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Teacher's FB status bothers me

NessiaNessia
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Not in a way that I think she can't care for my child but it's very political. Something to the effect that she wants to crawl under a rock instead listening to this president talk about how he's taking our money away. Some of the people who made comments equated Obama to socialism and communism. She also asked for prayers that a republican would be elected in MA and other things associating prayers and politics. I'm typically a democrat but not hard-core dem's are always right and they do no wrong type. I can't stand the people that are hard-core one way one way or the other. Like people who refused to admit George W. may have made some mistakes. She's is one of these people. Today's status really bothers me for some reason. Why the need to get so political on FB? This really affects my opinion of her. Like I said I still trust her because she cared for both of my kids for 5+ years but this just rubs me the wrong way.
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    I would feel the same way.
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  • MrsH07MrsH07
    My IL's are the same way. It is so annoying. They are hard core republican almost to the point that they come across as being brainwashed and all they do is bash democrats. I lean more towards being a democrat. What makes me mad though is that they have never even asked me what my political views are and they just sit there and go on and on about how awful democrats are. I refuse to get into a political debate with them so I keep my mouth shut. It is just really irritating.
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  • balihaigirlbalihaigirl member
    omg i have a few friends like that.  it pisses me off.  one of my fb friends made her status update the other day say something about how haiti has no govt so we should give them one obama, two clintons, etc.  i was super annoyed.  i responded, "maybe i should move to haiti if that happens!"  lol
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    omg i have a few friends like that.  it pisses me off.  one of my fb friends made her status update the other day say something about how haiti has no govt so we should give them one obama, two clintons, etc.  i was super annoyed.  i responded, "maybe i should move to haiti if that happens!"  lol

     

    I saw this on FB also. One of my friends had it posted and it really annoyed me.

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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    I so tired of the political drama.  I couldn't stand all the Bush-bashing, and I don't like the Obama hate any better.  I'm equally disgusted by Republicans AND Democrats.

    Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul  :)

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  • AustinMimiAustinMimi member
    I am getting to the point that *any* politically-based FB status just seems biased and ignorant to me. Maybe I just feel that nobody can make an effective argument / plea with a single sentence and political status updates just seem like sticking one's tongue out at people (both sides).
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  • MrsAJLMrsAJL member

    imageNessia:
    Not in a way that I think she can't care for my child but it's very political. Something to the effect that she wants to crawl under a rock instead listening to this president talk about how he's taking our money away. Some of the people who made comments equated Obama to socialism and communism. She also asked for prayers that a republican would be elected in MA and other things associating prayers and politics. I'm typically a democrat but not hard-core dem's are always right and they do no wrong type. I can't stand the people that are hard-core one way one way or the other. Like people who refused to admit George W. may have made some mistakes. She's is one of these people. Today's status really bothers me for some reason. Why the need to get so political on FB? This really affects my opinion of her. Like I said I still trust her because she cared for both of my kids for 5+ years but this just rubs me the wrong way.

    Because it's a place were people can express their opinions. You could ask the same about The Nest. Why do people get so political on here? Why do people post opinions that not everyone will all get behind? 

    I don't understand why her opinion bothers you. It's her opinion and you said so yourself that you still trust her because she cared for your children.  You must liked her enough to be friends with her or why else did you friend her on Facebook? Did you not know about her politics before this Facebook status? 

    People are hardcore about what means the most to them, whether you agree or not.  The Internet is like one giant street corner; opinions and inflammatory oratory abound.


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    I am getting to the point that *any* politically-based FB status just seems biased and ignorant to me. Maybe I just feel that nobody can make an effective argument / plea with a single sentence and political status updates just seem like sticking one's tongue out at people (both sides).

    This. Totally.

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  • Mainer-in-TexasMainer-in-Texas
    I also can't stand it when people ALWAYS toe the party line (both democrats and republicans). It gives me the impression that they don't actually think for themselves.
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  • ChicklitChicklit

    imageAustinMimi:
    I am getting to the point that *any* politically-based FB status just seems biased and ignorant to me. Maybe I just feel that nobody can make an effective argument / plea with a single sentence and political status updates just seem like sticking one's tongue out at people (both sides).

    Yup. Me too. My friends list got so bad that I implemented a zero tolerance policy. Any political or religious status update (other than generic stuff like asking for prayers) and I hide them. If I feel I need to, I'll go back and revisit their page and maybe unhide them, but most of the offenders are people that are acquaintances at best and I feel no need to hear their every political b!tch and moan.

