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progressoid

(49,951 posts)

8. Yep. Deleting is a common tactic for some.

Reply to DemocraticPatriot (Original post)

Mon Jul 19, 2021, 06:28 AM

Jul 2021

I think they know they are wrong (or at least that they lost the argument) so they don't want any evidence out there to remind them.

I once shamed an aunt into deleting her entire profile on FB. In 2016, she was touting how great it will be for Evangelicals with T**** in the White House. So I pressed her to tell me what characteristics of his embodied her Christian faith. She didn't respond. The next day her account was gone.

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My nephew has been posting anti-CRT memes on Facebook... [View all] DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 OP

Well... Mike Nelson Jul 2021 #1

yes, of course but white lives always mattered-- obviously--- DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #2

Unfortunately, asking WWJD no longer seems to work viva la Jul 2021 #12

As an aside--- once I read him posting an OP on Facebook which seemed so far right DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #3

Constructive creativity is not an authoritarian trait... uriel1972 Jul 2021 #4

I'd guess not. calimary Jul 2021 #6

I one has a problem with CRT, multigraincracker Jul 2021 #5

I have yet to tell him that one of our ancestors was a slaveholder in Virginia, DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #7

Yep. Deleting is a common tactic for some. progressoid Jul 2021 #8

I've deleted threads on FB LittleGirl Jul 2021 #9

I am surprised when I see the kind of things that are posted on FB. TNNurse Jul 2021 #11

Yup, that's how it is done here. Nt LittleGirl Jul 2021 #14

Great job! DemUnleashed Jul 2021 #10

Please don't use Facebook! Don't support FB by being a user. Dream Girl Jul 2021 #13

K&R, uponit7771 Jul 2021 #15

k&r Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #16

Maybe he'll be a little more conscientious about what he posts gratuitous Jul 2021 #17

You helped to educate others who read that thread. Maru Kitteh Jul 2021 #18

Cesar Milan often says that dogs show the most resistance right before they stop Apollo Zeus Jul 2021 #19