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Would you delete a Facebook friend if they were against gay rights?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by dano218, Jun 26, 2015.

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Would you deleted a Facebook friend for being anti gay?

Poll closed Jul 3, 2015.
  1. Yes

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  2. It Depends

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  3. No

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  1. dano218

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    I just thought this was a interesting question to post because of all the stuff going on on Facebook lately. For me it would really depend. I mean if they have personal opinion and they are not stating overly offensive things on their Facebook and especially if they are family i would probably tolerate it on some level. Maybe just block their posts while keeping some liens of communication open. But on the other hand i just want to say fuck you to all those close minded people stuck in the past or whatever. It is a complicated thing for me personally.
     
  2. Pret Allez

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    I don't have Facebook friends who are against equal rights for gender and sexual minorities because I don't have friends who are so epistemically wayward that they can't tell good from evil.
     
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    To be honest.. I deleted my entire Facebook account a long time ago, and I dont miss it at all.

    No I wouldnt delete anyone based solely on their views unless I felt personally attacked by that. But of course we all have varying degrees of acceptance, and that goes both ways.
     
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    Best response anyone will have.
     
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    I don't have friends that are against equality, so I can't say for sure.
    If they were just against it, and had that "I don't agree that this is good but I don't hate on people" kind of attitude, then I'd keep them as a friend. If they were one of the people who always made anti-gay hate comments and liked homophobic posts, well, I wouldn't be their friend in the first place.
     
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    Yep, either that or make it to where I can't see any of their posts and vice versa. I don't need that type of negativity in my life.
     
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    I dont know that any of my facebook friends are against Gay Rights but I'm heavily considering deleting most of them anyway.
     
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    I unfollowed one person today and argued with him and one other. There were many other skirmishes and fights that I avoided. Today is an especially hard day to be an LGBT Christian. I really don't know what keeps me going... Nothing is going right. I mean, I am happy that marriage equality is the law of the land, but I have soooo many personal issues right now.

    It's hard to unfriend anyone b/c then they come after you and label you as intolerant.
     
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    If I started deleting all the antigay "friends," people would notice and start wondering about me. Hopefully I'll be completely out out of the closet one day, and then people will delete me themselves. When people constantly rant about their opinions and graffiti my wall with articles and angry blogs, I just hide all posts.

    Basically, if they weren't obsessed with it and were willing to live and let live, I would leave them be.
     
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    But we shouldn't be tolerant. Tolerance of intolerance is what unprincipled conservatives demand.
     
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    :eusa_clap Very well said :thumbsup:
     
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    No, not really if all they're doing is voicing their opinion. You're not always going to have friends who agree with everything you do. Now, if this person keeps attacking (verbally) homos and just hates the core of their existence then you'd probably be better off without that person.
     
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    Well, that depends on why and where it's coming from. I will not have anyone who's openly hateful, attacks people, or so on for fitting into any group. I unfriend racists, transphobics, homophobes, etc. I actually don't really have any friends who are against gay rights but I do know people who are a little more on the fence. I can live with that if they're at least willing to accept someone for who they are, even if they're not exactly celebrating them. I will definitely unfriend someone who rants about people in a particular group. Hell, I've had family friends and family members come around because they got to know someone (me and others) who were openly LGBT.
     
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    Tell it, sister!

    Yeah, either I'd unfriend them or point-blank ignore them.
     
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    No, I'd say close to 1/3rd of my fb friends are against Gay Rights and/or Marriage. But, I will delete anyone who is being obnoxious
     
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    Yes I would delete a "friend" if they were fervently against it and posted negative things about gay rights over and over. No I would not delete an extended family member if they did so -- as long as they did not personally attack me; instead, they would be unfollowed. If they post their objections to gay rights on occasion, it depends how they go about doing so. If they are against gay rights but don't talk about it (I.e. Are more tolerant or at least apathetic), I porbably wouldn't delete them. Just because someone is against gay marriage does not mean they have no value as a friend or person -- that's one facet of them.
     
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    I wouldn't unfriend them unless they were crossing the line into hate speech, in which case I would go the extra mile and report them as well. I have no problem scrolling through dissenting opinion after dissenting opinion. At least it lets me see what the "other side" has to say on matters. If they come up with any spectacular and profound ideas as to why LGBT individuals shouldn't have the same rights as anyone, I'd like to be in on it.
     
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    Well said~ I agree
     
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    I just cleaned house a few months ago with people who were posting homophobic, racist, etc. things. "Hide from feed" only works so well at times...
     
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    Nah. They have the right to their opinion. If I'm friends with them, then it seems I'm overlooking their views anyways, so why should an online display of it elicit a different response from me?

    That said, I don't tolerate news feed spam, and I delete anyone who fills up my page with controversial matters or drama. No one is safe from my unfriend hammer, regardless of your stance on lgbt rights, women's rights, racism, terrorism, etc, etc.
     
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