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  • NessiaNessia
    imageMrsAJL:

    imageNessia:
    Not in a way that I think she can't care for my child but it's very political. Something to the effect that she wants to crawl under a rock instead listening to this president talk about how he's taking our money away. Some of the people who made comments equated Obama to socialism and communism. She also asked for prayers that a republican would be elected in MA and other things associating prayers and politics. I'm typically a democrat but not hard-core dem's are always right and they do no wrong type. I can't stand the people that are hard-core one way one way or the other. Like people who refused to admit George W. may have made some mistakes. She's is one of these people. Today's status really bothers me for some reason. Why the need to get so political on FB? This really affects my opinion of her. Like I said I still trust her because she cared for both of my kids for 5+ years but this just rubs me the wrong way.

    Because it's a place were people can express their opinions. You could ask the same about The Nest. Why do people get so political on here? Why do people post opinions that not everyone will all get behind? 

    I don't understand why her opinion bothers you. It's her opinion and you said so yourself that you still trust her because she cared for your children.  You must liked her enough to be friends with her or why else did you friend her on Facebook? Did you not know about her politics before this Facebook status? 

    People are hardcore about what means the most to them, whether you agree or not.  The Internet is like one giant street corner; opinions and inflammatory oratory abound.


    Actually I didn't know her political affiliation before and I see her on a daily basis. You're right, she can put anything she wants on her FB but it can still bother me. I just in general am bothered by radical opinions one way or the other especially when they bring religion into the conversation. I guess imo it's almost disrespectful of the president? Maybe it's good she put that status so I know to NEVER bring up politics with her.
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  • nanannnanann
    Would it have bothered you if she was applauding Obama instead?  Sounds like it just rubs you wrong because you're politically opposed.
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  • misjennmisjenn member
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    imageNessia:
    Not in a way that I think she can't care for my child but it's very political. Something to the effect that she wants to crawl under a rock instead listening to this president talk about how he's taking our money away. Some of the people who made comments equated Obama to socialism and communism. She also asked for prayers that a republican would be elected in MA and other things associating prayers and politics. I'm typically a democrat but not hard-core dem's are always right and they do no wrong type. I can't stand the people that are hard-core one way one way or the other. Like people who refused to admit George W. may have made some mistakes. She's is one of these people. Today's status really bothers me for some reason. Why the need to get so political on FB? This really affects my opinion of her. Like I said I still trust her because she cared for both of my kids for 5+ years but this just rubs me the wrong way.

    Because it's a place were people can express their opinions. You could ask the same about The Nest. Why do people get so political on here? Why do people post opinions that not everyone will all get behind? 

    I don't understand why her opinion bothers you. It's her opinion and you said so yourself that you still trust her because she cared for your children.  You must liked her enough to be friends with her or why else did you friend her on Facebook? Did you not know about her politics before this Facebook status? 

    People are hardcore about what means the most to them, whether you agree or not.  The Internet is like one giant street corner; opinions and inflammatory oratory abound.


    I have several "friends" on FB that I wouldn't consider my friends-more acquaintances. That being said a lot of times you DON'T know where people stand on certain topics or issues.  I nannied for a family for 5 years through college and the whole time she assumed I was republican and had the same stances she did (Not the case-I am independent and disagreed with many of her political stances), but I was also taught not to discuss religion, politics or money with certain people-employers being one of them. So I don't think it is that off the wall that the OP didn't know where the FB person stood on her political issues. Also people should be very careful what they post on any internet forum or branch mainly because future or current employers may not agree with them and it could hinder their employment.

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  • libbyannlibbyann member
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    I so tired of the political drama.  I couldn't stand all the Bush-bashing, and I don't like the Obama hate any better.  I'm equally disgusted by Republicans AND Democrats.

    Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul  :)

    This, exactly! :)

    Also, just out of curiosity, why does her being a teacher have anything to do with her status? Would it annoy you any less if she wasn't a teacher? 

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  • smatthesmatthe

    imagenanann:
    Would it have bothered you if she was applauding Obama instead?  Sounds like it just rubs you wrong because you're politically opposed.

    It is the *way* that they do it.  I can understand someone having a problem with the way that the current president is running his busness-republican or democrat. 

