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Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts) Tue Oct 30, 2012, 02:36 PM Oct 2012

I don't want to offend anyone, but I do want to say something. [View all]

I don't visit Facebook more than once or twice a week, and then briefly. But everytime I visit, I am reminded that I have five friends who "like" Romney. Among them are my aunt, my neighbor across the street, and my beloved BIL.

I don't want to offend them. I can hear a lot of you protesting. Why don't I want to offend them? Because I don't want bad blood. Life is too god damned short to alienate people over politics.

I have no idea what to say. It would be a new post, not in reply to anyone else's post.

Any thoughts?

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I don't want to offend anyone, but I do want to say something. [View all] Bertha Venation Oct 2012 OP

What to say, my dear Bertha... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #1

I hide their threads if I don't wish to make waves Irishonly Oct 2012 #2

I go there on pipi_k Oct 2012 #3

me too blueamy66 Nov 2012 #28

Hi Bertha, I'll make a suggestion RiskWrangler Oct 2012 #4

See what you don't know if you don't spend Bertha Venation Oct 2012 #5

Ha! Exactly. I try not to spend much time there myself, but RiskWrangler Oct 2012 #8

Hi risk wrangler, Welcome to DU! RedCloud Oct 2012 #23

Thank You! N/T RiskWrangler Nov 2012 #32

I have few facebook friends on purpose marzipanni Oct 2012 #6

none of my facebook friends are right wing argiel1234 Oct 2012 #7

Life is bigger than politics Major Nikon Oct 2012 #9

Don't offend them - your relationship with them is not a political one Taverner Oct 2012 #10

Taverner, how do you do that? Bertha Venation Oct 2012 #19

Click the "friends" icon on a post Taverner Oct 2012 #24

Had the same thing happen... Jack1963 Oct 2012 #11

Sneaky left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #12

That happened to someone I know on FB too. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #33

Pretend you never saw the posts. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #13

They're entitled to 840high Oct 2012 #14

I'm there regularly elleng Oct 2012 #15

Don't call them out. Incitatus Oct 2012 #16

I'm in the same boat as you... greatauntoftriplets Oct 2012 #17

It still stings when someone disagrees with you spiderpig Oct 2012 #18

I'm in the same boat clyrc Oct 2012 #20

You hover over their names, then hover over Friends Bossy Monkey Oct 2012 #21

I have a decent handful Broken_Hero Oct 2012 #22

I avoid Facebook altogether. Causes too much family trouble, too intrusive - not worth it SoCalDemGrrl Nov 2012 #25

I don't blame you in the least. Bertha Venation Nov 2012 #27

I have a favorite cousin who is a Republican and I am very liberal. Spent one week with him on crunch60 Nov 2012 #26

roughly half the country likes Romney Enrique Nov 2012 #29

Change your profile picture to say begin_within Nov 2012 #30

I don't go to stepson's page. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #31