Sometimes when people on social media reach the end of their patience with people they disagree with and they want to cease seeing their disagreeable posts, they will announce that any person who holds such horrible beliefs should unfriend them as they can no longer tolerate such nonsense. This is hardly an effective way to accomplish this and it makes you fair game for further noxious posts.

The best way to handle this, at least in my mind, is to unfriend them and be done with it. They will probably never realize you’ve unfriended them and you no longer have to be bothered with their noxious posts. It is an easy way to achieve social peace without having a showdown.

Unfortunately some people feel there must be a showdown. I am telling you I am no longer putting up with you and your asshole beliefs so do me a favor and unfriend me. Just speaking as someone who, from time to time, will send out annoying posts, don’t ask me to do your dirty work. Annoying your political opponents is part of the fun. If I know I am annoying you, I am certainly going to keep you as a friend in order to annoy you some more. Posting your displeasure with me, just announces I am being effective with my posting.