    But it is the RADICALISM that makes me fear and makes me think twice about engaging with that person.  It is like finding out that someone you held with high regard thinks you are a disgusting piece of existence by the way they discuss/describe their malcontent. 

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    imageAustinMimi:
    I am getting to the point that *any* politically-based FB status just seems biased and ignorant to me. Maybe I just feel that nobody can make an effective argument / plea with a single sentence and political status updates just seem like sticking one's tongue out at people (both sides).

    This. Totally.

    that's also how i feel. i respect people's need to express their opinion but sometimes it comes off as OVERLY judgemental of the other side.  mostly i dont like it when 99% of a fb friend's updates are political.  it's like, hello! there are other things in your life besides your extremist political views.

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  • MrsAJLMrsAJL member
    imageNessia:
    imageMrsAJL:

    imageNessia:
    Not in a way that I think she can't care for my child but it's very political. Something to the effect that she wants to crawl under a rock instead listening to this president talk about how he's taking our money away. Some of the people who made comments equated Obama to socialism and communism. She also asked for prayers that a republican would be elected in MA and other things associating prayers and politics. I'm typically a democrat but not hard-core dem's are always right and they do no wrong type. I can't stand the people that are hard-core one way one way or the other. Like people who refused to admit George W. may have made some mistakes. She's is one of these people. Today's status really bothers me for some reason. Why the need to get so political on FB? This really affects my opinion of her. Like I said I still trust her because she cared for both of my kids for 5+ years but this just rubs me the wrong way.

    Because it's a place were people can express their opinions. You could ask the same about The Nest. Why do people get so political on here? Why do people post opinions that not everyone will all get behind? 

    I don't understand why her opinion bothers you. It's her opinion and you said so yourself that you still trust her because she cared for your children.  You must liked her enough to be friends with her or why else did you friend her on Facebook? Did you not know about her politics before this Facebook status? 

    People are hardcore about what means the most to them, whether you agree or not.  The Internet is like one giant street corner; opinions and inflammatory oratory abound.


    Actually I didn't know her political affiliation before and I see her on a daily basis. You're right, she can put anything she wants on her FB but it can still bother me. I just in general am bothered by radical opinions one way or the other especially when they bring religion into the conversation. I guess imo it's almost disrespectful of the president? Maybe it's good she put that status so I know to NEVER bring up politics with her.

    I understand where you're coming from. There are a lot of times very political statements on FB just irritate me to no end.  I had a FB friend post something extremely inflammatory and ignorant about the Israeli/Palestinian issue.  I was infuriated! But then I realized that for better or worse, he could post whatever he wanted.  The problem with FB is that it's harder to escape those status updates when they pop up on a news feed, where with message board posts, it's easier to just "walk" on by and not open it.  

    But I know what you mean. I didn't mean to pick on you. I wasn't.

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  • ChicklitChicklit
    imageMrsAJL:

    I understand where you're coming from. There are a lot of times very political statements on FB just irritate me to no end.  I had a FB friend post something extremely inflammatory and ignorant about the Israeli/Palestinian issue.  I was infuriated! But then I realized that for better or worse, he could post whatever he wanted.  The problem with FB is that it's harder to escape those status updates when they pop up on a news feed, where with message board posts, it's easier to just "walk" on by and not open it.  

    But I know what you mean. I didn't mean to pick on you. I wasn't.

    I disagree. You can hide people, especially people that are prone to these sorts of statements. Then they won't come up in your newsfeed.

     That said, I do think that if you are a teacher or businessperson that chooses to let your students/students' parents/clients "friend" you facebook, you may need to practice a little self-censorship to look professional and keep business relationships friendly.

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  • NessiaNessia
    imagelibbyann:
    imageali-1411:

    I so tired of the political drama.  I couldn't stand all the Bush-bashing, and I don't like the Obama hate any better.  I'm equally disgusted by Republicans AND Democrats.

    Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul  :)

    This, exactly! :)

    Also, just out of curiosity, why does her being a teacher have anything to do with her status? Would it annoy you any less if she wasn't a teacher? 

