By Mike Mahony
I recently completed a campaign for Orange County Supervisor here in Orange County, California. Through the course of the campaign I came across many different types of people. I interacted with all types of personalities. I was accepted and liked by the majority of people I met. At the same time, I discovered some really nasty people exist and one in particular stands out.
As some backstory for you to know where I am coming from, during the 2016 election I was a proponent for a local ballot measure. My support of this measure caused the admins of a local Facebook group to oppose me vehemently. The dynamics are crazy because political discussions were not allowed in that local Facebook group, so all conversations took place in a group not managed by these two admins.
Anything said in the new forum would potentially get you removed from the local group. The main admin, who used to private message me just to chat, got more and more combative with me. She and her family would purposely target me on Facebook, frequently hanging up on me. It all came to a head when they removed someone from their group for failing to have a profile picture (apparently required by their rules). I happened to notice the person had a cartoon version of themselves as a profile picture, so I pointed out that the person did, indeed, have a profile picture. The second admin told me I must be quiet or be removed. I responded that he should do wha he feels is best. He unceremoniously removed me from the group.
The approach used by these admins was akin to how fascists act when in positions of power. I have a problem with this approach. I private messaged the admin who had removed me and let …read more
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