I had a handful of fake friends here that turned on me for exercising my freedom of speech as a Christian, not to change anyone's mind but to answer questions from a Biblical viewpoint. Yet I was called names and bullied by the clique they formed.
When the political thread was banned here, they left (have since returned) and started their own forum. What's really crazy is one of them started a thread there called "Lara".
When fake friends, back-stabbers, artificial people stop talking to you they start talking about you. They also attack you and not your post when they have nothing intelligent to add to the discussion.
Always remember, you have genuine loyal friends in the wings. I understand when they don't want to enter the fray to support me and I wouldn't want them to risk losing friends. But the ones who did take that risk for me are forever in a special place in my heart. They were brave and loyal...you know who you are.
A genuine friend and member here alerted me to the "Lara" hate thread and I went over to read what they were all discussing about me. Mostly females, a couple of them had hatred. Their forum closed so some returned here with new names, some kept their names. They continued here. It hurt at first but didn't take me long to realize they didn't deserve my energy. I was just happy that I don't turn on people and hate them because they're different than me.
But one good thing about being a minority, whether it be race, religion, too rich, too poor,, etc:
It makes picking out fake friends really easy. I don't respect them...I have to respect someone in order to be offended
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