# Help me write an appropriate response to this annoying Facebook posting **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571 "2012-03-12T18:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/1 "2012-03-12T18:29:11Z")
My wife’s friend has posted a picture with the following: Hypocrisy - _Demanding_ that the government stay out of your bedroom and womb… _while at the same time_… demanding that the government pay… for your birth control and abortions Now I could write a nice, snarky response, but as it’s my wife (more conservative) friend, I’d rather be somewhat diplomatic. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/2 "2012-03-12T18:33:39Z")
Ignore it. You aren’t going to change that person’s mind. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/3 "2012-03-12T18:35:56Z")
I’d simply go with “That’s an incorrect statement. Nobody is demanding that the government pay for birth control.” And then be prepared to have a lengthy debate about it if the person pushes back. **Oakminster** is right that you are not likely to change that person’s mind, but I don’t like letting false statements go unchallenged in public fora. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/4 "2012-03-12T18:48:45Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I’d simply go with “That’s an incorrect statement. Nobody is demanding that the government pay for birth control.” Well, except for those of us who are pushing for a single-payer universal health care system, of course. But yeah, it’s more likely that she thinks this is a comment on the recent Catholic scerfuffle over insurance companies covering The Pill as if it were any other no copay prescription drug. Let it go. Pigs, sing. Rats, rat race. Eagle, turkeys. Animal metaphor of your choice, really. But it’s much more likely that this is willful ignorance than an honest mistake looking for facts. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/5 "2012-03-12T19:01:10Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > My wife’s friend has posted a picture with the following: > > Hypocrisy - _Demanding_ that the government stay out of your bedroom and womb… _while at the same time_… demanding that the government pay… for your birth control and abortions > > Now I could write a nice, snarky response, but as it’s my wife (more conservative) friend, I’d rather be somewhat diplomatic. Any suggestions? Much more accurate to say “demanding that the governement require somebody else to subsidize your birth control and abortions” ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/6 "2012-03-12T19:31:39Z")
This might help - provided of course that he/she read it, which may be expecting too much. It’s about the original “face” that the conservatives put on the fight against universal healthcare, and how they had to replace her when she went backrupt; thus forcing the rest of us to cover her outstanding medical bills. > **[How We All Got Stuck Paying the Medical Bills of the Woman Who Sued to Kill...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-we-all-got-stuck-payi_b_1338561)** > > It is people who have decided not to buy coverage -- but who nevertheless get sick or injured and seek medical care when they do, even if they don't have the money to pay for it -- that make health insurance so expensive for the rest of us. It would also be germaine to point out that gay sex seldom procuces offspring, but you’re begging for a painful backlash if you say it. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/7 "2012-03-12T19:35:17Z")
I look at Facebook as a place to share your beliefs, not as a debate forum. All you’re going to do is s&hit on someone’s day. There’s no mileage in that. Now, if they post it on MY wall, or forward:forward:forward it to me and a billion other people, THAT’S just begging for a snarky response. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/8 "2012-03-12T19:53:38Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Now I could write a nice, snarky response, but as it’s my wife (more conservative) friend, I’d rather be somewhat diplomatic. Any suggestions? All I want is for politicians (and others in power) to quit making decisions about MY life, based on THEIR religion. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/9 "2012-03-12T20:06:13Z")
Dude it’s teh intarwebz. Let it go. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/10 "2012-03-12T20:19:30Z")
The ‘hide story’ button is a great thing for keeping one’s BP down. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/11 "2012-03-12T20:24:36Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > Dude it’s teh intarwebz. Let it go. Holy crap! I just now realized the Internet is _ **Chinatown!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/12 "2012-03-12T20:29:05Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I look at Facebook as a place to share your beliefs, not as a debate forum. All you’re going to do is s&hit on someone’s day. There’s no mileage in that. > > Now, if they post it on MY wall, or forward:forward:forward it to me and a billion other people, THAT’S just begging for a snarky response. Bingo. If you don’t like what someone posts on their own wall, unfriend them. If they push it on you thats another story. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/13 "2012-03-12T23:02:37Z")
Snort, roll eyes, move on with day. [xkcd: Duty Calls](http://xkcd.com/386/) You’re not going to change her mind. If her posts annoy you, block them. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/14 "2012-03-13T02:04:42Z")
Maybe it annoys you so much because, deep in your heart, you know that it’s true. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/15 "2012-03-13T08:47:03Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Much more accurate to say “demanding that the governement require somebody else to subsidize your birth control and abortions” So…um..ah… are we good with that characterization? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-an-appropriate-response-to-this-annoying-facebook-posting/615571/16 "2012-03-13T16:01:21Z")
Hypocrisy - Demanding that the government refuse to support Obama’s comprehensive health care package for _everyone_… while at the same time… demanding that the government increase coverage for your medicare.