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healthnut7

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36. Send him this!!

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:46 PM

Jan 2013

Maybe his heart will warm up to this.

This was tweeted by Ellen Degeners, it is so beautiful and this young girl is amazing.

I hope this is okay to put here.

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Ended a friendship today. [View all] Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 OP

Nope. I've never understood why anyone would tolerate a hateful person, Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #1

people who buy hoax theories kill the victims again. no good person can respect that roguevalley Jan 2013 #71

20 tiny coffins Protalker Jan 2013 #2

Perhaps you can look at it this way 2naSalit Jan 2013 #3

Great post! Rider3 Jan 2013 #83

Thanks. 2naSalit Jan 2013 #86

No and it is his loss. appleannie1 Jan 2013 #4

I don't think I would end a friendship over that. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #5

That's cool... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #7

I would have laughed because of shock, not humor. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #8

Maybe. I just don't have it in me anymore to care enough to debate with these people... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #11

You definately know better than me who you should associate with. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #12

completely understand what you are going through hopemountain Jan 2013 #49

+++1,000 SouthernDonkey Jan 2013 #58

fdebate kardonb Jan 2013 #74

I haven't had a Facbook since 2008... Rockyj Jan 2013 #101

Your former friend disrespected those 26 victims and everyone who loves them, DI catbyte Jan 2013 #89

You may have posted this to the wrong reply, as opposed to the OP. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #92

I think you did the right thing Lifelong Protester Jan 2013 #6

Blind To A Massacre kairos12 Jan 2013 #9

You did the right thing. And you made space in your life for a better friend. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #10

Not everyone in the world can be your friend derby378 Jan 2013 #13

Nope. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #14

I don't think you overreacted. Brigid Jan 2013 #15

To deny the deaths of these innocents is to shoot them all over again. Not 4 me. Not 4 U. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #16

People have a right to their own opinions. baldguy Jan 2013 #17

...their own opinions, but not their own facts. n/t agracie Jan 2013 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author williamc1967txlib Jan 2013 #54

I would have been much worse salinen Jan 2013 #18

Not at all - your reaction was appropriate! LibGranny Jan 2013 #19

You did the right thing, DI. It's sad to lose a friendly acquaintance that you thought better of... Hekate Jan 2013 #20

Hoax? obxhead Jan 2013 #21

You did the right thing. K&R. n/t jenmito Jan 2013 #22

You may have helped . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #23

I couldn't either BainsBane Jan 2013 #24

I lost a friend of 25 years because Ilsa Jan 2013 #25

It's hard to have a "friendship" with someone like that. BlueDemKev Jan 2013 #26

You did what you felt was right. There does come a point when enough is enough. I think southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #27

I don't think any functional adult can be that stupid. hay rick Jan 2013 #28

You did the right thing rightsideout Jan 2013 #29

Anyone who is buying this hoax story, likely has many other disqualifying traits for friendship. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2013 #30

Sometimes you have to say... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #31

At least you're not related to him abelenkpe Jan 2013 #32

My son unfriended his in-laws on facebook! coldbeer Jan 2013 #33

I think you did the right thing... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #34

They don't sell time at the corner store The Wizard Jan 2013 #35

Great response. truebluegreen Jan 2013 #42

Send him this!! healthnut7 Jan 2013 #36

I don't think you did. I'm down to about 6 people that I will talk with. russspeakeasy Jan 2013 #37

Conspiracy nuts RoccoRyg Jan 2013 #38

Some opinions just aren't worth respecting. Chorophyll Jan 2013 #39

My line with such people is, "We are friends to the end, and rateyes Jan 2013 #40

I hate it when people insist I have to respect their opinions. truebluegreen Jan 2013 #41

Exactly. "Respect your opinion? Do you respect MY opinion that... JHB Jan 2013 #61

I believe it was Harlan Ellison who said SwankyXomb Jan 2013 #94

Certainly not entitled to hold un-informed opinions without challenge. truebluegreen Jan 2013 #108

Nice thoughts but Vietnameravet Jan 2013 #105

I hear what you are saying and the "defend to the death" thing truebluegreen Jan 2013 #107

