The Once and never again friend

A friend recently posted a picture of women boxing and gave it the caption "Dyke Club." Others jumped on this thread to leave some of the most blatantly misogynistic and homophobic comments I have ever heard on Facebook. As usual, when I called them on their bullshit, suddenly *I* was the target of their posts. When I asked my friend to fix this situation, he said he didn't know that "dyke" was a slur and only removed the offensive replies. I accepted this compromise.

But the assholes continued to post their venom. Not only did my friend NOT delete these new comments, he actually called me a bitch for saying anything and demanding that he fix the situation.

This morning he asked me why I unfriended him. I explained that I will not accept being directly insulted for standing up to bigotry. I did tell him that if he apologized publicly (and no weasel apologies) I would refriend him. Rather than apologize, he said he didn't like being told what to do and removed his entire Facebook page.

Good riddance.