Why do people post political crap on FB

[blueamy66]

and then back away when people respond?

A friend of mine posted a biblical verse about not re-electing Obama and then when I called her and her friend on it, she back-pedaled.

Either stand by what you post or don't post at all.

Prayer for Obama....Psalm 109:8

duh

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. Better question. Why do people post anything at all on FB?

[Xipe Totec]

2. Many reasons nt

[BiggJawn]

3. Because I have no life.

And nobody reads my rants on MySpace anymore.

[6000eliot]

5. I post YouTube videos and talk to my brother.

[Sugarcoated]

6. The same reasons people post on message boards like this one

The only difference is that you know the people.

[blueamy66]

8. Many reasons....

one being that it's great fun to reconnect with old friends and family members....the pictures of the kids are awesome....

The best reason? My fiance's son and I get to talk more. It's awesome when he posts on my Wall. He's a busy kid and telephone time is limited....so we use FB. I get warm fuzzies whenever he sends me a message or posts on my Wall.

Anyway, back to the question at hand...it got kinda funny when the poster's Mom got involved and schooled her daughter....

I have to remember to stay outta the political crap on there and just have fun.

[TorchTheWitch]

4. why do people use FB at all?

I just don't get the FB phenomenon. Same with Twitter.

[av8rdave]

7. FB reconnected me with friends from long ago. BUT (rant on politics)

It's a double edged sword. A couple years ago, I got a FB message from an Air Force pilot training classmate. I was glad to hear from her, since we had been pretty good friends. She messaged me and asked for my cell number "so we could get back in touch.". A couple days later, I got a call, but not from her. From a campaign staffer soliciting a contribution. Turns out she was running for a senate seat in her state. (She lost.)

Needless to say, I did not contribute! Never did get a personal call.

To make it even worse, she has become VERY right wing. Probably half or more of her FB postings are political. Her heros are Palin, Bachmann & most recently Perry.

Edited for spelling