A Bruce Springsteen social media fan club with nearly 20,000 members closed down over bickering about the rocker’s political activism.
Springsteen has become more and more vocal about his political beliefs, but his endorsement of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for the U.S. Senate pushed the group over the top, according to their co-founder Howie Chaz.
‘What should have been respectful differences of opinion too often deteriorated into personal attacks, bullying, insults, and some genuinely vile and hateful rhetoric.’
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On Sunday, Howie and Julie Chaz announced that the “Spring-Nuts” Facebook page would shut down after 11 years.
“As the world grew increasingly divisive, hostile, those tensions inevitably spilled into our little corner of the E Street world,” their statement read.
“What should have been respectful differences of opinion too often deteriorated
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