I have a social media account, and on the account I only add people I know personally. However, I have encountered a problem anyway- there was a discussion about gay rights, and I said something somebody disagreed with. I said that whether you agree with gay marriage or not, the law prohibits discrimination and people have to obey the law. I also said that as a nurse I do not discriminate against anyone, and I happen to support marriage equality 100%.
Well, this person took exception to what I said, and threatened to contact my employer and tell them that I'm a racist and I should be fired. (I know, racism had nothing to do with the discussion. I'm not sure why they went there.) Well, I didn't make any further comments and I immediately unfriended the person.
What I want to know is, in the unlikely event that this person follows through on the threat, what should be my course of action? Anyone who knows me knows that I am not in fact a racist, and my job would know this too, but I am concerned now about this individual causing trouble. I'm just astonished at how crazy people can get over something like this.
I don't know if you are a rule follower or not, but in the agreement that you electronically signed in order to utilize Facebook, you explicitly agreed to use you given name. Aliases are not permitted on Facebook and are grounds for dismissal. I realize this is difficult to police, but I just thought I would mention it.
jhoilman
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I don't know if you are a rule follower or not, but in the agreement that you electronically signed in order to utilize Facebook, you explicitly agreed to use you given name. Aliases are not permitted on Facebook and are grounds for dismissal. I realize this is difficult to police, but I just thought I would mention it.