fox, rush, glen beck, all these people who perpetuate hate 24 hours a day. I wish we could make them stop

I am so sorry your daughters have been poisoned. And that's what it i-- POISON. Rupert Mudoch, the Kochs, Rush Limbaugh and other rich criminals feeding soul-killing, reason-killing drivel to people to keep them scared and pliable and easy to reap profit from. Disgusting.


On a happier note, WELCOME to DU! We're glad to have you in on the conversation.

I have a buddy I have known since the second grade (we are now both 47) who has become an off the hook wingnut over past few years.

It's heartbreaking to look at someone you love and be completely baffled by how they could sign up for the kind of repression the GOP would like to bring to women, LGBTs and the poor.

Let me know how it goes, maybe I can get some pointer from you if you figure out how to deal with it.

Ended up un friending her. If he doesn't press the issue you should be OK. If he keeps posting after you asked him not to then and only then un friend.
Totally understand your anger. Honestly thought we had already won the battle on womens rights and civil rights. Why republicans want to go backwards is beyond me.

If he apologizes and wants to continue the friendship, that's fine. But if not, that's fine too. You two had your experiences and learned from each other. Not all friendships are meant to last indefinitely. One day, when someone he loves is hurt by repub legislation, he'll remember your words.

....the world is full of much better people than this horse's ass...just move on.

there. But if you stay on the best thing you can do is unfriend him.

And really trying to keep my political blather to a minimum, mostly posting pictures of my dogs and the like. But it was a funny and true GIF and I feel strongly about the issue.

respond to it. If it got nasty I didn''t say anything I just defriended them. If they asked my why I did it I told them I don't want to hear about politics. Problem solved. But honestly I just think people share way to much information on line.

but it has been slow going. It has taken me 8 years of living in Texas before I've been comfortable admitting I'm a socialist (and usually I just say democrat because that's hard enough without going further). It will likely take me longer to be upfront about my non-belief - churches are everything down here.

I would say it depends upon the relationship. I put up with a lot more from folks I've known longer and were close with at least in some point of my life. For new acquaintances I will just hide feeds if it annoys me. I've only had one discussion on my wall that became kind of uncomfortable (when my mother called one of my old friends a racist!) ... but he was a very good friend and I think my mom's wrong. I think he is in favor of limited government and we have a completely different world view - but I know he's not coming from a place of racism. He may be coming from a place of greed however ...

If this old friend is really stalking you though and not a current friend you might well want to unfriend or change your page settings so that other people can't respond to your posts.

a small price to pay for speaking freely. Unfriend the guy with the message that bigotry and propaganda have no place.

... but rightwingers are not my friends. They are the exact oppsite. They and those they enable have destroyed so many lives, including my own.

Mostly sports related. They know I am a screaming lib and I know what side of the fence they play on. We are all generally good humored about it. This particular instance is disturbing because this is someone who I consider a "real" friend and who was definitely not a rightwinger in the past. But more than that is the feeling that I have to walk on virtual eggs around him and that he seems to almost stalk my political posts that indicates he is going off the rails. Maybe I should talk to his wife to be certain that everything is mentally OK with him these days....