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I've been defriended! :(

This morning I discovered I had been de-friended by one of my friends on Facebook. It appears a comment I made on a recent post of his did not go over as intended. I only meant it in jest, but obviously he didn't see it that way.

This isn't the first time I've pissed off a friend with something I've said, but it is the first time the action was met with such finality. I even feel bad about it. I just hope I can avoid dwelling on it beyond this post.

Still, I can't help but think his actions are related to the polarization that has overcome this country, creating an environment where we are intolerant of anyone who doesn't share our views, while pitting everyone in the country against each other, and creating an environment of divisiveness and distrust.

Oh well, as the French say, c'est la vie!
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Mike Foxworth said…
Sooner or later every social media follower will be unfriended multiple times because the word "friend" is really a misnomer in the context of internet communications. Blogs and social media sites are a public version of "private" publishing, hence readers will come and go at will. Nothing wrong with that. It is just part of the give and take paradigm of writing and publishing. Marc, never give up on expressing what you believe and experience.
12:36 AM
Marc said…
Thanks for the thoughts Mike!
12:51 AM
Mark VanKirk said…
Uncle Marc, you have always had a cutting sarcasm (which I find to be hilarious) and sometimes that doesn't come across very well in a typed comment field. I have had the same problem.If they were REAL Friends, they would've called you.
7:19 AM
Marc said…
A cutting sarsarcasm? Who, me? Sort of like Jack Handy maybe? :)
2:43 PM
Becky said…
Hell, half my in-laws defriended me when they found out I was an Atheist and it wasn't anything I said to them directly. It was "discovered on FB" and OMG! I'm suddenly in a category where Hitler and Osama Bin Laden rate higher.

I agree with Mike, never give up on expressing your true thoughts or opinions.

If they can't take a joke or handle your true self, fuck 'em. A wise man once told me Lifes too short to worry about "something or other". Who was that man? :-)
3:39 PM
Marc said…
Like a wise shaman Becky, full of peace, calm and knowledge (ok, maybe not so much the peace and calm), you always seem to know how to put things into their proper perspective.
8:25 PM
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