Yep.
Family or friends, I don't care. They've been deleted from my social media accounts.
Anyone else do this recently?
Family or friends, I don't care. They've been deleted from my social media accounts.
Anyone else do this recently?
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Deleting people you know that are Trump supporters - it feels so great
- Thread starter rokkerkory
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Deleted a friend of 12 years because he said "It would be fun to see Trump in office"
Removed another friend once he put up a picture of himself with a "Make America Great again" hat. He's Australian.
Removed a friend of 4 years for posting Prager U shit, which then ended up being some more Pro-Trump crap.
Removed an Uncle that basically tongue-punched Trump's ass for shit he did not do.
Yeah. Feels good. Remove the tumor before it spreads.
Removed another friend once he put up a picture of himself with a "Make America Great again" hat. He's Australian.
Removed a friend of 4 years for posting Prager U shit, which then ended up being some more Pro-Trump crap.
Removed an Uncle that basically tongue-punched Trump's ass for shit he did not do.
Yeah. Feels good. Remove the tumor before it spreads.
It doesn't feel that great to me. I just had a huge fucking fallout on Facebook with my mother in law. I'm a scientist. She's a Qanon trumper. She believes antifa was behind the insurrection. She challenged my pro-vaccine profile pic and gave me the usual Trump and anti-vaxxer shit and I shut her down. She ended up insulting my education and calling me a pompous ass. I blocked her and my husband hasn't talked to his mom since before that incident, it's been 2 weeks. It's not great and it doesn't feel great that lives and families are being destroyed because of rampant unfettered right wing conspiracies and politics. I wish I could have a relationship with my mother in law but I can't. We're not compatible.
I've lost a good friend. I wouldn't say I'm happy about it though. I really enjoyed hanging out with them prior to 4 years ago. They continued to message me with ben shapiro, pragerU, jordan peterson talking points and it got old trying to be kind with them at some point.
I feel like you haven't experienced friends or family falling into this shit and having to deal with people you love.
I feel like you haven't experienced friends or family falling into this shit and having to deal with people you love.
Yup, just did a round 2 purge a day ago. I axed most of them right after the election but gave a few family members a buffer of one more strike before they were out. And they came through like champs after the riots.
It feels good to no longer have to see their garbage, but in truth it is sad how far some people have fallen and I'm left with mixed feelings.
It feels good to no longer have to see their garbage, but in truth it is sad how far some people have fallen and I'm left with mixed feelings.
It doesn't feel great to me. It's more of a "you were my brother, I loved you" scenario where someone I grew up with doesn't understand why I'd be upset he supports someone who hates people like me.
Hate this shit. "Come and be convinced of my side, don't think, listen to these grifters and join the cuuuuuullllllt"
Did this in 2016, yes it feels good. I was born in orange county CA, so it's like a 50/50 North-South split in my family.
I know this is true for a lot of people, the republicans in my family were openly bigoted and awful the entire time so it wasn't hard at all. I've never had a switcheroo where someone surprised me by supporting trump.
I know this is true for a lot of people, the republicans in my family were openly bigoted and awful the entire time so it wasn't hard at all. I've never had a switcheroo where someone surprised me by supporting trump.
I've deleted a few that won't have rational conversations, or are just way out there. I feel bad, but I dont have the energy to deal with it anymore.
I gotta say, growing up a friendless pariah, you don't really have to worry about this sort of thing.
I've stayed away from social media for years so I don't have to delete anyone. I did reinstall twitter recently because I wanted to stay up to date on PS5 stock during launch and noticed one of my cousins who was very rational and thoughtful is now a full blown trump supporting conspiracy nut. I checked his activity and he has been consistently retweeting election rigging nonsense. I honesty can't believe it's him. We used to read through the California propositions and discuss them and decide on how we would vote. That's the type of person he was. I don't know what it is that 's just bringing out the worst in people and making them believe in utter bullshit. Propaganda is the most dangerous thing.
I have the same issue with my aunt. And I'm also a scientist, a researcher even. Vaccine, global warming, covid not being dangerous etc... She gave me all that crap. I recently learned that she bragged to another aunt about attending a 200 people party before Christmas, along with her 22 years old son. Last straw, I decided that I wouldn't have any interaction with her anymore, unless I'm forced to.
I've muted a bunch of them. But a lot of them stopped posting trump shit a long time ago. Probably got called out on it.
Probably should just delete.
Probably should just delete.
I've been fortunate enough that my close circle of friends and family thinks that Trump is an ostomy drainage. The few Trumpers I kinda know I don't even interact with anyway
I'm a scientist also, a biologist even. Post-grad education and research. My sister is a high school dropout and while not a total anti-vaxxer is skeptical of the covid vaccine and the other measures implemented to limit it's spread. We're in Melbourne, Aus where the lockdown and mandatory masks actually worked!
Talking to her about it can get frustrating. It's not some conspiracy ffs.
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I quit social media altogether over a year ago, aside from the very occasional post on Twitter. Feels good man.
I unfriended/ stop speaking to most of my conservative friends. The ones that were unhinged i unfriended/blocked. It was especially bad back in 2016 and a lot of people showed their true colors.
