Well I sympathize, I've never cared for people implying I want to enslave or oppress women and hold this view by dint of being an ignorant religious zealot, which was especially irritating since I was pro-life even when I was a committed atheist. I'm also not terribly fond of some of the things that were directed at those of us involved in the Iraqi occupation. The 'M word' is never pleasant.
I think that sometimes we need to hear the bad press about our stances, but in this case (and presumably in yours) the person knew that there was thought behind the position. I didn't just make this up because it is easy, and she should know that I'm not some kind of ... well, someone who thinks it is "ok to murder babies."
I'm mostly angry because I just spent a lot of time telling her exactly why I think what I do and that I have valid reasons. I never expected to change her mind, but I do expect her to either respect that I can have my opinion or leave me alone about it. And she didn't do either.
Well I more or less agree with you but there is a school of thought that if you think someone you like is doing something bad, or holds a flawed morality, you should try to help them even if it endangers your friendship. It's vaguely possible this is your friend's attitude on the matter. Assuming you don't want to just terminate the friendship you might want to try something very direct like "You're my friend, and I think we should avoid this topic or we'll endanger that friendship."
I did exactly that. I told her that I was going to hide her from my facebook feed, and that I declared a moratorium on any discussion touching on our religious differences.
Facebook eye-openers.(partially NSSP)
- 13/06/2012 05:10:53 AM
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A cousin of my wife just posted a link to his new business
- 13/06/2012 12:00:19 PM
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You know it's easier with things like this to sit back and enjoy it
- 13/06/2012 02:39:35 PM
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The worst I got lately was football idiocy
- 13/06/2012 12:36:22 PM
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*NM*
You complain about football comments, and then you post things like that? 
- 13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM
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- 13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM
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Same here
- 14/06/2012 12:24:46 AM
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A lot of people used to think like that
- 14/06/2012 10:13:27 AM
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What were his stats again?
- 14/06/2012 08:38:40 PM
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Because he's your only offensive player who seems at all effective?
- 14/06/2012 09:38:49 PM
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Hasn't he got a reputation for being able to start a fight in an empty room though?
- 14/06/2012 10:09:08 PM
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Maybe you can clarify...
- 13/06/2012 02:01:58 PM
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Maybe I can.
- 13/06/2012 04:55:28 PM
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Facebook is about the casual insulting of opposed political, religious and social viewpoints.
- 13/06/2012 07:22:57 PM
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Re: Maybe I can.
- 13/06/2012 07:50:53 PM
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Re: Maybe I can.
- 13/06/2012 08:10:32 PM
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Hm.
- 13/06/2012 09:52:58 PM
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Hard to think of better examples, but yeah it's hardly an automatic
- 13/06/2012 11:20:25 PM
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This is actually the biggest reason I dislike Facebook (and other social media).
- 13/06/2012 03:49:45 PM
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We have two options, as I see it: 1) Wear big boy pants; 2) Hide lots of posts.
- 13/06/2012 04:02:07 PM
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I'm lucky that I pretty much never see anything on Facebook that really annoys me
- 13/06/2012 04:23:43 PM
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I've been thinking about that.
- 13/06/2012 05:02:17 PM
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Same. And re: the backlash: there'd almost have to be, wouldn't there?
- 13/06/2012 10:18:57 PM
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An AZ cop posted a FB pic of him with kids, a gun and a bullet riddled shirt with Obamas face on it.
- 13/06/2012 11:40:38 PM
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I <3 the Constitution, and was only friends with you so I could cheat off your tests. 
- 13/06/2012 09:00:07 PM
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- 13/06/2012 09:00:07 PM
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Almost half of the comments I see on Facebook aren't even in English!
- 13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM
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- 13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM
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I find a lot of interesting news on Facebook
- 14/06/2012 01:37:59 PM
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Same on the replacing much of what I once received from this community.
- 14/06/2012 09:48:15 PM
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