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MountCleaners

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30. Join a liberal or progressive FB group

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 07:02 PM

Mar 2016

And post your own arguments to it. Your FB friend might see that you have a different viewpoint and might stop assuming that you want to see their politics.

My best friend from childhood is supporting Donald Trump and every day I get nasty Trump stuff + Ann Coulter.

I can't un-friend her since she's been a good friend and we are in each other's childhood photos, it would be like erasing a part of my life.

Instead, I'll post anti-Trump stuff to a group or post info to another friend's wall knowing my Trump friend will see I think Trump is a fascist. She's been a bit quieter since I posted a list of white supremacist groups supporting Trump - I think she didn't know this!

Not everyone closely follows the news and social media as DU-ers do. I've found that some people on FB have not been exposed much to "progressive" views.

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What's a loving response to a libertarian friend who keeps posting Taxation is Theft on Facebook? [View all] Bucky Mar 2016 OP

Taxes paid for the internet they're using to post that crap. n/t al_liberal Mar 2016 #1

+1 think Mar 2016 #4

Lol, I posted that response, almost word for word, when my BiL posted this nonsense. Xithras Mar 2016 #36

Tell him to stay off the streets, don't call police or fire, keep your kids out of school, etc. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #2

Ask how he feels about hiring his own police force and firefighters? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #3

garbage collection is grand theft (won't work if private collection though, e.g., California) Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #5

I assume that private collection of garbage in Cali is still a gov't awarded contract Bucky Mar 2016 #60

in many rural areas, trash collection is private paid by homeowners & businesses directly to trash Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #65

a photo of his house with flames superimposed on it and him standing w/a garden hose? KittyWampus Mar 2016 #6

If he is on a city water system that garden hose should be dry! n/t csziggy Mar 2016 #21

Nope. That hose is filled with water treated and delivered by public money. white_wolf Mar 2016 #24

okay, scratch the garden hose� just his house being consumed by flames. KittyWampus Mar 2016 #29

"Block posts from this friend?" Click yes. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #7

ignore the posts if you want to keep him as a friend greymouse Mar 2016 #8

I keep politics out of my Facebook conversation. Jim Beard Mar 2016 #57

"Fine, fix your own potholes" arcane1 Mar 2016 #9

He's a soldier in Afghanistan actually Bucky Mar 2016 #61

So, I take it that he doesn't realize that his paycheck is financed by tax dollars? GoCubsGo Mar 2016 #70

If you drove to work on decent, recently repaired roads, that's your tax dollars. If you turned on PatrickforO Mar 2016 #10

Ask: Who taught him/her how to read and write? mcranor Mar 2016 #11

The poop obviously goes straight to his Facebook page. nt hay rick Mar 2016 #51

HOw about "Clean water is not free" Drahthaardogs Mar 2016 #12

This post could make some great bumper stickers. nt raccoon Mar 2016 #63

good ones Bucky Mar 2016 #69

I just privatized your road - pay the toll and fix your own pot holes jpak Mar 2016 #13

You might point out that libertarian paradises do exist metalbot Mar 2016 #14

next time he has to take a dump tell him to go in a bucket then try to figure out what to do saturnsring Mar 2016 #15

I think it's an impossible situation. kcr Mar 2016 #16

how about go jump off a cliff? love is plunging to ones death... JanMichael Mar 2016 #17

A privately-owned cliff jberryhill Mar 2016 #22

"I'd send you a cop, but he's taxpayer funded." bluedigger Mar 2016 #18

Endless cute cat pictures. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #19

Someone who uses the public internet from her home situated next to a public road while Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #20

I actually think snarky is the only way to deal with this Kittycat Mar 2016 #23

Yep, this is the way to go laundry_queen Mar 2016 #62

"I love you, but derp!" HuckleB Mar 2016 #25

Why respond at all? WillowTree Mar 2016 #26

Not everyone is a fanatic MountCleaners Mar 2016 #32

Depends on the situation gratuitous Mar 2016 #27

Welfare MountCleaners Mar 2016 #33

"The govt does more for me than it does to me" JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #28

Join a liberal or progressive FB group MountCleaners Mar 2016 #30

Good points all. phylny Mar 2016 #40

defriend ibegurpard Mar 2016 #31

Nothing will budge a selfish, libertarian dreamer until a brick wall built by unfettered capitalism Warpy Mar 2016 #34

A Libertarian? Just say, "Oh, well; might makes right!" WinkyDink Mar 2016 #35

Are you going to turn in that safeinOhio Mar 2016 #37

Loving? Ignore it. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #38

Ask him why he wants free stuff? phylny Mar 2016 #39

not paying taxes greymattermom Mar 2016 #41

You could argue the theory of the social contract with your friend ad infinitum. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #42

"WHATS THE PLAN NOW, GENIUS?!?!" Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #43

Conservative family MountCleaners Mar 2016 #44

You have my sympathies Bucky Mar 2016 #68

I hope he's not drinking the water. nt TBF Mar 2016 #45

It's also legal, AND Volaris Mar 2016 #46

Don't do what I did. So Far From Heaven Mar 2016 #47

Freedom isn't Free bhikkhu Mar 2016 #48

Do they drive to the grocery store and buy food? Rex Mar 2016 #49

Learn to unfollow ... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #50

Tell him to go fuck himself. Libertarians suck. HERVEPA Mar 2016 #52

Tell him he's free to move to Somalia seanjoycek476 Mar 2016 #53

Billionaire envy; wishing the jackpot would land on him glowing Mar 2016 #54

"Stop driving on my fucking roads, asshole!" Aristus Mar 2016 #55

Tell him taxes are the dues we pay to live in a civilized society, and that the decline in our tblue37 Mar 2016 #56

How about man4allcats Mar 2016 #58

"Property is Theft"? Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #59

Paying your taxes is paying the bills. Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2016 #64

Get a pthy remark from Karl Marx (who could be funny at times). CTyankee Mar 2016 #66

Just tell him that he doesn't own the country ConservativeDemocrat Mar 2016 #67