Some of you may know that this month is foster care awareness month. Well, because of the field that I am in, I decided to post a quote from Obama on the debil as my status. I didn't mean for it to be all political 'n shit, I just did it because I loved the quote.
Anywho, my good friend's BF, (I've known my friend for over 10 years, she's a very good friend) who is on my friends list and is VERY opinionated on the government as a whole, posted a condescending comment about it.
I deleted it. The debil gives you an option to message the person about their comment and inform them why it was deleted. I just said "Although you're very entitled to your opinion, I didn't post this for political reasons. It's foster care month, and that is all." He posted another comment on my status, calling me a hypocrite and saying that I'm smarter than that, and then messaged me with "You're posting a politicians statement regarding the care of children, and it doesn't bother you that he's a murderer of kids? You can't be serious." I responded with "I'm not going to sit here and argue with you." Then he said "Then take the post down it's a disgusting display of careless hypocrisy." Then I said "No. I'll just unfriend you if you're so worried about it."
So, I did unfriend him and blocked him because if I know him, he would have kept harassing me. Also, it's my page and I will post whatever the hell I want, and I can delete whatever the hell I want too.
My question is two-fold: 1. Did I do the right thing by disengaging like this? Or should I have BH'd the whole thing? 2. What if my friend brings it up? If she turns into bitchzilla, I'd probably unfriend her. I know throwing away a 10 year friendship over this is petty, but I'm hormonal, dammit, and in no mood to deal with people telling me what I can and cannot post. However, I have known her for a long time... she'd most likely just not mention it.
I know that by posting things, I invite criticism, especially from people who think they're smarter than everyone else. But at the same time, it's my page. Ugh.
Thoughts?
Edited to remove weird symbols and wonky spacing.