I have several cousins who are leftists/progressives. One cousin I don’t see much nor do I speak with her much. She is a bestselling author and has done very well for herself with her books. We specifically do not talk about politics for obvious reasons. We are friends on FB and follow each other. I am constantly sharing all sorts of political NRA and 2A things and she has followed me and seen these for many years. I have also seen all the political stuff she shares and posts. Neither of us have ever said a thing to the other and I have always felt like we have this mutual respect for one another. That is until about 20 minutes ago when I received the following text message from her.

Hi David, I've deleted this post. I really don't want these kinds of sentiments on my Facebook page anymore. We might as well be living in two different universes. I don't understand your thinking. I hope you and Jeanne are all right. Nan

I replied:

Nan, I have no idea what you are talking about? Maybe you can let me on what post you are talking about? I don’t remember posting anything on your FB page for several years.

I see your comment now. Just so you know, I did not post it on your FB page. I shared it with everyone who wants to follow me. If you do not want to see what I share with everyone then please unfollow me. I love you and hope you and Max are doing well.

BTW, just to add what I wrote earlier. The things I share are only seen by you in your newsfeed. They do not appear on your FB page. So you are the only one who sees them. No one sees what I am sharing and no one else knows you are cousins with an NRA member. Unless they are following me. 🙂

I just checked and she has unfollowed me. I still need to look to see if she unfriended me as well. This is what she objected to:

When I unfollow someone, I don't tell them.  Because there is no notification.  The only way you know is if you check all of your followers and notice a name missing. (not many do that).

So the fact that she told you tells you something.  I unfollow people because they post poltical BS (sheep), or are dudes and post constant selfies/shirtless pics and don't want to see it on my news feed.  But still remain friends.

From all the personal stories I hear from friends, it's mostly leftist who end friendships with Trump supporters, just because they like Trump.  Rarely the other way around.

So, I'm guessing you two won't be having that beer together?

 

When I unfollow someone, I don't tell them.  Because there is no notification.  The only way you know is if you check all of your followers and notice a name missing. (not many do that).

So the fact that she told you tells you something.  I unfollow people because they post poltical BS (sheep), or are dudes and post constant selfies/shirtless pics and don't want to see it on my news feed.  But still remain friends.

From all the personal stories I hear from friends, it's mostly leftist who end friendships with Trump supporters, just because they like Trump.  Rarely the other way around.

I unfollow almost everyone
I don't need to be notified when someone takes a dump or their dog got their nails trimmed

So, I'm guessing you two won't be having that beer together?

 

Guess not. 

When I unfollow someone, I don't tell them.  Because there is no notification.  The only way you know is if you check all of your followers and notice a name missing. (not many do that).

So the fact that she told you tells you something.  I unfollow people because they post poltical BS (sheep), or are dudes and post constant selfies/shirtless pics and don't want to see it on my news feed.  But still remain friends.

From all the personal stories I hear from friends, it's mostly leftist who end friendships with Trump supporters, just because they like Trump.  Rarely the other way around.

What surprised me is what she objected to. I have shared MUCH MUCH more offensive material than that. And some pretty sick memes and jokes. Even my wife was surprised at what my cousin was upset about. And my wife hates most everything I share.

What surprised me is what she objected to. I have shared MUCH MUCH more offensive material than that. And some pretty sick memes and jokes. Even my wife was surprised at what my cousin was upset about. And my wife hates most everything I share.

It's the definition of "TRIGGERED".

A purely emotional negative response to something she finds deeply offensive.

"Triggered" is the new "pushing their buttons."

I unfollow almost everyone
I don't need to be notified when someone takes a dump or their dog got their nails trimmed

I just ignore everything I am not interested in and share what is either interesting 2A or funny.

It's the definition of "TRIGGERED".

A purely emotional negative response to something she finds deeply offensive.

"Triggered" is the new "pushing their buttons."

I know. I just don’t understand why this meme when I have shared so many more and so much worse material.

Well, you don’t choose your family. That said, I don’t think I’ve ever unfriended anyone. I certainly ignore many folks though. A few make roll my eyes on a regularl basis. That said, sometimes I find it interesting to see what folks have to say. No matter how illogical or irrational it may seem. If they think that way, I bet many others do as well.

And sounds like she was being hormonal. She took issue with something small and absolutely wanted you to know about it. Well then again that’s many women, not just the hormonal ones...   

And sounds like she was being hormonal. She took issue with something small and absolutely wanted you to know about it. Well then again that’s many women, not just the hormonal ones...   

 

my sister in law un-friended me right after Trump got elected
she is hard core left wing Trump hater, and I am not
right before the election I was posting some pro-Trump stuff, and when he was elected I posted a few "I told you so" posts, and she immediately un-friended me.  good, I don't like her anyway!   

What's "Facebook"? A book of faces? That sounds stupid. Like something created by someone in elementary school.

my sister in law un-friended me right after Trump got elected
she is hard core left wing Trump hater, and I am not
right before the election I was posting some pro-Trump stuff, and when he was elected I posted a few "I told you so" posts, and she immediately un-friended me.  good, I don't like her anyway!   

Within the week after the 2016 election, I must have seen 3 dozen reports from friends being unfriended.  I personally had 3 drop me after being FB friends since 2009.

One friend from high school unfriended me. When I DM'ed him to explain the difference between unfriend and unfollow, a week later he friended me again and apologized.  That lasted all of a month after he started trolling my timeline and getting into fights with anyone who voted for Trump (or against Hillary).

Always the "tolerant" party supporters who can't tolerate opposing opinions.  I've never unfriended anyone who had opposing political views.  I've often taken the discussions offline to better discuss facts without the peanut galleries chiming in and trolling the thread.

What's "Facebook"? A book of faces? That sounds stupid. Like something created by someone in elementary school.

FACEBOOK was STOLEN from the school's student & faculty directory Zuckerberg and his co-authors based the idea on. 

"At that time Mark Zuckerberg was a sophomore at Harvard University. The name for Facebook came from
the publications that some colleges pass out to students at the beginning of the year to help students get to
know each other better, called a Facebook."

according to my teenage daughter, FACEBOOK is sooooo not-in anymore.

She uses Instagram

I don't do either one, but I threaten her that I'll start an Instagram account of my own so I can be the hip dad.

according to my teenage daughter, FACEBOOK is sooooo not-in anymore.

She uses Instagram

I don't do either one, but I threaten her that I'll start an Instagram account of my own so I can be the hip dad.

Instagram is also getting "worn out."  Now, you have to have SnapChat & Reddit.

Seems after a social media site gets too popular, it loses it's entertainment value.

oh yeah, I think she uses snapchat too

Thats a bummer. Oh well, not much you can do about it I guess. I know I have had a few people unfriend me. One might not have been political though unless you consider church politics.

Maybe someday she will be able to process your position better.