I rarely check my actual feed on twitter. But the other day, I randomly saw a bunch of Qanon stuff from an account I had no idea what it was. Then I saw the handle. And it was a comic book shop that I would buy stuff from and had been in communication a few times with the owner to get stuff graded for me. He had kept the handle but changed the name and all imagery from his shop to pro trump and Q shit. Called him a fucking idiot and that I wouldnt be shopping there anymore. Then blocked him after he responded without looking at what he responded with, just wanted to make sure he saw the message. Then I remembered from a long time ago he did post something kinda off on his facebook page, went to go find it and saw that he had completely nuked his facebook account.
An old friend of mine from high school posted a vid of the gathering in DC that morning, with a comment along the lines of "loving all this Trump support, true patriots at work"
by the time I had gotten home from work that day, he had deleted the vid from his profile (lol) but I still deleted him because fuck that noise
I searched his name later that night and he had already deactivated his whole Facebook page by then lmaoooo
by the time I had gotten home from work that day, he had deleted the vid from his profile (lol) but I still deleted him because fuck that noise
I searched his name later that night and he had already deactivated his whole Facebook page by then lmaoooo
Deleted my Facebook account years ago because I was sick of seeing trump support from my family and old high school friends. Every once in awhile my dad sends me some BS in a text message. Wednesday he sent me some "both sides are awful" texts and the cherry on top was him bitching about the new "socialist racists" elected in GA. I told him that if he wants to have a relationship with me he needs to stop sending me his screeds. Friday he sent me some more BS texts. Blocked. He fucked around and found out.
My dad isn't a full blown trump supporter, but he thinks there's a conspiracy to get him out of office, and the election was rigged. He also thinks BLM is terrorism (said it before the capitol riots) and that black people and non whites were put into countries by the British Royal to dilute the countries
We've had several big fights over it. I hate it.
The shitty thing is, he's the one to start yelling and insulting me when it comes up. He will go on and on about these conspiracies for an hour or more, eventually I'll try to put my 2 cents in, and he loses it because I disagree.
I can't believe that my dad thinks like this. I absolutely hate it. He's the only family I have left
We've had several big fights over it. I hate it.
The shitty thing is, he's the one to start yelling and insulting me when it comes up. He will go on and on about these conspiracies for an hour or more, eventually I'll try to put my 2 cents in, and he loses it because I disagree.
I can't believe that my dad thinks like this. I absolutely hate it. He's the only family I have left
My father will always consider himself a Republican, but sat out 2016 and voted for Biden in 2020. He's cut a few (distant) friends off after they expressed support for Trump post-Capitol attack, and I'm proud that he's willing to draw a line like that even in his sixties.
I dont need to because my FB has only about 60 people on it.
I deleted my old account 2 years ago. It was a free for all and had hundreds of people on it from work and all sorts and it was poison. Now its only close friends and family.
I deleted my old account 2 years ago. It was a free for all and had hundreds of people on it from work and all sorts and it was poison. Now its only close friends and family.
I lost a longtime friend and former band member over this shit. He used to be a liberal but once he joined the USAF and they started pumping Limbaugh and FOX News into his brain, he was gone. I am still friendly with his sister and he cut her off when Trump was nominated.
I hate it. I miss him. And I will never understand how it happens.
I hate it. I miss him. And I will never understand how it happens.
I blocked one of my cousins as she couldn't understand BLM. She would not listen to any reasoning. My extended family used to be quite tight but something poisonous has infected half of them now.
It's called endoctrination.
It's insane how effective Fox and the (alt) right news feeds on FB and other social media platforms spread and make people see the left as nothing but radicals.
If I were to cold turkey every Trump supporter I know then I would literally have no family left and I'd be completely and utterly alone. It sucks hearing the disgusting shit my parents spew in regards to politics but I can't just give them up.
If we're strictly talking social media though then I already don't have them added on there, but that's just how I've always been. I'm not active on Facebook at all anyway.
If we're strictly talking social media though then I already don't have them added on there, but that's just how I've always been. I'm not active on Facebook at all anyway.
I'm not American and have never been, but thankfully all of my American friends can't stand Trump and I've not had to cut anyone off. That must suck. There's not a single person of family and friends anywhere in the world that have any patience for Trump and the Republicans' bullshit.
At this point it's a no brainer, but I believe in second chance (so I ask them, still rooting for that guy?). If you are still a supporter we are done for life.
Definitely in the camp of not feeling good. There are people I've known and liked, and then when I find out they're part of this election fraud/covid hoax hysteria, it feels awful.
Exactly, there's something wrong with you if you gain glee from having to cut a close family member or friend out of your life. There's nothing fun about that.
Please don't do this. Things are finally coming to light and we can't allow this stuff to become hidden again. This is another "how did this happen? nobody I know supports this stuff" in the making. Also how are you going to play Era's new favorite game Identify the Domestic Terrorist?
This is where I'm at too. I'd prefer to see the cockroach out in the open than let it scurry back into the dark.
To each their own, but I avoid hiding from Trumper's opinions. Most recently I've spent a lot of time listening to conservative AM radio stations on my drives to and from work to get a better sense of what they're thinking. Maybe I'm a masochist, but I find it interesting and a better opportunity to learn about "the other side" and their thoughts, even if it's in many cases abhorrent or ill-conceived.