Exit
eWISE
If a friend who posts crazy
conservative rants (like insulting the appearance of Democratic women) on their own Facebook page posts some sort of
compliment on your wall or tags
you in a well-meaning note — do
you remove/untag?
— L.H., Atlanta
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Q
The technical solution would
be to adjust your privacy settings, which allow you to approve
wall posts and tags before they appear on your timeline. Public communications with this friend don’t
need to come as a surprise.
The larger question, though,
is why you are engaging with a
person whose worldview sickens
you and whose friendship embarrasses you. It sounds like this
person is containing her inflammatory rants to her own wall, not
using your profile to rail against
marriage equality or campaign
for Richard Mourdock. If simply
being associated with this person by Facebook praise makes
you cringe, you probably have no
interest in reading her status updates and may want to consider
unfriending, on Facebook and
in life. Untagging yourself in her
complimentary note could
help pave the way.
A
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ENOUGH
ALREADY
totally over.
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