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HughBeaumont

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12. Oh, believe me . . .

Reply to LWolf (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:56 AM

Jul 2016

. . . most racists, gun-nutters, wingnuts and an-caps have either, by force or volunteer, dropped out of my FB.

It's the people who I once thought were rational, somewhat Democratic and level-headed buying into wingnut memes about "infallible cops and the angry scary black mens who most likely deserved their assassinations." It's those people who are deeply disappointing the shit out of me.

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Things I Learned on FB Yesterday: [View all] HughBeaumont Jul 2016 OP

I don't get that shit. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #1

I've considered that, but prefer to respond to the aholes. I may try your approach though. Hoyt Jul 2016 #3

Life is too short to spend time trying to explain to assholes why they are being assholes. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #4

You have a point. Hoyt Jul 2016 #6

Yep. Somehow I have ended up with a bunch of high school folks from 45+ years ago sending me crap Hoyt Jul 2016 #2

It defies logic, RDANGELO Jul 2016 #5

What amazes me is... wryter2000 Jul 2016 #9

I also learned I was a crazy liberal on Facebook katmondoo Jul 2016 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #8

I didn't learn any of those things on FB. LWolf Jul 2016 #10

Oh, believe me . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2016 #12

I saw the same pic of a white cop helping a small black boy a half dozen times. NightWatcher Jul 2016 #11