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Poll: Dems more likely to unfriend people due to political posts
The Hill ^ | December 19, 2016 | By Joe Concha

Posted on 12/19/2016 10:54:25 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee

Democratic voters are almost three times as likely to have "blocked, unfriended, or stopped following someone on social media" after Donald Trump's victory, according to a study released Monday.

The non-partisan Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI ) found 24 percent of Democrats disassociated themselves from people on social media because of a political postings, while only nine percent of both Republicans and independents report doing the same to those in social media circles.

When breaking down categories further using conservative and liberal characterizations, liberals say they eliminated someone from their social media circle due to what they shared online 28 percent to 8 percent of conservatives.

For self-described moderates, 11 percent say they blocked, unfriended or unfollowed someone due to what they posted online. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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1 posted on 12/19/2016 10:54:25 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I unfriended people during this election. It wasn’t really because of their political beliefs. It was because they exposed themselves of being hateful vile human garbage.


2 posted on 12/19/2016 10:55:47 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Sore loser snowflakes. What a bunch of dumb-sh*t crybabies. Loving the schadenfreude!


3 posted on 12/19/2016 10:56:36 AM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Yet they have no hesitance to showing their own political bias. I am inundated with posts by people I know who post only Dem propaganda.


4 posted on 12/19/2016 10:57:14 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Brad from Tennessee

But, but, but......what about tolerance?


5 posted on 12/19/2016 10:57:34 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

6 posted on 12/19/2016 10:58:02 AM PST by eaglestar
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To: Brilliant

I keep liberals around just to watch them melting.


7 posted on 12/19/2016 10:58:23 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Where's Hillary?)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

True and so do RINO or Anti-trump Republicans.


8 posted on 12/19/2016 10:58:27 AM PST by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Good. I have a lot more offending to do....


9 posted on 12/19/2016 10:58:42 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Brad from Tennessee

That’s because politics is their religion, and the all-controlling state is their god.


10 posted on 12/19/2016 10:59:19 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Yes, they are much less tolerant with anyone who does not think in lockstep with them. It comes from the attitude that they are “morally and intellectually” our superiors.


11 posted on 12/19/2016 11:00:04 AM PST by Az Joe (11-8-2016-----We're still here President Reagan!!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Liberals can NOT tolerate other points of view. Now that we won, they cannot process the fact they are WRONG!

Thus we get standard libtard response:


12 posted on 12/19/2016 11:02:37 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Faithless=Traitor)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I found this to be absolutely true on Facebook. Numerous “friends” unfriended or blocked me. I’ve only unfriended one person ever during my 8 FB years. That guy insulted me once, and then again even after I extended an olive branch.

Ok, so it was a literal olive branch and I extended it sort of near his left eye.


13 posted on 12/19/2016 11:02:56 AM PST by Chengdu54
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To: Brad from Tennessee
I've had to unfriend relatives including my own son, as well as beloved nieces as well as nephews....

I don't really "do" facebook but it lets me see pics of relatives babies,etc...

but I certainly don't go on there for rude, caustic words and accusations....

14 posted on 12/19/2016 11:03:02 AM PST by cherry
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To: Brad from Tennessee

And the RATs are always talking about tolerance.


15 posted on 12/19/2016 11:03:23 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Personally, I wouldn’t be friends with a Democrat in the first place.


16 posted on 12/19/2016 11:05:28 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Brad from Tennessee

A lot of Democrat/Liberals are very fragile in the sense of mental health. They’re just barely hanging on, are one trigger incident away from a complete psychotic break, going postal, doing away with themselves, etc.

This is one of the reasons why NPR is so careful to put news that might be unpleasant to Democrat/Liberals in a way that actually sounds like it supports their belief system, even though the underlying facts say the opposite. They know their listeners can be very easily triggered to fly completely off the handle, decide to never give another penny to them, go jump off the Golden Gate bridge, and the like.


17 posted on 12/19/2016 11:06:27 AM PST by Steely Tom ([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I can’t gloat over this one, I have unfriended a lot of liberals on Facebook. I’m actually willing to be on friendly terms with them in real life, I just don’t want to see their constant links to Salon on my newsfeed. Some would say “just unfollow them” but here’s the thing: if I’m still linked with them, and I don’t take them up on their assumptions, they will think I can’t think of any way to refute them. Silence implies consent, and all that. I do not consent and I don’t want them thinking I do, so I unlink from them.


18 posted on 12/19/2016 11:06:40 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: castlegreyskull

I did the same for mostly the same reasons. I have decided I do not need trash in my life (some of them were relatives)


19 posted on 12/19/2016 11:07:28 AM PST by Lucky2 (God bless America)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Not surprised it's happening. The Left is very intolerant of opposing points of view (look at the social justice warrior reactions!) and they lose a lot of friends along the way.
20 posted on 12/19/2016 11:07:54 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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