I had a classmate that I friended on Facebook a few years back. Then I discovered that I was not getting his posts anymore. When I went to a reunion, I mentioned to his wife that he must of unfriended or blocked me. She assured me that he would never do that. Strangely, after the reunion, ta-da, I started seeing his postings again.
He is a staunch conservative who broaches absolutely no discussion or disagreement. He is a conservative minister who has his own ministry, church, and academy. You get my drift.
It did not take long for me to twist his tail. He posted a negative post that had a “Welcome to Idaho” sign that made derogatory comments about Californians. I mentioned in a comment that it didn’t surprise me as this was the state that the skinheads and White Supremists called home. The outcome of our conversation online was that I was called a “person full of hate” and I was unfriended. See above about him never unfriending anyone.
Now I have written in other posts about this but there is an interesting addendum to this story.
During my conversations with him in the reunion, I mentioned about the friendship one of my younger siblings had with his younger sibling, which resulted in my mother and his mother becoming rather close after we graduated high school and went on our way. He made a rather negative, and in my opinion, disturbing remark about his sibling. I let it go.
But after what happened above, I decided to friend that sibling on Facebook just to see what was going on with that person’s life. I found out why my minister “friend” disapproves. His sibling seems to be a bright, interesting, open, and outgoing person who doesn’t seem to put up with the stodgy negative vibes of the older brother.
Go figure.
