Well, it finally happened. I got defriended on Facebook, by the same aunt of this post. And to be honest, I'm not quite sure what to think. It's not like we were close or anything, but it seems so immature somehow. "I don't agree with you, so I'm not going to talk to you," that sort of thing. I don't know what the final nail in the coffin was for her, but maybe we were just too different.
On my profile page, my religion is listed as Wiccan and my political leanings as "moderate liberal," neither of which is a lie, but I'm wondering if she found my liberal leanings more disturbing than my religious beliefs. ;) She and I weren't ever going to agree, and maybe that was too much.
And I guess that's my real problem with being defriended. I didn't know when she did it, so I never got a chance to have any context or explanation for why it happened. (And yes, I know why Facebook does it this way; I blocked an asshat from my past who tried to contact me, and I was relieved that Facebook would never tell him I'd done it, that I'd just disappear off his radar screen.)
So I'm perplexed and a little saddened. I would have liked to think that someone who sought me out, as my aunt did, would have been more tolerant of what she found. I would have liked to have discovered that her definition of being tolerant didn't mean agreeing with her all the time. But that isn't the reality, apparently.
So, dear aunt, I hope you stay healthy and happy on the path you've chosen. Goodbye and farewell.
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- Krista
- Wife, mom of a preemie, follower of the old ways, lover of anything Irish or Celtic, history buff, trivia nut, Star Trek and Ren Faire geek and costuming fiend. Offer me coffee or chocolate and world peace is assured. Or at least I'll try really hard. :) I also believe in deleting spam. So, to the person or persons who keep leaving me comments in Chinese (along with links to what I can clearly tell are Chinese porn sites) stop it. It's bad karma, to say nothing of being really, really rude.
2 comments:
Aw, that's too bad! My dad and I get into it often over our political leanings - he happens to think that Sarah Palin is the next coming of Jesus or some such (UGH), but we basically agree to disagree. My mom's the same way, and occasionally leaves snarky comments on my "make fun of Sarah Palin" posts. But we get over it.
Too bad your aunt couldn't have just avoided the posts she didn't like. I guess not everyone can see that we don't all have to agree, as long as we disagree politelyish.
Thanks, Mrs. B. It appears that she defriended another cousin of mine as well (for his political views, since I know he's not Wiccan.) *shrugs*
According to my mom (who is not the most tolerant person on the planet either, these days) if you looked up intolerant and inflexible in the dictionary, you'd see my aunt. I'm guessing she might know what she's talking about. ;)
What happened to civility in this country, I wonder?
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