Some people are just too sensitive...
So far I don't think I've lost anyone that I consider a close friend. Mainly its been friends and classmates from high school and college that I had 'reconnected' with on Facebook.
Typically the defriending occurs after some discussion on religion, or on their god, or my atheism. A few have been over a single bold status update on my part; but never before have I had a defriending over so little.
Posted by one of my high school classmates, and minutes after I had replied to her status posting, she was no longer on my friends list. I never had any other religiously related conversations with her before. Some people are just too sensitive...
Tags: Defriending, Facebook, Pledge of Allegiance
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Permalink Reply by Reggie on -
Haha! That is a great illustration of how fragile some beleifs really are. Nice comment, too! Subtle and subversive.
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Permalink Reply by Reggie on
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I'd bet she did have to look it up. Hell, I wasn't even aware of it until a couple of years ago. Not to say I am super knowledgable or anything. ;-)
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Permalink Reply by samala5793 on -
I put an atheist quote on Facebook (I have since closed my account) and my DAD chastised me and then un-friended me. If that's christian love...count me out.
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Permalink Reply by Gaytor on -
That's awesome, a parent unfriending! I can honestly say that I have a dozen plus young earth friends and I don't feel the need to unfriend them. I have nothing against someone putting their head up their butt as along as we can share a smile now and then.
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Permalink Reply by Gaytor on
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What's funny about that is you are outwardly Atheist too. Did she expect a different opinion from you?
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Permalink Reply by Johnny on -
Yep, no hiding, and plenty of pro-atheist or anti-religious posts from me.
Its funny how somehow every few months someone notices and seems to think its something new though.
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Permalink Reply by Dustin on -
I do the same thing - Some people have questioned my sanity - Accused me of hate speech - Accused me of always trying to offend , etc ...
Just links to certain websites - Mr. Deity ...
The best part is when I throw up an actual quote from the Bible with the Book / Verse .... something about I don't know ... Women should keep quiet in the church ... or Jesus talking about what you can or can't do to a slave.
Then they call me a racist - or a sexist pig - without apparently reading the top part - which states something like "Bible is NOT a moral guide to living"
Idiots......
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Permalink Reply by Galen on -
Aww, and you could've done so much more than that! I like to point out that pledging your allegiance to a representative image of America is breaking the commandment about "graven images." The Pledge of Allegiance is a SIN! LOL!
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Permalink Reply by Reggie on
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I need to buy this for all my conservative friends. A few of the liberal ones, too. Hell, may pick one up for myself. Thanks, Doone!
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