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  1. Babs Hunt

    Babs Hunt Supreme Member
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    Are following Donald Trump's Facebook page and reading the comments?

    I am and for me it is a total surprise to see so many comments for the positve instead of the negative. There is definitely a movement behind Trump. And everything the other side or even his own "side" is doing to stop him only seems to be back firing on them! :)
     
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  2. Chrissy Cross

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    No, I'm not following his page, didn't know he had one. I usually don't follow people unless by mistake.
     
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    Maybe "follow" is using the wrong word here. Checking out his Facebook page to me lets me know a lot more about what is really happening with Donald Trump and his running for President...and what people think of it then any News channel could tell me. People and News Channels, etc. can be "brutal" on Facebook and they don't care if they are or not!
     
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    I liked his facebook page, but I was getting too many notices when I followed it; so I unfollowed it but still check it every so often.
    I do follow his twitter feed though, since I just check that when I actually want to see what is going on. I also follow Greta Van Sustren, and she put some good information on there quite often.
    The media will turn around anything that Trump says, and make it sound awful; and only put on the negative comment, and usually pictures where he looks ridiculous.
    I did go to his webpage and sign up for the Trump newsletter; so I get a weekly update from that , as well.
     
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    Oh ok....answer is still No, I haven't looked. :) I will though. But I'm one that usually reads all comments after whatever article I'm reading. People on those comment sections can be quite brutal also.
     
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    I did look, I see he's in Florida tomorrow. I'm going to vote for him and seeing all the stuff going on just upsets me.

    Think its bad now, wait til summer!!
     
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    I haven't been on Facebook as much lately, so it hadn't occurred to me to follow it. @Yvonne Smith you can Like the page, but opt out of notifications if you want. I tend to read more about politics on Twitter, but I take everything I read with a whole shaker of salt. It seems there are some who are so entrenched and enriched by the way things currently are, that they feel threatened by anyone who could shake things up.

    Many non-whites are convinced that Trump is a blatant racist, but I find it difficult to believe that someone who's reached his heights in business and also entertainment, could be an obvious (white) racist and get away with it. Of course there are non-white racists who get along just fine, with no one apparently questioning them, and that bothers me. What's good for one is good for the other, and if people are going to bomb toss the word racist, they should look into all aspects of it.
     
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    First of all, the original question... nope, not following his FB page. Don't plan to either because I keep my FB trimmed. :)
    Secondly, it *is* indeed upsetting. I think the thing that bothers me most is that although the man is not very classy in HOW he says things, he SAYS what a LOT of people are thinking, and wants to change what most of us want changed. I've wondered how many of his hypocritical detractors say the very same things privately... and have the same feelings and want the same things changed. I've said here in the forum that injustice is my main peeve... but hypocrisy ranks a close second.
     
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    I see a lot of Trump on facebook, some of his and some from others.
     
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    No I hadn't seen Donald Trump's facebook page. I'm going to visit it since you've mentioned it. Thanks for the info!
     
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  11. Yvonne Smith

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    I don't follow much of anyone, because all of the posts just clutter up my facebook page. About the only ones that i actually follow are my three children.
    The rest of my friends, or just pages that I am interested in, I unfollow, and then just go and look at them, and if I see something that I like, I may occasionally share it; but I don't do much of that either.

    I do follow Trump on his Twitter page (@realDonaldTrump), and I also follow Greta Van Susteren, who is about the only person on Fox News that I listen to anymore, although Todd Starnes is okay.
    I like Twitter because I primarily look at it just for news, so all of the posts on there are fine; whereas on Facebook, that is where I interact with my friends and family.
     
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  12. Linda Binning

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    I didn't know he was on FB. I just went over and liked his page. I'll follow him till I start getting too many notifications.
     
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