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Originally Posted by Adder
So, people complain about the ignorant and racist things they see from "friends" and family on Facebook all the time. Mostly I don't see it. Either I've scared away all the people that post that shit or I'm super cool and only have non asshat friends.
Then today my cousin's husband, who almost never posts anything, shared a "joke" image of a kid with a text blurb saying, "are you my daddy?" Amidst a bunch of fleeing black men with the caption, "how to break up black live matter protests."
I decided to ignore it. Should I engage? I rarely see this guy and he lives in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin, so I'm not really surprised. On the other hand, he's generally a really nice, soft spoken guy.
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Engage. Engage. Engage.
You are exactly the type of person who needs to engage this type of bullshit with these types of people. You shouldn't care if he withdraws from you or hides his opinions from now on. You need to create discomfort. You need him to know that people who aren't the object of his racist bullshit think he's an asshole as well. Maybe he'll label you a liberal who can't take a joke, but who fucking cares?
Generally a really nice, soft-spoken guy. That means he should be given a break? Or are you adding to the fact pattern so we have more information to answer your question?
TM
