To Unfriend or Not Unfriend

Have you ever had to, or felt you needed to, unfriend someone on facebook?  I did that this week, and have been feeling sad and remorseful about it since then. I've never unfriended anyone before. I have unsubscribed to someone's (in fact several) posts because of the language they use or the content that is unwholesome.  I don’t want to unfriend them because I pray that my posts will touch them, and be a testimony to the faithfulness of God.

People who know me know that I am a Christian and as such, I am a conservative. The girl I unfriended is dating one of my sons, and she’s extremely liberal and is either an atheist or agnostic. (I’m not sure she knows what she is.)  That’s perfectly fine with me, but recently when I hit “share” on facebook about a conservative article, she attacked me in her comments. The first time my only response was “I can post what I want.”  Her response was something about me posting bald-faced lies. (It was an article from Fox News about the Navy Seal who wrote the book about Bin Ladin’s death.)

So, I just to let it go. But it did make me hesitant about sharing a post about anything else conservative. However when I shared about Ann Romney’s speech at the RNC, this girl attacked me again in her comments. My response “B****y, I ignore your posts. Please extend me the same courtesy.”  She jumped all over that.  My husband said to unfriend her and I did.

I am 64 years old! Seriously, what makes a young 20 something assume she can get in my face in a militant attitude and I’m going to change my beliefs for her? It was disrespectful, to say the least. Not only that, I’ll not be bullied about sharing my views.

Do schools and parents not teach respect for your elders? I try to treat others with kindness and courtesy. I expect to be treated the same. I am not a militant posting about my religious or political views. But on the occasion that I do, I shouldn’t be attacked.

**did not disclose girl's full name