"I'm proud to be white. I bet no one passes this on because they are scared to be called a racist."

[Farmer-Rick]

22. I have always thought it is my right to pick and choose the people I hang around with.

Even on FB.

You don't need to "shun" them with all the cold and inhospital attitude that comes with that action. But you don't need to seek out their company or answer their posts or talk or write to them.

Sometimes in our overly competitive and hostile capitalistic economic system, you are forced to be with people you would never seek out. So, instead of constantly fighting with them, avoiding them and ignoring them is sometimes the better part of valor.

For a long time, before I realized I was an atheist, I went to a Lutheran church, NOT Southern Baptist because they can be quite a bunch of right wing tools. I thought the small congregation was filled with nice, caring people. Then they started saying outlandish racist things and the preacher started preaching the right wing talking points. They turned into just another right wing Jesus tool for the RepubliCONS.

So, needless to say, I stopped going. And I have since found friends who are more like me. I feel much better now.