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Peacetrain

(22,877 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:43 AM Jul 2015

Facebook and elections.. YIKES! RANT

I have only been on FB for a little over a year.. never during and election cycle.. and I am shocked to see what is coming forth from some of my beloved relatives.. Its like looking into the heart of darkness.. Is this typical for Facebook during elections.. I am seriously considering signing off for a while.. Its so bizarre.. I have been hiding threads, but just the knowledge that people you loved so dearly have such a warped view of the world and scream about their freedoms while insisting others have theirs limited.. ARRRGGGGHHHHHHH I know there is no solution..just ish...

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Facebook and elections.. YIKES! RANT (Original Post) Peacetrain Jul 2015 OP

social media is neither olddots Jul 2015 #1

I hear that.. Peacetrain Jul 2015 #2

continue to be 'friend' but you can block them from your newsfeed CurtEastPoint Jul 2015 #3

I try to adhere to a strict policy for myself Proud Public Servant Jul 2015 #4

I block them from my newsfeed Lisa D Jul 2015 #5

olddots

(10,237 posts)

1. social media is neither

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:47 AM

Jul 2015

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)

2. I hear that..

Reply to olddots (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:50 AM

Jul 2015

CurtEastPoint

(18,655 posts)

3. continue to be 'friend' but you can block them from your newsfeed

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:52 AM

Jul 2015

so you don't have to see their ignorant horseshit. I do that.

Proud Public Servant

(2,097 posts)

4. I try to adhere to a strict policy for myself

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 11:16 AM

Jul 2015

of "no politics on Facebook." I find that seeing the posts doesn't raise my blood pressure, but engaging them does. If I don't engage, those posts from my high school friends turned rabid Zionists, or my beloved cousin who is supporting Trump, don't really affect me any more than right-wing stuff I see in the media all day long.

Lisa D

(1,532 posts)

5. I block them from my newsfeed

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 11:43 AM

Jul 2015

until the election is over.

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