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el_bryanto

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7. I did have a long talk with a friend about the issue

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:28 AM

Dec 2014

Most of my friends that I'm likely to get riled up talking to about this I've avoided the subject with - but in this case just had to get it out of my system. He's a law and order type personality, and tends to look at things dispassionately. It was a frustrating conversation because in his opinion it shouldn't have gone to the grand jury but should have been handled in internal affairs. So he feels like they already bent over backwards to appease the black community in Ferguson.

Very depressing.

Bryant

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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