Facebook politics question

[Biciclista]

A couple of years ago, a woman sent me some very harsh and inflammatory (creepy) political BS and when i told her it was BS, she sicced her big brother on me. So I wrote her off.
Well, to my surprise she "friended" me on facebook. I wrote to her, suggesting that perhaps she made a mistake or did she forget all that she said.
It took a while, but she finally figured out how to unfriend me. snort.

[Cataboo]

Since we can't actually read the message - When she mentions your parents & whatever they did... is she just pretty much being factual? Or is she actually saying "Your parents were terribly mean, remember when they .... "

If she's being factual - something like "haha, remember how much trouble we got into after your parents caught us sneaking out..." then I'd just chalk it up to her trying to reminisce with you about one of the more memorable incidents or adventures that you got into together...

If it seems like the latter, I think I'd just let it go. Delete it if you like, but if she's actually saying something negative or calling them a name, then you can email her about it after deleting it.

[lph]

Heh - I had an experience similar to Biciclista. Part of my job is issuing (balanced, impartial, well thought-out...) permits for hydropower plants, and we can get stuck in the crossfire between the hydropower companies and local environmental groups. During the hearing process one woman sent me an impassioned plea by email to "save" her local river. But next thing I knew she wanted to friend me on Facebook, to a group dedicated to saving this river...

I had to point out that I could hardly be expected to do my job and be impartial on this case if I were on a list dedicated to the one side's point of view. And that maybe she should look closer at her email list before issuing blanket invitations like that.

Facebook brings up strange situations. And it's notoriously hard to judge what people mean from just a stray, written comment.