Doesn't politics bring out the worst in people

[debih]

My FB feed is hilarious this morning.

I am FB friends with a number of people from one family - Mr and Mrs Neighbour, his sister and her two adult children (aged 20 and 22), his sister in law and his mum. They are a big, big labour family. Mr and Mrs Neighbour worked for the Blair government (he was a spin doctor for the health minister).

I have spent the past couple of weeks being highly entertained by their slagging off of all the other parties and should any of their friends dare to comment that they are not voting labour the whole family jumps on them and pretty much vilifies them. The two adult children are like little Mini-Me's with their comments.

Now the result is in this morning and he (Mr Neighbour) is furious. He is currently in the middle of a massive row with someone (I assume a friend or colleague) who is obviously heavily into the SNP. The language is awful and the mud being slung at each other is filthy. The whole family have now joined in (including mum) and are starting to snipe at each other.

It is keeping me highly entertained. I like seeing Mr Neighbour called lots of names - after all he ran over my dog!

[Kaz]

It does seem to - but the nastiness crosses all party boundaries IMO

[miasmum]

I like seeing Mr Neighbour called names too, after what he did to Millie.

I agree Kaz, at the moment I am screaming at the gobby Tory MP that won Peterborough.

[debih]

It does seem to - but the nastiness crosses all party boundaries IMO

Oh definitely.

Most of the comments from my FB friends that are very vocal about their political preference are Labour. Where we live is very Labour. If you don't support Labour in this village you really are better off keeping your mouth shut as the Labour supporters all seem to be very, very vocal about it.

Funny really as we are in a Tory safe seat!!!

[Diflower]

It really does Debih, I can see on fb that if I contradicted one or two people they'd unfriend me immediately
Not that I'd be bothered by that as such, but rather that they've never wondered about my political views before, and within a week or so won't again!
Incidentally the two most vocal are one each Labour and Tory, it's nothing to do with which party. Oh and neither is on VV

I tend to mostly stick to the 'no politics or religion' rule when it comes to discussion, both in person and online

[debih]

Oh - its all gone quite on FB now. They must have gone to work.

I'm out with Mrs Neighbour tonight - she'll be a barrel of laughs then.

Fortunately the other five of us that are going really aren't all that interested in politics - not the point of getting into a long and possibly heated discussion about it so the night shouldn't turn into a political one, putting us off our bingo!