Y^es I know its a quote and Vietnameravet Jan 2013 #109

I certainly understand, flippant or not truebluegreen Jan 2013 #113

Ha! (as Tweety says it) ReRe Jan 2013 #43

Don't fret. I have unfriended several LittleGirl Jan 2013 #44

I had to call someone out for this shit too. Claybrains Jan 2013 #45

Drunken Irishman, I have two things to share with you: freshwest Jan 2013 #46

You Did the Right Thing cer7711 Jan 2013 #47

Right. BellaKos Jan 2013 #55

That's What Really Worries Me cer7711 Jan 2013 #62

My husband works with two guys who are becoming more angry about losing their guns kimbutgar Jan 2013 #68

You, Drunken Irishman, have no obligation to soak up this guy's shit that he's putting out NBachers Jan 2013 #48

Some people just can't be helped by you holding their hand... ellisonz Jan 2013 #50

Good for you!!! These conspiracy theorists are like the worst cult imaginable graham4anything Jan 2013 #51

Not easy to "respect" victims of brainwashing. I consider Cha Jan 2013 #53

Good for you. GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #56

When I was growing up, my Mom would say... KansDem Jan 2013 #57

Hell no! You didn't overreact lunatica Jan 2013 #59

People often mistake respecting somebody's right to have an opinion with respecting the opinion alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #60

I've lost a few friends over the last few monts davidpdx Jan 2013 #63

Refute the bullshit calmly CANDO Jan 2013 #64

Don't blame you one bit. Pool Hall Ace Jan 2013 #65

Denying reality is not an opinion jmondine Jan 2013 #66

That's not an opinion ... surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #67

I unfriended someone on FaceBook last night... azlatina Jan 2013 #69

No, you are not overreacting. yellerpup Jan 2013 #70

Not overreacting. mgardener Jan 2013 #72

NO Old Codger Jan 2013 #73

I fear I'm going to lose my 2 best friends, and it's going to be the gun issue I'm sure. Populist_Prole Jan 2013 #75

Respect that they're ENTITLED to an opinion. Iggo Jan 2013 #76

Sometimes ending it is a respectful act, to them & to yourself. The questions are about patrice Jan 2013 #77

I was switching radio stations while Jenoch Jan 2013 #78

I've spent much of the last 6 months defriending Right Wingers MessiahRp Jan 2013 #79

I Love you barbiegeek Jan 2013 #80

This! helderheid Jan 2013 #81

Thank you for this! ReallyIAmAnOptimist Jan 2013 #96

I would have ended that friendship, too Rider3 Jan 2013 #82

Don't Second-Guess Yourself. You Did The Right Thing. Paladin Jan 2013 #84

I don't understand why you would even question your actions. This person is a dangerous idiot. Pisces Jan 2013 #85

It's amazing to me what people consider "opinions" wryter2000 Jan 2013 #87

You did the right thing Janecita Jan 2013 #88

Would you continue a friendship with someone who denied the Holocaust? The Moon landing? These Rowdyboy Jan 2013 #90

Well maybe the moon landing... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #93

The moon landing? Probably. I have some MIHOP friends, too. Recursion Jan 2013 #111

This message was self-deleted by its author Rowdyboy Jan 2013 #112

I have done the same thing Pakid Jan 2013 #91

I would dump that person too amuse bouche Jan 2013 #95

People like that are unbelievably selfish. Or paranoid. Whovian Jan 2013 #97

Mr. Irishman Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2013 #98

Honesty quakerboy Jan 2013 #99

Facts and opinions are NOT the same thing nobodyspecial Jan 2013 #100

I think this crap speaks to who they ARE as a person. It goes beyond respecting opinions. gateley Jan 2013 #102

You had to be true to yourself. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #103

Don't know anyone quite that nuts --but others that are in the vicinity elfin Jan 2013 #104

My thoughts Vietnameravet Jan 2013 #106

Respect what opinion? He wishes to pretend that something factual did not happen - that isn't an DeschutesRiver Jan 2013 #110

Great Advice & Analysis of the Problem cer7711 Jan 2013 #115

Not only no libodem Jan 2013 #114