De-friended an old high school buddy last night. [View All]

[Atman]

The right is just unhinged. I knew this guy through most of my youth. We weren't best friends or anything, but certainly attended a few parties together, hung out every now and then. It seems that since I left Florida nearly 25 years ago, many of my old friends have turned right-wing and fundie, right along with the rest of the state. Anyway, I've only de-friended one other person, another old buddy from back in the day, another one who had turned fundie, who started harassing me via e-mail and PM about me burning in hell for not embracing Jesus. So, this guy last night posts a link to a Fox "News" story about how Obama screwed up in Libya and was "in over his head." I've responded to the guy before, never had an incident...I merely replied something to the effect "You're quoting Fox as a news source? Only Fox could call the fall of Gadhaffi a bad thing and blame Obama for it." Fairly innocuous, imho. Man, the guy went off. Sent me a personal message calling me a parasite and a douchebag and using all of the typical right-wing blather about how I "worship" Obama, etc, etc. Scathing, nasty, mean shit. I responded rather nicely, saying basically "Hey, lighten up, Steve! We've known each other for years, why so harsh?" He blasted back with more hatred. He obviously hates Obama with a very deep passion, and in the end told me to fuck off, and that I was everything that was wrong with society. That based on a couple very short, not-very-political posts.

It's going to be a rough election year. These people are not only pissed off and seething with hatred toward the black president, they're totally irrational.

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