Oh, Maria, I'm sorry. I unfollowed a couple of my more conservative cousins a while ago and nobody has made anything but positive, supportive comments on anything I've posted. My one cousin sent a message but just asked if we were ok and offered a place to stay if we wanted. So, that's been nice.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Apr 29, 2015 8:21:37 am PDT #25409 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Maria - Apr 29, 2015 8:54:02 am PDT #25410 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
My Baltimore friends are not the problem. It's the PA ones. Because I'm friends with a lot of people who are also regular customers of the restaurant. For that reason, I keep FB as apolitical as possible. Some of them are more racist than I ever thought possible, but it's not my place to tell them to never cross my path again, because then we'd have no business left. It's just disheartening, and the latest drivel is how Freddie Gray had spinal surgery a week ago, and I can't find any independent confirmation of it other than what's on the conservative sites.
lisah - Apr 29, 2015 9:24:09 am PDT #25411 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Maria - Apr 29, 2015 9:44:11 am PDT #25412 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thanks, lisah. Can you believe I had someone tell me last night that the Sun is just as bad as MSNBC and wikipedia? I turned right around and posted that the "proof" he was spouting came from liveleak.com. Didn't make a damned bit of difference.
Burrell - Apr 29, 2015 9:47:18 am PDT #25413 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I hate so very much the habit of always trying to find a way to pin the responsibility for suffering on the individual and not the system, and then using it an excuse to withhold what I would think of as a natural tendency to feel empathy and regret for someone else's suffering.
Toddson - Apr 29, 2015 9:48:34 am PDT #25414 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There's a lot of nuttiness out there. Idaho is resisting an international consistent regulation on child support payments on the grounds it would introduce Sharia law. And in Texas, where the Army is having exercises, the state is keeping an eye on them just in case they're (the Army, that is) is planning on overthrowing the state government. um ... huh?
Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2015 9:52:52 am PDT #25415 of 30000
brillig
There was something posted on Facebook in the last few days about how the belief that life is fair leads to people blaming individuals for their problems. If everyone gets what they deserve in a balanced universe, then obviously you deserve what happens to you.
tommyrot - Apr 29, 2015 9:54:45 am PDT #25416 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I saw that--makes sense to me.
Burrell - Apr 29, 2015 9:57:43 am PDT #25417 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Obviously I don't think life is fair or that people deserve to suffer, but the thing of it is, even if I think someone has actively brought some of their misery upon themselves, that wouldn't make me less empathetic to their plight.
Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2015 9:59:23 am PDT #25418 of 30000
brillig
That's because you're a better person.