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gollygee

(22,336 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:18 AM Dec 2014

Has anyone unfriended anyone lately on Facebook over racism? [View all]

I posted a thread yesterday with a Chris Rock quote: "Just found an app that tells you which of your friends are racist. It's called Facebook." That was inspired by an ugly exchange between me and a Facebook friend mainly about Michael Brown and protests that culminated in him saying that African Americans are not on average very intelligent, and the evidence for that is that most vote for Democrats. That earned an "unfriend" from me. Yes, I'm willing to lose friends over this. Comment on that if you will.

Is anyone else getting this crap from people they were unaware were racist? If you're white, racist people don't necessarily say racist things to you. Someone could be a KKK member but be nice to me. But wow are they coming out of the woodwork now. I'm definitely learning things about the people in my life and I'm disgusted and feeling down about it. Things are worse than I thought, and I didn't think things were very good.

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Has anyone unfriended anyone lately on Facebook over racism? [View all] gollygee Dec 2014 OP

never got into Myface or Spacebook notadmblnd Dec 2014 #1

I thought it would be a good way to keep up with people I don't see all the time gollygee Dec 2014 #2

I'm very stingy with friend requests nichomachus Dec 2014 #31

same here. I do have linkedIN, but that is for career networking, not socializing still_one Dec 2014 #11

No, I keep my "friends" list very tight etherealtruth Dec 2014 #3

Never tried facebook. stone space Dec 2014 #4

+++ still_one Dec 2014 #12

I only have 8 friends gwheezie Dec 2014 #5

I have never befriended face book. Maybe you should unfriend it. lonestarnot Dec 2014 #6

Well gollygee Dec 2014 #10

Sheltered? Really? How does one shelter from racism? There is no fucking shelter from racism. If lonestarnot Dec 2014 #14

OK that's what I just said gollygee Dec 2014 #15

Your headline was a take on taking shelter by unfriending inquiry. lonestarnot Dec 2014 #16

No gollygee Dec 2014 #22

Glad you recognize that unfriending like ignoring won't make it go away. Confront the sonofabitches lonestarnot Dec 2014 #26

I confronted for a good amount of time and then unfriended gollygee Dec 2014 #28

I did have a long talk with a friend about the issue el_bryanto Dec 2014 #7

So no recognition of the institutionalized racism by your little friend then? lonestarnot Dec 2014 #18

Not so you'd notice. el_bryanto Dec 2014 #21

No (nt) bigwillq Dec 2014 #8

I have 628 "Friends" and I haven't seen any yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #9

We don't usually talk about politics gollygee Dec 2014 #13

So far nothing on my page yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #17

a couple who i should unfriend but have not dembotoz Dec 2014 #19

I just troll the ones on my friends threads. librechik Dec 2014 #20

Nope....I don't unfriend anyone. ileus Dec 2014 #23

Isn't that the same thing? gollygee Dec 2014 #24

The still remain in you friend list, but none of their posts will appear. ileus Dec 2014 #27

Hmm that might be helpful in some cases gollygee Dec 2014 #42

Yes. I've unfriended my own brother.... DonViejo Dec 2014 #25

"I found this amazing app that shows you which of your friends are racist." Recursion Dec 2014 #29

I don't have to unfriend anybody... Bigmack Dec 2014 #30

No, I confront them. RedCappedBandit Dec 2014 #32

read #28 gollygee Dec 2014 #33

Some people need to be defriended for your own sanity of course RedCappedBandit Dec 2014 #38

I dump racists right away sharp_stick Dec 2014 #34

Posted "If you hate black people please un-friend me" & shared. L0oniX Dec 2014 #35

No, but I have hidden one. logosoco Dec 2014 #36

I unfriended anyone as soon as I saw it ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #37

Yup. lapislzi Dec 2014 #39

Yessir Dirty Socialist Dec 2014 #40

Yes. And I'd never, ever done that liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #41

No more Ms. Nice Liberal!!! bravenak Dec 2014 #43

I feel like something has finally, truly, and liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #44