I am pretty annoyed by some of the liberals I know. I thought I had a friendly association with these people but recently, I have been defriended and blocked on Facebook. One guy defriended me and 2 others actually blocked me. There was no argument or debate or discussion or any disagreement prior to their actions. The guy who defriended me cited my politics. From what I can tell, it’s more that he does not want to be associated with someone who doesn’t agree with his politics, not because I assaulted him with mine. Pretty small minded. Although he tried to be nice about it and I do appreciate that.
I am politically vocal on my original Facebook account but I started another one that was just for “fun”–no “offensive” politics because it seems that most of the people I am friends with in real life are liberals. Curiously, that guy defriended both accounts. That’s how I came up with my theory about his motive being less about my posting my politics and more about his not liking my whole conservative thing.
I have been defriended by many people I knew back in high school because of my politics. That’s fine–I hadn’t seen them in years and we had no relationship beyond Facebook. I don’t care about those people but I have to say they are very small minded too.
In all fairness, I will say that I have met conservatives who have such a low opinion of liberals that they won’t associate with them at all. What happened to allowing people to have their own thoughts and beliefs? Isn’t that freedom? Isn’t that what conservatism is all about? Just because I don’t agree with your politics doesn’t mean I’m a bad person and just because you don’t agree with mine doesn’t mean you are bad, either.
I have the ability to see past a person’s bad politics. I can actually focus on the good parts of someone, the parts I do like. I take what I want and I leave the rest. I have a lot of liberal friends who are amazing people and I wouldn’t have them in my life if I were so close-minded. Obviously, I know other liberals who are small minded, intolerant, ass holes. Those are the ones I am referencing here.
The guys who blocked me are a gay couple. We were not friends on my political Facebook account, only my “fun” one. One of these men told me today that it was nothing personal and there was no real explanation but he’s sorry if he made me mad. These guys are complete dicks. They are, needless to say, raging liberals. The one I thought I was friendly with is black so he’s got a major chip on his shoulder. Every negative thing that happens to every black person in the world is the result of “racism” and white hatred. The duo are Fox News haters who never have watched the channel before. You know the type. They are the perfect stereo-types. They are pretty much everything they claim to oppose; judgmental, intolerant, prejudiced and ignorant with a little bit of stupid mixed in there.
What I’ve observed about liberals is that they tend to live, work and play with like minded people. Maybe it’s because I’m in Atlanta where we were the token Reagan family in my school and on my street, but I’m used to being in a political minority and I’m used to being around raging liberals. I guess they’ve gotten spoiled and incorrectly believe everyone agrees with them. If you want to know the truth, I think it’s made me a smarter and tougher person as well as being a superior debater.
I have a few really good friends who I love but their politics suck. They are actually not what I would consider to be raging, loony liberals. That’s probably why they are not afraid to claim me as their friend. Let’s grow up people.