Today we’re joining our friends over at 2 Brown Dawgs Blog for This ‘N That Thursday. As 2 Brown Dawgs says, This ‘N That Thursday is for times when you want to post about unrelated topics or each topic isn’t quite long enough to make up a whole post. It can be anything you want, so feel free to grab the button and join us!
Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog
A BIG Thank You to our friends at My Brown Newfies!
Last week we won a dental pack give-away hosted by MBN. Monday it was sitting in the front door when I got home. Check out the stuff in this packet!
Dental Pack Give Away
A Dogs rule shopping bag, travel mug and two key chains. A package containing a tooth-brush, tooth paste and two finger brushes. Three packages of different sized Dentastix and coupons for five more free packages of Dentastix!
We we so excited to get our package and want to say thanks again to our friends at My Brown Newfies!
Facebook.
I have a question for you. How do you deal with ignorant people on facebook?
One of my ‘friends’ on facebook is anti pit bull. When I post pictures of pitties, he will comment negatively on them. Tuesday he posted an article regarding a pit bull in Texas, that killed an infant.
Rather that respond rudely right off the cuff, I read the article and then commented, something like, if you read the article it said police were responding to a domestic violence call, which in itself should be an indicator of the environment in which the dog was raised.
He then commented he just liked to ‘stir the pot’ to which my daughter responded, ‘you’re stirring the wrong pot.’
After I had thought (and stewed) about it, and conversed with my daughter I decided to remove the article from my wall.
My stance is that I don’t want some first time fan finding my page and then thinking I am anti pit bull.
How do you deal with ignorance when confronted with it? Do you think there was a better way I could have handled it?
Nope, you handled it perfectly! I had someone, who wasn’t a friend of mine, post ugly things via other friends post. I stewed and stewed until I realized that I could “block” him (in Privacy Settings). It removed ALL of his stuff, even past stuff. I felt SO much better.
Run Sampson and Delilah! Your peoples got a whole bag of teeth cleaning devices….
As for the ignorant rude anti-pittie peoples on facebook, I think you handled it right too, especially since it’s a peoples you know. If he’s not willing to talk intelligently about it with you, and is obviously just doing it to stir the pot – why bother arguing.
Or, next time, you can tell me about the comment, as I have a hard time keeping my doggie mouth shut. Just a thought….
I have a ZERO tolerance policy on facebook. If I dont like the crap you post I delete you. facebook is not a competition of how many friends I can get its for the people I want to see and allow to hear about whats going on in my life and my thoughts. 🙂 plus I dont have a filter on my mouth so I can get myself into trouble very easily with comments 🙂
oooooh I love free goodies for the pups! Mine never seem to chew those sticks much though, more bite in 2 or 3 pieces and swallow lol. Stinkers.
About FB that’s your call, I think your reasoning was just fine and what you chose to do was too. I mean it’s one thing for him to comment on something you post with his opinions, it’s another to have something that is so clearly against what you believe having to be on your wall. So I think you totally have a say in what appears on your page, the comments sometimes you just gotta let them say it and then say you are against that and leave it at that. Aleksandra over at Love & Six Foot is amazing at speaking her mind well but holding strong to her beliefs..
Anna
http://www.akginspiration.com
ignorance is not always bliss…i run into idiots on posts that don’t belong to me all the time…i just ignore them…on my posts i delete them. some people are beyond learning……..great treats sampson and delilah…mommy better share…lol
But deleting stops the dialog and the opportunity to teach. I don’t think he posted anything disrespectful and you posted a very thoughtful reply, (which is now also gone). The reason I think I don’t do much with facebook is that most people just want to post preachy stuff (and I am not talking dog stuff) and they don’t want a discussion. They feel the need to push their agenda in my face and I am just supposed to read and agree with it. I find it frustrating. I guess that is why I much prefer the blogging format, (although I am sure I can be a PITA when I see things differently than the majority :)).
Oh and thanks for participating in TNT. 🙂 You mentioned redesigning your FUF button. Have you done that yet or should I just continue to use the same one? (I plan a FUF post for tomorrow :)).
You are right, if I actually thought I could have a dialog with this person I would keep trying. As you said, they don’t want a discussion, they just want to preach. I am just about ready to stop that all together and only go to my blog page. I don’t feel like it’s a very fair forum.
Personally I love the fact that you see things differently. You also present it nicely and we can have a nice discussion without it turning preachy. I’d like to think that my opinions of certain things have changed thanks to your thoughtful and well-presented comments. I always look forward to your comments because you really challenge me to grow as an individual and see things from a different prospective. 🙂
And thank you for coming up with This ‘N That Thursday. 🙂 and for participating in FUF, you can use the same badge because I’m way behind in the design process! LOL
I hope you don’t stop posting on your FB page. I have trouble seeing the news feed for my blog page on my phone. The app for FB pages only lets me see my posts, I cannot figure out how to see the news feed.
