It seemed like harmless fun at first, a facebook page of my own. I had used my wife's page to check up on our son in Afghanistan. He could post when he was not out on convoys, and send pics of his "little adventure" often. There were some priceless pics there for sure ( I'll post some sometime when I get schooled by my wife on how to ). I would occasionally comment, adding a "this is dad" so receiver would know it wasn't my wife's comment. A friend finally asked me why I didn't just get my own damn page. So, regretfully I did.
More after the delectable orange noodle -
My first mistake was sending friend requests to family members. The percentage of family that anyone "likes" is quite low indeed- I'd guess 5 percent on a good day. But once I friended that low hanging fruit, they were the connection all the way to cousins I'd just as soon not rediscover. And being from the south, most are raised in that "good old religion". The mildest of them are nuttier than Chinese chicken salad. I mean dinosaur ridin' Jesus believers. The worst of the lot would also post racist bile usually targeted at my most favorite president ever, along with protect the 2nd amendment AR-15s for everyone spewed to really get my bowels in an uproar first thing every morning. Now, I'm not one to hold my tongue very well, and I was so naïve to think that if I posted factual stuff with their daily baby jeebus love fest postings, they would slowly snap out of it! Maybe a chart or two from the CBO to show them how they were misinformed from their fair and balanced news source. Naïve indeed.
There was only one thing to do, or start buying Maalox by the case. I informed them all that I was unfriending everybody on my list to use my page "for a different purpose". But that I was still friends with them in the real world. Hilarity ensued for 24 hours, their messages to me were like they were trying to talk a jumper off the ledge! But I would reply that I still loved them, and they were super-special to me. What's a little white lie worth to soothe their fevered little brains?
It's been a great few days on my facebook page, I've now added Daily Kos, truthout, alternet, and become an official Dudist priest! No friends at all, just newsfeeds from the BBC and articles from Bill Moyers. I may send friend requests to some of you, though. As long as you're not too close to Burke Co. NC! I don't want any distant cousins infiltrating my liberal g-dless heathen playground!