I just unfriended someone on FB whom I've known since he was a teenager (he's now the dad of 7). He not only didn't get, and didn't seem to want to get, the reasons for the Black Lives Matter movement or why the confederate battle flag is offensive, but when he responded to other people on a post, he was dismissive and derogatory. Sorry, kid, you're outta here. I miss the teenager you were, and wonder what you're teaching your own kids. 😥
Unfortunately, someone who's a FB friend because she's an expert in historical clothing and, by extension, social history, is a conservative who has a tendency to edge toward snark. I don't want to unfriend her too, but the way things are going, what with the pandemic, the protests, and the pending election, I'm not too sanguine.
The one other conservative on my F-list was the parish secretary for yoicks. She once described Trump as "prayerful"! I don't know where she got that idea, but she may be headed off my list too.
I don't want to work in a bubble but if all my conservative friends are drinking the pro-confederate flag, anti-BLM, "Trump can do no wrong" koolaid, I don't know how long I can turn a blind eye.
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