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Mon Jan-11-10 11:51 AM
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Do you accept Facebook Friends who are Repugs or Conservatives? |
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Every now and then i get requests from people in the same user groups on Facebook to become friends. Some of them identify themselves as repugs or conversative. Should i accept these requests?
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:53 AM
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1. only if I already know them. nt |
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:14 PM
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If they are already my friends in RL (and none are teabagger types), I friend them on Facebook. Now, some of their friends are another story. ;-)
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:53 AM
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2. Yes tons, the majority of whom I know from childhood, college. . . |
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. . .and some of my former students.
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:53 AM
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And no, not unless I already knew the person.
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:53 AM
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4. I don't disown family members or friends on that basis |
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:53 AM
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I don't friend anyone I don't know--I could care less what political persuasion they have.
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:54 AM
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6. Only if you like to argue |
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I wouldn't. But maybe that's just me.
Good luck either way!
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:54 AM
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7. I'm not going to parse my friends along party lines. |
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OTOH, telling me that Palin was a smart and fun candidate leaves me cold. You're still my friend but the rapport is strained.
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:55 AM
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8. I friend only people I know. I have not turned down long-lost childhood friends because of the |
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political or religious path they've found themselves on.
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:56 AM
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9. Yes. I married into a conservative evangelical family and have many friends who are |
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also part of that group. Pretty much the only liberals in my life are here on DU. :D
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Mon Jan-11-10 11:59 AM
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10. If I already know them, usually |
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I have over 350 FB friends and I'd guess that of those, maybe 25 are repugs.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:03 PM
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11. Sure, if I already know them.... |
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If they get too strident about their RW politics, or get otherwise teabaggy, they get their posts ignored.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:13 PM
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That is what I do too! Even relatives! If they get ugly in their political posts especially.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:14 PM
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They are people from high school and they are pretty nice. I did defriend someone when they called Obama a Muslim.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:14 PM
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I post from time to time on The Heritage Foundation, just to keep the discourse on an even keel, although I am seriously outnumbered. I have noticed that my FB posts are popping up on GOOGLE, whenever I post on DU asking for someone to debunk or whatever.....don't know why that happens, but I wish I could change that.
Anyone know how to change this?
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:21 PM
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21. Familiarize yourself with the basics of Facebook privacy. |
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:27 PM
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25. Go to you "settings." Specifically your "privacy settings." |
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If you only want your postings to be seen "by friends," you can set it that way. If you choose "by everyone" that means it can be googled.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:14 PM
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:16 PM
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17. I don't know the politics of most of my facebook friends, |
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nor do I care. I would never base, nor end, a friendship solely on political views. I remain convinced that there is much more that binds us than divides us, assuming we're not always out to find reasons to be divided.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:17 PM
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:24 PM
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24. It's an Internet site where you can post a page about yourself and |
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link to the pages of current and old friends and acquaintances. I've found some old high school friends that way.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:33 PM
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30. Sorry. I was trying to act dumb. |
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I forgot to put a lame face in my post.
;) or :P or :eyes: or :crazy:
Thanks for answering soberly and calmly and not going "What?!?!?! What kind of idiot doesn't know what Facebook is?!?!?!"
You rock!:hi:
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:37 PM
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33. The thought crossed my mind that you were joking. |
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But I didn't want to laugh at you if you weren't!
:hi:
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:19 PM
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19. Conservatives? Or true fucking idiotic Tea-bagging dittoheads? |
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Because I have unfriended the latter as well as Ron Paul fans who don't know when to pull the plug.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:20 PM
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20. You can never have too many friends |
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And Republicans are the reason why.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:21 PM
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22. I'd do it if Republican Stepdad ever took the Facebook plunge |
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not bloody likely, though.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:23 PM
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23. I don't friend strangers. But if longtime friends or relatives |
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happen to be of the wrong party, so be it. Maybe they'll learn something, because my politics can come out in my posts.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:30 PM
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26. Do people really want to live in this much of a bubble? |
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We're talking about friends on a social networking site-- not marriage. I've got several Republican friends, and my favorite relative is a Republican. We just don't talk politics unless we feel like arguing.
I'll tell you what's blown me away on Facebook: the number of people I knew in highschool who've since become hardcore religious fundamentalists. I bet a good 1/5th of them are into Jesus up to their eyeballs. I mean, that kind of people who can't speak more than two sentences without mentioning god.
I sometimes unfriend them because they spam everything up with their constant thanking of Jesus for every god damned little thing that happens.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:34 PM
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32. Honk if you love Jesus |
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Text while driving if you want to meet him.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:31 PM
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27. Yes, but I hide their status updates if they are too obnoxious for me |
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:32 PM
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28. Your're kidding me? You've actually come here to ask people who you should Facebook? |
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Edited on Mon Jan-11-10 12:36 PM by Stevenmarc
You do realize that you have the ability to remove someone from your friend list if they annoy you. Or here's a concept, if you think they are going to annoy you, don't friend them at all, it's called free will.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:33 PM
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31. ONLY IF THEY ARE RELATIVES |
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You can pick your friends, but you are stuck with your relatives.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:38 PM
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:39 PM
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35. Yes but I don't let them get away with posting bullshit. |
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They are called on it and now they all double check themselves before they post. I actually found it kinda comical.
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:39 PM
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36. Yes, I have many friends that are conservatives. n/t |
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Mon Jan-11-10 12:40 PM
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37. Only if they are family. |
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Otherwise I doubt it would end well.
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