So how do you respond to a post like this on Facebook-

[KrazyinKS]

The headline on the post is "If Trump is not your president, then this is not your country-So start packing your bags" Then there is a picture of someone holding up a sign protesting Trump. I have seen this post before and ignored it. But this time I simply could not ignore it. So this led to the discussion below. I realize it is lengthy, but I am flabbergasted by their response. I realize I called her clueless, I later tried to patch that up with no effect. What struck me is her statement "Trump was appointed by God" I have a small business so I have to be careful with my politics, which is hard around here. I do want some feedback. The facebook discussion starts below-

(My response)Hmmm, strange viewpoint. I have to ask, is he being divisive on purpose. I personally think he is. What patriotic person would do that? I would have to say someone who is not patriotic and does not have the best interests of our country at heart. Anyone who spreads this stuff around on the internet is either clueless or hateful.

(Response of friend on Facebook)I normally don't ever get into anything political because it's almost always a waste of my breath but when someone is going to call out my mom and call her clueless and or hateful which she is neither one I will step in, and I am sorry, Trump's the div...See More

(friend #2)I totally agree with you Angie
This Sharon lady (me) must be from another planet
President Trump has done more for Our Country in 10 month s than the last 3 have done in 24 years


(me)I disagree with you, but I did not ask you to pack your bags and leave. I have seen this page before, from another person I also like very much, I see this stuff being spread from people I happen to like personally, that is why I consider it divisive. I do not blame your mother for this post I blame the person who wrote it, although it would take some research to find out where it originated from.

(friend)It's okay to disagree with others,( and it's possible to still get along if you do) but it's not okay to judge others or call them names just because their opinions don't match yours. You say you don't blame my mom, but you said Anyone who spreads this stuff, and she is someone who shared it. For myself personally, No, I don't agree with every single thing Trump does or says, but he isn't a horrible president, I don't wanna begin to imagine how hard his job must be right now, and He's just another human being like you or I, I pray for him and other leaders to do what's right. he is the president of the United States where we live and I will respect him, as I did when Obama was president, and I will say I definitely didn't agree on anything he did, but I never said he wasn't my president. It's disrespectful and honestly petty for people to keep protesting that "trump isn't my president" if you don't like him fine, not expecting everyone to like him, but grow up, stop complaining and move on and especially stop spreading hate about him, because that is what is dividing us. he is the president right now, appointed by God Himself, and it's not changing anytime soon. I think the point is we are tired of hearing people say this, and those who "threaten" to leave but do not, FYI-it's not making a difference for the good to keep saying these things, In fact it's a part of the problem not a solution

(me)Appointed by God himself? Really! What's his phone number

[MineralMan]

1. I unfriend that person. Simple.

But, probably, I had already done that, so I wouldn't see the post in the first place.

[snooper2]

2. You don't, you are better off spending time playing minecraft

[cynatnite]

3. I'd probably say that he's not my president...

then I'd dare them to tell this Army vet that I don't have a right to live in this country. I'd probably ask them when have they ever wore a uniform and been willing to die for the US and all that it stands for, including freedom of speech.

Yeah, I'd rant.

[HAB911]

6. +++++++++++

[WinkyDink]

4. IGNORE. They are out there, yes, but ignorant BEYOND REASON.

[bearsfootball516]

5. You dont try to convince them

Trump voters are some of the most stupid people on the planet. There’s no reasoning with them.

Politico did an article a few weeks ago about a group of Trump supporters in a small midwestern town. Their lives were awful, getting worse, and they readily admitted that Trump wasn’t going to make things better. But they still enthusiastically supported everything about him.

You’re just not going to change that kind of stupid.

Here’s the article if anyone feels like banging their head against a wall.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800

[struggle4progress]

7. Reach the folk you can actually reach, and let the rest go their own way

[monmouth4]

8. Many of those people are bots. Like to stir things up and create hatred. Ignore. n/t

[Dem2]

9. I offer that they leave the country

since they clearly don't respect my Constitutional rights and feel the need to whine about it.

If they don't like it, they can leave.

[Skittles]

10. I would have nothing to do with a delusional asshole like that

ignore his sorry ass - for good

[mreilly]

11. I've never had a single productive discussion with a Trump supporter...

.... to a one, they invariably follow the same patterns:

1. Post some skewed/erroneous/offensive nonsense.
2. Jeer and scream at anyone who dares debunk it with facts, no matter how calmly or politely.
3. Keep repeating the same nonsense or adding even more nonsense, getting angrier and angrier when responded to.
4. Continuously belittle, mock, deride and insult the opponent with endless name-calling (libtard! snowflake! safe space!)
5. Make sure to weave as much whining about Obama and Hillary in as possible.
6. Utilize non-stop straw men arguments: "You liberals want to put all rich people in jail since you just can't STAND they're successful and you refuse to work!"
7. Frantically hammer on the "fake news" button.
8. Insist your facts are all "liberal bias" but theirs are 100% truth.
9. If asked for any independent verification of their claims (e.g. post links to something besides Breitbart, InfoWars, Fox, etc.) sneer: "Everyone knows it! I don't have to provide you with anything! Look it up; I'm not your secretary!"
10. Declare themselves the victor after having produced nothing but lies, name-calling, tantrums and infantile behavior.

It's pointless. The only thing you can do is reach out to the undecided, the independents, the millennials or ANYONE following along who might end up corrupted by this bullshit.

