Friendly Fire

The Daily Beast on the strained state of Israeli-Palestinian Facebook friendships: “I've already encountered barriers between me and my closest Palestinian…

By January 01, 2009

Facebookicon2 The Daily Beast on the strained state of Israeli-Palestinian Facebook friendships:

“I've already encountered barriers between me and my closest Palestinian friends,” says Perry. “On Facebook, when you are angry, it's so quick to write an insulting comment without thinking. You don't have to call someone on the phone to tell them what you think . . . I think some Facebook friendships will survive and some will be ruined.”

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