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Trueblue Texan

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75. Can't be open about politics in many, if not most jobs, either...

Reply to questionseverything (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 27, 2022, 02:57 PM

Jun 2022

...but I may be getting ready to retire sooner than planned. What better time to knock the crap out of lies and right wing spin?

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I'm gonna have a lot fewer "friends" after today. [View all] momta Jun 2022 OP

A Giant Step Forward it is. Every happiness to you. delisen Jun 2022 #1

Congratulations! LoisB Jun 2022 #2

Cheers! Ya done good, my dear momta! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2022 #3

💐 🥂 💐 blm Jun 2022 #4

Me too Freddie Jun 2022 #5

My First DU Post NorCalBlue Jun 2022 #59

Welcome to DU pandr32 Jun 2022 #60

Yes, Welcome! momta Jun 2022 #63

I felt the same llashram Jun 2022 #64

Thank you Freddie Jun 2022 #67

Welcome to DU, NorCalBlue! calimary Jun 2022 #84

I grew up in gohmert district also, Beachnutt Jun 2022 #6

I went to Longview High School. momta Jun 2022 #7

John Tyler 79 Beachnutt Jun 2022 #56

Well, for one thing..... MyOwnPeace Jun 2022 #8

Congratulations,... It is liberating...... magicarpet Jun 2022 #9

Good for you. MLAA Jun 2022 #10

This is why we don't do fb questionseverything Jun 2022 #11

My guitar teacher has the same problem momta Jun 2022 #13

Can't be open about politics in many, if not most jobs, either... Trueblue Texan Jun 2022 #75

I live among the Magats in Pa. gab13by13 Jun 2022 #12

Oh, I'm quite aware that it will do no good. momta Jun 2022 #14

Sadly I no longer have any friends except PXR-5 Jun 2022 #15

The Astronomy forum sounds pretty cool! Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2022 #18

No politics allowed... PXR-5 Jun 2022 #26

Checked out the home page and Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2022 #77

I grew up in Jersey mnhtnbb Jun 2022 #34

When they bitch about the price of gas, Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2022 #16

Heh. phylny Jun 2022 #54

Wow, that would send them through the roof! Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2022 #78

I'm toasting you. (Unfortunately, not with champagne) nt LAS14 Jun 2022 #17

I have curated my FB list to allow only left wing attendant friends dhol82 Jun 2022 #19

Outstanding work. Congrats. Paladin Jun 2022 #20

You go! Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #21

Sounds like you're draining some toxins from your life... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #22

Believe people when they tell you who they are. hay rick Jun 2022 #23

Another one bites the dust! momta Jun 2022 #24

yeah--well, fuck her orleans Jun 2022 #27

Fuck her, indeed. momta Jun 2022 #29

Yes I cleared house Woodswalker Jun 2022 #25

Better to have no friends SuperCoder Jun 2022 #28

I have had to cull my friends list. Handler Jun 2022 #30

been there Hoosier Jun 2022 #31

I dropped a significant number of FB mnhtnbb Jun 2022 #32

Now you know why I've NEVER had an account with FB. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2022 #33

Don't let them get you down rebe303 Jun 2022 #35

Fuck them sideways Better Days Ahoy Jun 2022 #36

So I'll offer a pro tip for the champagne. plimsoll Jun 2022 #37

Most helpful advice... momta Jun 2022 #48

On the day they overturned Roe, I went off on a long time friend who voted for Trump in 2016. SunSeeker Jun 2022 #38

You're from East Texas griffi94 Jun 2022 #39

Doing that does wonders for your disposition lees1975 Jun 2022 #40

I've always believed in speaking my truth and calling out BS. Cheers! Evolve Dammit Jun 2022 #41

Have some champagne on me. KS Toronado Jun 2022 #42

Yeah. That sucks. TigressDem Jun 2022 #43

I support you all the way lunatica Jun 2022 #44

You know I used to feel the same way, but now I don't care what they think. flying_wahini Jun 2022 #45

Oh, I don't actually care what they think. momta Jun 2022 #50

You have better friends here wryter2000 Jun 2022 #46

One needs to re-count one's friends occasionally. It's just part of life. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2022 #47

I need a quick response to the person telling me the Prius isn't good for the environment. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #49

Congrats. I may be wrong, but I can't help thinking Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2022 #51

I haven't been on Assbook in over 9 months now IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #52

I am also putting stuff out I never used to. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2022 #53

What is this Dr. T Jun 2022 #55

Fug em The Bopper Jun 2022 #57

That's kinda my new approach momta Jun 2022 #58

I beg to differ a bit SouthBayDem Jun 2022 #61

Not sure what you're differing about momta Jun 2022 #62

I had the impression you were unfriending people, sorry SouthBayDem Jun 2022 #76

No worries. I guess it wasn't exactly clear. momta Jun 2022 #83

Or you could do what I did. YoshidaYui Jun 2022 #65

"Agree to disagree" is when we are discussing pepperoni vs. sausage on the pizza - TBF Jun 2022 #66

Good for you! I changed my non-political FB policy in the Trump era and never went back. pnwmom Jun 2022 #68

good for you, we must all go full political only on FB and elsewhere nonstop till Eliot Rosewater Jun 2022 #69

With friends like that, as they say..... DFW Jun 2022 #70

Congratulations! mrsadm Jun 2022 #71

Wow! champagne? Trueblue Texan Jun 2022 #72

PLUS...champagne! I'm all about it!nt Trueblue Texan Jun 2022 #73

TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE Novara Jun 2022 #74

After Jan. 6th (last year) I had to quit Facebook - finally and for all time FakeNoose Jun 2022 #79

I've been political on Facebook from the beginning. I'm polite and civil. I often let political Martin68 Jun 2022 #80

Good for you. momta Jun 2022 #81

I've never unfriended anyone, but I've been unfriended a few times. That was always a relief. Martin68 Jun 2022 #82