[TarponSnook]

16. I have lost "friendships" from Evangelicals Hypnotized by Trump Lies

I agree completely with you. I have lost friendships with those who continue to believe in the Republican/Russian propagated lies and to believe their "creator" appointed the POS pResident in the WH. These evangelicals are no longer worth my breath and time anymore. Yet, Robert Muller is continuing his investigation and more of the people in the inner circle including his son in law, daughter, and sons will be indited for their participation and collusion to with Russia to "throw" the elections. The shoes will continue to fall.

[mreilly]

25. I've lost family members...

... my own uncle defriended me and my Dad (his brother) on Facebook since he's a Trump supporter and he detected we don't like Trump.

How did he find out? We certainly never discussed or argued with him on the topic. He merely must have seen our posts and decided we were unworthy. We really never even posted that much directly about Trump; just commented about other people's posts and Facebook's stupid stalker feed must have shown that.

Mark my words, when the indictments reach Trump these people will never change their minds. It will all be a big liberal conspiracy. And Trump will capitalize on that. He literally has no issue with inciting his supporters to violence and if people were mowing each other down in the streets over him he would be just fine with that. I guarantee it.

When he goes, he'll go out kicking and screaming like the spoiled little asshole he is.

[Demsrule86]

12. Trump should pack his bags and move to Russia before Mueller gets him...and he wears an orange

jumpsuit.

[hopeforchange2008]

13. So, was Obama appointed by God, too?

And if not, what's her rationale?

Egad.

[Comatose Sphagetti]

35. "Rationale?"

You've got to be kidding.

(sarcasm)

[0rganism]

14. no way you "win" this one

continuing this conversation is a waste of time for you and only gives platform fodder to Trump's hapless fanatical supporters. you won't make any inroads and you might just damage your business prospects.

suggest you wait a while, maybe see if they still support him in 6 months.

[KrazyinKS]

15. This is a girl I grew up with-

Her mother was also very religious. The responder in the post is her daughter. The lady posts a lot of Jesus flying around in the sky posts. I mean a lot. Lately she posts stuff claiming that if you pray you will be rewarded financially.

[gratuitous]

20. I had a friend of long-standing

She and her family moved back to Kansas a few years ago, and she has gone back to the church of her youth. She lost her middle child to cancer a couple of years back. I realize that folks grieve in different ways, but she has drifted in her beliefs and practices, and is ultra-judgmental of just about everyone. Measured by the same measure with which she measures others, a really mean-spirited person might tell her that her son's death in his early 20s was a judgment from God, just as she sees divine judgment in the misfortunes that befall others. But I'd like to think I'm not mean-spirited. At least, not that mean-spirited.

What I finally decided to do was to take this friend off all my feeds. Occasionally, another FB friend will like or respond to something she posts and I'll see it then, but just about all her stuff passes by me unnoticed. You might want to try it with your friend from childhood. Some day her brain and heart may kick back on, and when that happens, you might gain back a friend. In the meantime, let her and her demented opinions go.

[Mariana]

17. Appointed by God himself.

That's all the justification you need to cut this person out of your life. Religious people who think you're opposed to their God are scary and potentially very dangerous.

[PJMcK]

18. Stay off of Facebook

It's a disease.

Just look at the stress these posts have caused you! It's entirely preventable.

[hadEnuf]

19. They sound totally brainwashed by propaganda. RW media is practically all propaganda now.

Goebbels did more with 1/4 of the media that is available today and look how effective that was.

It's no doubt that some people are totally gonzo at this point.

[lagomorph777]

21. If she thinks Trump was installed by god, she must be in a Putanic cult.

Fucking Putin-worshipper.

[L. Coyote]

22. You don't. You post something oppositional instead of driving that crap back to the top.

Any time you reply to something you oppose, you are effectively promoting it because it rises back to the top and everyone in your circle is alerted that the post exists. let the shit settle to the bottom. Start a new post that helps bury it deeper.

[Iggo]

23. Don't.

[lpbk2713]

24. I never have referred to this asshole using the 'P' title.

Never have, never will.

He's not worthy.

[wasupaloopa]

26. Ignore them and post your own anti trump post

[TEB]

27. I tell em

Go to Russia trumptards with your MAGA leader send me a postcard let me know how you enjoy life under Putin.

[AllaN01Bear]

28. i was born here , whered i go asswipe?

[underthematrix]

29. Facebook is a cesspool for the angry, ignorant and emotionally needy as well as

those who like to discuss their fav TV shows.

I don't follow any news shows. I do follow PBO and three TV shows. My relatives who live back east have a closed group for sharing pics

I have 5 non relative friends and that feels like too many. I absolutely hate FB's friend notification function. HATE IT!

I'm thinking of closing my FB account but I'm hesitating bc of my closed fam pic group.

[Bleacher Creature]

30. Try this.

Link to tweet

[Efilroft Sul]

31. Unfriend. You won't regret it after sleeping on it.

I was involved in a great nuke war two months ago during the anthem kneeling controversy. My southern family bought into Trump's spin that the kneeling was disrespectful to soldiers, and long story short, I nuked my uncle, aunt, and two cousins from my feed, and their friends nuked me from theirs.

If we start shooting at each other in this country, I guarantee you Thanksgiving dinners will no longer be stressful.

[DavidDvorkin]

32. I don't unfriend such people

I unfollow them. That way, I don't see their posts, but they do see mine. (Unless they've also unfollowed me, of course.)

[Tipperary]

33. I agree with others on this thread. You are wasting your time with this.

You will never convince this person. I am so glad I have nothing to do with facebook. It sounds like a cesspool and seems filled with fake news.

[crazycatlady]

34. Unfriend or unfollow

[EarthFirst]

36. Try this:

[treestar]

37. Tell her if she is tired of hearing it now, she is going to get tireder.

The first amendment means we can say Donald is not President. It's fake news that he is. That ought to put her in a quandary.