    It would still bother me regardless of who had that status. I just mentioned that she was a teacher because I still trust her to care for my kids because I know her fairly well. I think teachers in general need to be more careful about anything they post. She is self-employed so she has more freedom but I think a teacher working for a school district could potentially get in trouble for FB statuses. If i knew nothing about the teachers besides their FB status and one posted status too far one way or the other I probably would prefer my DD be with another teacher. I would like DD to learn to be open-minded. Sure this may not be an issue at DD's age but in the future it would be.
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  • NessiaNessia
    imageMrsAJL:
    imageNessia:
    imageMrsAJL:

    imageNessia:
    Not in a way that I think she can't care for my child but it's very political. Something to the effect that she wants to crawl under a rock instead listening to this president talk about how he's taking our money away. Some of the people who made comments equated Obama to socialism and communism. She also asked for prayers that a republican would be elected in MA and other things associating prayers and politics. I'm typically a democrat but not hard-core dem's are always right and they do no wrong type. I can't stand the people that are hard-core one way one way or the other. Like people who refused to admit George W. may have made some mistakes. She's is one of these people. Today's status really bothers me for some reason. Why the need to get so political on FB? This really affects my opinion of her. Like I said I still trust her because she cared for both of my kids for 5+ years but this just rubs me the wrong way.

    Because it's a place were people can express their opinions. You could ask the same about The Nest. Why do people get so political on here? Why do people post opinions that not everyone will all get behind? 

    I don't understand why her opinion bothers you. It's her opinion and you said so yourself that you still trust her because she cared for your children.  You must liked her enough to be friends with her or why else did you friend her on Facebook? Did you not know about her politics before this Facebook status? 

    People are hardcore about what means the most to them, whether you agree or not.  The Internet is like one giant street corner; opinions and inflammatory oratory abound.


    Actually I didn't know her political affiliation before and I see her on a daily basis. You're right, she can put anything she wants on her FB but it can still bother me. I just in general am bothered by radical opinions one way or the other especially when they bring religion into the conversation. I guess imo it's almost disrespectful of the president? Maybe it's good she put that status so I know to NEVER bring up politics with her.

    I understand where you're coming from. There are a lot of times very political statements on FB just irritate me to no end.  I had a FB friend post something extremely inflammatory and ignorant about the Israeli/Palestinian issue.  I was infuriated! But then I realized that for better or worse, he could post whatever he wanted.  The problem with FB is that it's harder to escape those status updates when they pop up on a news feed, where with message board posts, it's easier to just "walk" on by and not open it.  

    But I know what you mean. I didn't mean to pick on you. I wasn't.

    No problem, just a friendly conversation. Big Smile
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  • taylormammataylormamma

    I can understand that it bothers you, but it's her opinion.  If it bothers you that much, maybe you shouldn't be her friend on FB.  Good thing you're not my DH's friend on FB....he always writes political things on FB and he's VERY rep.  (when tv's not on ESPN, it's on Fox News).  I think he just likes to hear what everyone's opinion is and he never bashes people that feel differently b/c he respects all sides to the story. 

    Maybe you should respect her opinion and just be glad she doesn't post things like "I hate my students"!

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  • abbysmom1005abbysmom1005

    imagenanann:
    Would it have bothered you if she was applauding Obama instead?  Sounds like it just rubs you wrong because you're politically opposed.

     

    ::::Iwill not get into political debates!::::  Wink

     

    Just wanted to say, since she said it was partly due to the fact that she found it disrespectful to the Pres, I do not think this is a fair comparison.  

    To be fair it would be more about would it have bothered her if one of her friend's had been bashing Bush when he was Pres.  

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  • NessiaNessia
    No it's not necessarily because of her being repub. I wasn't a fan of the all the Bush bashing either, I think it went too far is some cases. I did not like the movie they made of his life either. I just didn't think it was right to make that movie while he was still president.
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    The one that bothers me is the one that is something along the lines of

    "Dear God, In 2009 you took my favorite singer - Michael Jackson, my favorite actress - Farrah Fawcett, my favorite actor - Patrick Swayze...."

    and then goes on to say "Just wanted you to know that Obama is my favorite president"

    Republican or Democrat...I just think that is disrespectful and not appropriate. I've seen it on FB and elsewhere.

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    The one that bothers me is the one that is something along the lines of

    "Dear God, In 2009 you took my favorite singer - Michael Jackson, my favorite actress - Farrah Fawcett, my favorite actor - Patrick Swayze...."

    and then goes on to say "Just wanted you to know that Obama is my favorite president"

    Republican or Democrat...I just think that is disrespectful and not appropriate. I've seen it on FB and elsewhere.

    Also dumb because what kind of moron admits that Farrah and Patrick are their favorite actors? I mean, if you want people to respect your opinion... ;) 

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