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Hello, Racist Facebook Friends
Now kindly unfriend me, please
A while back, I “unfriended” someone on Facebook because of his blatantly racist posts. At first I just “unfollowed” him — meaning we were still friends, but now I would not see his vitriol pop up on my feed. But then I thought, oh Hell naw, why do I want to have any association with this person at all? I don’t. So bye.
For some reason, I decided to take a look at his page yesterday, and it did not disappoint. He is still a fire-breathing racist, evidenced by a meme showing the Kenosha shooter, with some “funny” text on it — basically praising the actions of the 17-year-old murderer. Ex-friend’s comment on the meme was “My hero!”. Freaking despicable.
Upon further inspection, I saw two others I know who “liked” this meme. One who I had previously unfriended because of his hateful posts. The other was a woman I am still Facebook friends with. Well, was friends with— I unfriended her ass posthaste upon seeing her approval of this horrid illustration of hate.
It’s like swatting flies. I don’t want these people in my life, not even as Facebook “friends.” I’ve eliminated a couple dozen over the last few weeks. And no more unfollowing — I’m going straight for the unfriend.
