We just can't get along on Facebook! My family is extremely diverse, politically, emotionally, and culturally. I guess that is what happens when you raise people to think for themselves. It is strange though, that we all tend to get along in person. Perhaps it is different stressors affecting the mind.
This last one is ripping my family apart. Below is a photo that is exploding on Facebook. One showed up from a former friend of mine from Mechanicville. I expressed my displeasure with it with two comments on the post. She deleted the post and resent the post so my comments did not show. I then commented on her second post explaining how i was upset and that if she didn't like comments she could change her privacy settings. So I was become unfriended. No big deal. The next day it showed up on a relatives timeline. I told my relative my feelings and she told me she could post anything she wanted (she can, anyone can) and I could either scroll past or not, and suggested I start a blog so I could vent. I guess this is it. If you check it out on Snopes.com you will find out that
1. There has been an EID stamp since 2001 (Not Obama's time).
2. The stamp shown is a Kalidascope Flower stamp, Not an EID stamp.
I did not find this out until last night. It was to late, comments flew from different factions for various reasons and the result is I have been unfriended by my former (I think) daughter in law, her mother, her friend and her daughter. They have unfriended, as far as I can tell, all my family members (about 8) because they are related to me, even the ones who share their political beliefs. It is a big loss to all on both parties. I remember one day going to my sister's for dinner. She laid down a new rule - "No one talk about politics." It worked and we all had a good time.
It is to bad we can't do that on Facebook!
Don't buy this stamp! It is pretty, but keep reading! Will be available November 1, 2013 President Obama has directed the United States Postal Service to remember and honor the EID Muslim holiday season with a new commemorative 46 Cent First Class Holiday Postage Stamp. The new stamp is the second MUSLIM stamp, and celebrates a Muslim holiday! If there is only ONE thing you Forward today, let it be this! REMEMBER to adamantly BOYCOTT this stamp when you purchase stamps anywhere. All you have to say is, "No thank you, I do not want a Muslim stamp on my letters!" Buy our US flag stamp instead, please! Pass this along to every Patriotic American you know & get the word out! Honor the United States Don't buy this stamp! It is pretty, but keep reading! Will be available November 1, 2013 President Obama has directed the United States Postal Service to remember and honor the EID Muslim holiday season with a new commemorative 46 Cent First Class Holiday Postage Stamp. The new stamp is the second MUSLIM stamp, and celebrates a Muslim holiday! If there is only ONE thing you Forward today, let it be this! REMEMBER to adamantly BOYCOTT this stamp when you purchase stamps anywhere. All you have to say is, "No thank you, I do not want a Muslim stamp on my letters!" Buy our US flag stamp instead, please! Pass this along to every Patriotic American you know & get the word out! Honor the United States of Americaof America
I have not seen this post and I tend to take almost anything anyone posts on FB with a grain of salt if it has a political motivation. I think that most of us have family and friends with whom we do not agree politically. I guess we must just choose to love them because, truly, they are not totally defined by their political beliefs. Jim and I are about as far apart as two people can get on two of the things that cause the most arguments; politics and religion. We have learned to agree to disagree. When we lose tolerance we can sure put ourselves in a corner. Keep up the blog. It feels like I'm getting a nice letter directly from you. Love to Jacquie and the pups! Oh yeah, and to you also!
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