Banned from Methuen Sound Off FB page.

Chula Vista · 08-30-2016, 01:35 PM

So there's a Facebook page called Methuen Sound Off. Methuen is the town where I lived for 37 years before coming out here. So I join the FB group to see if I can catch up with old friends. It didn't take very long to realize that the real name of the group should be Methuen Racists & Bigots Sound Off.

The ratio of flat out hateful and ugly members to progressive or liberal members is about 5 to 1. The owner of the page fits squarely in the hateful camp. Anyway, last night a female member posted a picture of a Muslim woman in a burka (not the full face type) relaxing on a beach. She included a rant about how this woman is trash and that we must defeat these people at all costs.

Naturally I took the bait and an all out war broke out between a few of us liberals and a gang of haters. The ignorance of these people is staggering. Paranoia too. The owner of the sight went so far as to say that US citizens (which doesn't include any liberals naturally) should be dug in picking "these" people off with guns.

About 10 minutes ago I got banned by the guy. I guess Freedom of Speech isn't in his copy of the Constitution.

Anyway, if you want some head spinning chuckles check them out.

METHUEN SOUND OFF.

**Frownland** · 08-30-2016, 01:36 PM

Ugh, another baby boomer who doesn't understand freedom of speech.

Key · 08-30-2016, 01:37 PM

Nobody has freedom of speech.

**Exo** · 08-30-2016, 01:44 PM

Your first problem was being on Facebook.

Chula Vista · 08-30-2016, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Your first problem was being on Facebook.

Like I mentioned before we have family back east, in Florida, and Chicago. And I have a lot of buds from all over the planet because of the Shawn Lane forum I owned for 6-7 years. Facebook is a convenient way to keep in touch with everyone.

Blank. · 08-30-2016, 01:48 PM

Freedom of speech is an urban legend, like taxes.

**Frownland** · 08-30-2016, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind

Freedom of speech is an urban legend, like taxes.

It's also irrelevant when it comes to privately run things like a Facebook page or a business.

Blank. · 08-30-2016, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It's also irrelevant when it comes to privately run things like a Facebook page or a business.

Exactly.

grindy · 08-30-2016, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

The ratio of flat out hateful and ugly members to progressive or liberal members is about 5 to 1.

Nice dichotomy.

Chula Vista · 08-30-2016, 01:51 PM

Lighten up Francis. I was being hyperbolic for effect.

08-30-2016, 01:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Banned from Methuen Sound Off FB page. So there's a Facebook page called Methuen Sound Off. Methuen is the town where I lived for 37 years before coming out here. So I join the FB group to see if I can catch up with old friends. It didn't take very long to realize that the real name of the group should be Methuen Racists & Bigots Sound Off. The ratio of flat out hateful and ugly members to progressive or liberal members is about 5 to 1. The owner of the page fits squarely in the hateful camp. Anyway, last night a female member posted a picture of a Muslim woman in a burka (not the full face type) relaxing on a beach. She included a rant about how this woman is trash and that we must defeat these people at all costs. Naturally I took the bait and an all out war broke out between a few of us liberals and a gang of haters. The ignorance of these people is staggering. Paranoia too. The owner of the sight went so far as to say that US citizens (which doesn't include any liberals naturally) should be dug in picking "these" people off with guns. About 10 minutes ago I got banned by the guy. I guess Freedom of Speech isn't in his copy of the Constitution. Anyway, if you want some head spinning chuckles check them out. METHUEN SOUND OFF. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

08-30-2016, 01:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Ugh, another baby boomer who doesn't understand freedom of speech. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-30-2016, 01:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Your first problem was being on Facebook. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

08-30-2016, 01:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Lighten up Francis. I was being hyperbolic for effect. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

08-30-2016, 01:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Nobody has freedom of speech.

08-30-2016, 01:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	Freedom of speech is an urban legend, like taxes.