Strange Trolls

I am a witch. This should come as no surprise to anyone reading this, considering the name of the blog. I usually don't make a huge deal about it. That being said, I do not make any move to hide it either. My Facebook page has it featured in the public details that anyone can see and a fair number of my posts reflect it.

Despite the diversity of religions featured amongst my Friend list, this has never truly been a problem. If we see something that offends us, we all just scroll past unless it is factually wrong such as an assumption that witches worship Satan or that Christians eat babies. If we do have a problem, we discuss the issue, sometimes ad nauseam. There is certainly a great deal of sarcasm and most of the time nothing is truly resolved despite the amount of words used.

My family has our issues, but we work. We've learned the hard way what happens when we don't. It used to be far worse; we had too many trees and not enough reeds. No one bent except to break.

The problem seemed to be when we started branching out from our family to include others on our Friend Lists. You know how it happens if you have a Facebook account. Everyone starts to include friends and associates from their widely varied activities. A friend of your mother's ex-partner's current partner has a back and forth with you on something and next thing you know, said individual has sent you a Friend Request. You enjoyed the conversation, so you accept the Request.

That's my story.

The problem that I had with him was that his decision to not scroll by and to make derogatory comments on my pagan posts. He mocked the concept that there could be a universal patterns, call it superstition. I asked him to just scroll by if he was going to spout of ignorance on my Wall. He tried to say that arguing was an excellent way to educate himself. I further suggested that he learn to do research instead and even gave him several topics with which he could begin. Arguing doesn't solve anything after all; if you want exposed to new ideas, learn to discuss things. He likened me to a Young Earth Creationist and maintained that arguing was best. He was under the impression that he was being very open-minded.

I ended up having to unfriend him. That was after going back and forth with him for about an hour, his tone becoming more belligerent as we went. It became obvious that he was more after proving that he was right than he was discussing anything.

Is nowhere safe from trolls?