OK I will use the same button. I like it anyway. 🙂
That’s a fun-tastic dental pack! I’ve been getting really into dog tooth brushing lately–and it seems to make a huge difference in Fozzie’s breath!
I think you did the right thing on FB. What you can also do is post every article you find that refutes pit bull stereotypes–probably won’t get through to this guy, but eventually may have some subtle effect somewhere in the dark recesses of his consciousness 🙂
Congrats on winning the dental package!!!! And re the guy on Facebook, you’re WAY nicer than me. The first time he posted something like, I would’ve pulled a Kari/Hound Girl and cut him off at the knees so he could never post anything like that on my wall again. Separately, this whole discussion reminds me of the need to set up a Facebook page for Mazzie so she can friend fabulous folks like you!!!!
I let anyone comment on my blog without censoring, but on Facebook I have no tolerance. You were nicer than I would have been.
I’m so gad you got the Dental Pack!!! Isn’t it so fun! Now I want to see a pic of you brushing Delilah’s teeth:))) I din’t get any key chains in my pack-lucky duck!
As for FB. I don’t put up with FB shit. End of story.
Hey Sampson and Delilah,
I’m a huge fan of Dentastix, so I think you got the most awesome parcel in the mail – the taste of those things is totally yummy and is by far my favorite treat!! Mum has no idea why I love them so much and it was the same with her previous Dogs, but she doesn’t need to work it out, just keep supplying them!! Tee Hee 🙂
Enjoy,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
Wow! Looks like you got quite the package of dental stuff, way to go.
As for the FB thing, I think you handled it well. You tried to clarify to him the situation that poor dog was living in and you did it nicely. As for removing the article from your wall – it is YOUR wall to take down or put up what you wish. I tread very lightly on FB and post very little. I have a personal account there but do not have one associated with my blog.
By the way, is there a way so that I don’t have to type in my name, email, and website in before each and every comment on your site? Just wondering…
Thanks Shoes, I wish I knew the answer to that question. In some of the blogs I comment on the cookies automatically save my information, but on some blogs I have to type the same stuff you mentioned.
I will google it and see if there is anything I can come up with. I will also toss it out to the readers. Some of them know all the tricks of the trade. 🙂
Hi Y’all,
I have trouble keeping up with Facebook. So far I haven’t had any rude comments…though I haven’t had time to check Facebook out in a week or so.
Thanks for visitin’ me!
Hope y’all are havin’ a great week!
Y’all hurry back now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
Re FB… my FB a/c is nothing to do with my blog and things that I don’t want to see on my wall I just remove. You can also change your settings so that he doesn’t see the posts to which you know he’ll respond in a way that annoys. That will stop him from being able to comment. And the obvious thing to do would be to defriend and block. I’ve done that in the past too. It’s quite liberating. 🙂
here’s the worse part, he’s actually engaged to a girl who is like a daughter to me, so unfriending him won’t work. Although I can tell you here and now that I would dearly love to. Can I block him from posting on my wall?
I know you can choose whether anyone can post to your business page (don’t know if it’s true for your personal page) or only you.
I try to engage people who just like to “stir the pot” as little as possible. People who like to stir up trouble just to get attention don’t add anything to the debate.
We have a “friend” that likes to piss people off daily. I don’t really get it – but I think it’s the same thing . .they like creating conflict. I think you did the right thing by deleting the whole conversation!
Thanks Julie, yeah I don’t get it. Isn’t this whole ‘life’ thing hard enough without causing grief and aggravation for others?
Wow what a nice package, congrats!!
As for fb you could block him from commenting and I think that is different from un-friending. Or maybe just privately message him first and see if you can come to a resolution. I try to always be respectful of peoples fb walls, after all it is theirs and they can post what ever they want however someone else does not have the right to say whatever they want on your wall, simple respect!
Okay and I just realized that when I comment on your blog and you comment back to me it doesn’t show up in my wordpress like everyone else, grrrrr wp
What do you mean it doesn’t show up in your wp? I may try and block him from posting on my wall. I mean it’s your right to be ignorant, but I don’t have to support it. 🙂
usually when I comment on someones post when they comment back it shows up on my wp in a little comment icon on my top bar and just click it and it shows me my comment and what was replied but for some reason yours don’t do that so I will have to check back to see what you replied so if you have said something needing me to reply back forgive for no answer.