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A very good friend couldn't stand listening to Joe Rogan or News Max anymore. After a long marriage, it is over.
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CousinIT
(12,146 posts)Warpy
(114,360 posts)but the combination would push me over the edge, too.
littlemissmartypants
(31,362 posts)I hope she's happy and thrives. ❤️
erronis
(22,456 posts)"Honey. Do you like to sit on the couch all day swilling beer and listening to idiots on the T.V.?"
mercuryblues
(16,144 posts)all JD Vance with your post when I read "couch"
irisblue
(36,676 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:08 PM - Edit history (1)
This video from 2 yrs ago is mid-40 to 50 yr old AA women talking about the end of relationships.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)irisblue
(36,676 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,185 posts)Arazi
(8,678 posts)And love to scold that we should just endure and how they cant understand cutting off MAGAts.
Personally, I can hardly bear a single special event with these folks, let alone a sustained intimate relationship. The MAGAts in my life are cruel and bitter and if theyre into Joe Rogan and Newsmax, theyre thoroughly brainwashed 😞
efhmc
(16,050 posts)barbtries
(31,091 posts)another family torn apart.
i don't have contact with my brother. my lifetime best friend is now my ex-friend.
I think she's going to be happier without him.
Demobrat
(10,256 posts)The guy will be telling his friends everything was fine until his wife went crazy.
BattleRow
(2,085 posts)"She's not the girl I married"...totally clueless that HE' S the one that "killed " her by degrees.
Buckeyeblue
(6,165 posts)We had many discussions about politics while we were dating. I couldn't be married to a conservative, mainly because I could never trust their judgement.
I guess if there was a change once you were married it would be different. It would certainly be complicated.
58Sunliner
(6,273 posts)It's gaslighting and really bad for your health to listen to such distortion.
Xolodno
(7,290 posts)...she started watching fox news. After watching it with her one night, I told her don't ever watch this channel again. She asked why and I explained how they using half truths, innuendo, etc.
Now she is so anti-maga I have tell her she needs to calm down, the orange anus is not worth getting worked up over. Because that's what he wants.
summer_in_TX
(4,007 posts)Sometimes the people so infected become vile and hateful. Apparently he did.
I don't think there should be hard and fast rules, but in the case of people who have become militantly toxic, breaking off the relationship is the only thing you can do to protect yourself.
But not all Trump supporters do become toxic and hateful. My two sons and their wives voted for Trump. Twice. They fell down the well of disinformation.Between them, we have ten grandchildren. We will never break off our relationship with our kids and grandkids, and fortunately our sons are loving men and good fathers, not toxic people. In our case we are able to agree to disagree and keep loving one another. But it's not possible for all relationships.
AverageJoe
(2,423 posts)Serious question, and I promise Im not being snarky. How do your sons manifest goodness and kindness while supporting the transparent fascist violence and destruction of democracy trump is visiting upon America? I honestly want to know.
Arazi
(8,678 posts)And the erasure of womens rights 😔
summer_in_TX
(4,007 posts)summer_in_TX
(4,007 posts)I don't know that they actually know or understand what Trump is visiting upon America. They live in information bubbles that I believe keep them blinded to the truth of what is happening.
As for goodness and kindness, both are helpful, generous, thoughtful, and converse without the anger, ugliness, and judgment of too many MAGA. Both are college grads, one has an MBA. Our younger son, for instance, spent vacation time for a few years making multiple trips to New Orleans as a volunteer to help with cleanup and repair after Katrina.
czarjak
(13,420 posts)SharonAnn
(14,135 posts)Women deserve better. Were tired of being disrespected.
The right wing broadcasters create a toxic environment we dont want to live in.