Wow, I was just threatened on Facebook...

[LuFins Dad]

On a private page for my old hometown, somebody made a really stupid post that was comparing being black or gay with being handicapped. I replied "Tell me Frank, did they have seatbelts on those little buses you rode to school in? They didn't on the big buses..."

He replied "Hey Brad, do you think that stupid shit would fly at Jordan Kitt's Music...

This was my reply (copy and pasted from FB, don't mind the the lack of paragraphs)

Mr.XXXXXX, that sounds very much like an attempt at intimidation and is a very threatening demeanor to take over a joke in a private Facebook group. If you found the joke offensive and didn't like it, there are a lot of ways that you can address it. The first option is to simply ignore it. That's generally the best approach. Roll your eyes and let it go as it matters little. The second option is to grow a pair and address me directly, explain that you didn't care for the joke and ask me to remove it. We could then have a civil debate and who knows, maybe even find areas of common ground, but at the least we could engage in a real dialogue instead of posting simplistic platitudes over very real and complex issues. The third option would be to report the joke to the moderator of this page, who could then make the decision as to whether the joke was appropriate. Any of these three would have been an appropriate response, but with decreasing maturity at each level. Instead, you chose to make an attempt to threaten my livelihood over a joke on a ridiculous post that was itself a stupid and vacuous meme that does nothing to address the very real problems and divisions in this country. That tactic may have worked several years ago (though I doubt my employer would care very much about a stupid joke on a private Facebook group) but the fact is that public sentiment has shifted very much against these types of tactics, and the most that you could hope to accomplish is an escalation. That's not really going to gain you anything. I ask you to reconsider your response, and try to find a little more mature and responsible way of handling conflict and disagreement.

[Jolly]

You could always invite him to post here.

[Copper]

If you delete your post, his reply should disappear.

Just an option.

[Mik]

I’d do as Copper suggests. No one wins here no matter what.

[kluurs]

If they mean ill, they made a screen shot Your entire response was excellent.

[jon-nyc]

It was but he’s likely to take it as an escalation since you’re basically calling him an immature cancel culture brat.

[Doctor Phibes]

It's really not worth getting into this stuff on Facebook IMHO. As Mik said, nobody wins. Admittedly, I haven't always practiced what I'm preaching.

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Wow, I was just threatened on Facebook...:

It's really not worth getting into this stuff on Facebook TNCR, IMHO. As Mik said, nobody wins. Admittedly, I haven't none of us have ever practiced what I'm preaching.

FIFY

[89th]

You should just reply with “what a retarded comment”.

[George K]

@89th said in Wow, I was just threatened on Facebook...:

You should just reply with “what a retarded comment”.

In an aviation-related way, of course.

[Mik]

We have all mellowed so much over 20 years. Maybe too much. In 2005 we’d have joined Lufin and crucified that motherfucker.

[Jolly]

Mellow your ownself, motor scooter.

The perfect solution is to kill the idiot's dog, then cut the dog's head off and stick it on a shovel handle in the idiot's front yard.

Sometimes, you have to get people's attention...

[Mik]

I’m in.

[kluurs]

Yeah, not when one has children - difficult to get too carried away. One's first responsibility lies there.

[Mik]

Well… there is THAT, I suppose.

[Copper]

@89th said in Wow, I was just threatened on Facebook...:

You should just reply with “what a retarded comment”.

That's a great idea, calling him a retard can be very effective.

[bachophile]

I think the shovel handle is a little too much. I’d just leave the head on a newspaper to avoid staining the brickware and a little red bow tied on one ear.