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In reply to the discussion: My Deplorable in-laws this morning: not the reaction I expected! [View all]DBoon
(22,383 posts)35. If we actually had their dictatorship in this country
I would bet the first thing they would do is turn you and your wife in to the secret police.
You would vanish, and they would be smugly pleased they got another "libtartd"
These people are very dangerous. All they need is a system that allows them to exercise their evil
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My Deplorable in-laws this morning: not the reaction I expected! [View all]
Still In Wisconsin
Feb 2018
OP
+1 "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Jr...In the end,
lunasun
Feb 2018
#64
Been there, done that... recently, with an aunt and uncle. No longer welcome in my home!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2018
#12
"red-faced and yelling" means scared, regardless of the words that followed.
lindysalsagal
Feb 2018
#4
I bet a lot of them will be having mental breakdowns from his supporters when it all comes out nt
maryellen99
Feb 2018
#52
Well that sucks... so sorry to hear. I'll reserve my true thoughts, since they are your inlaws.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2018
#10
Wow - your post makes me happy most of my relatives are dead. Good for your wife.
Vinca
Feb 2018
#19
Thats too far.. its hard but i think you have to keep politics way out of the way when family
lancelyons
Feb 2018
#21
What do you mean "that's too far"? So they should've gone along with the insane ranting & raving
catbyte
Feb 2018
#63
Surprised. My family deplorables flipped the other way. No one ever mentions who they voted ....
marble falls
Feb 2018
#28
We're still praying for her parents, her dad is a deplorable but at least he doesn't discuss it ....
marble falls
Feb 2018
#34
I really don't know because the media markets in so many regions are dominated
deurbano
Feb 2018
#62
Maybe he was listening to a Rush L while working on the roof . Got too upset by one of
lunasun
Feb 2018
#68
This is when living in a red area has prepared me for this. It's the one I expect.
kydo
Feb 2018
#44
We'll done to your wife, but I really don't know how all this is going to end.
OnDoutside
Feb 2018
#53
The 30% are the most dangerous internal threat the country has faced since the 1860's
StuckInTexas
Feb 2018
#69
Same ancestry here. Holes in it too. Many DU folk could see the similarities back in Ws time. ☹️
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2018
#72
Invite them back, and agree not to talk politics. Don't allow Trump to break up your family.
parkerMcDavis
Feb 2018
#79