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In reply to the discussion: I just alerted my brother I will no longer talk to him. [View all]samnsara
(17,658 posts)3. im no longer speaking to my t party sis...
..I cant trust her judgement on anything any more....
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Trump and his cadre of have succeeded in driving the nation into hopeless division.
olegramps
Oct 2018
#46
I very much agree. As Obama reflected that Trump is the result, the symptom not the exception.
olegramps
Oct 2018
#159
Brother against brother. Another Civil War is not out of the question if things get worse.
Funtatlaguy
Oct 2018
#4
I'm not the DU Grand Poobah but I encourage you to post what you want.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2018
#7
Yeah, maybe the people that seem to follow fads in general are more susceptible to Trump. n/t
Zing Zing Zingbah
Oct 2018
#162
Politics is absolutely no reason to sever ties with your brother. That's a lazy response.
jpljr77
Oct 2018
#18
Your grandfather is a wise man. Thanks for sharing this saying. I love it. NT
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2018
#74
Politics? You call supporting someone who mocks the disabled politics? You call supporting
lunamagica
Oct 2018
#103
you know people use politics to push their shitty religion like taking away gay rights
JI7
Oct 2018
#157
You know, we all have challenges enough in life to have to worry about our own family ...
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2018
#25
Good for you... had the same issue with my Bushiphile brother after the 2000 election disaster.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Oct 2018
#35
Sometimes a relationship becomes so toxic that for your own health you need to walk away.
octoberlib
Oct 2018
#41
I'm lucky, I have no direct blood family members who gave their support to that orange asshole
The Liberal Lion
Oct 2018
#54
I, long ago, even before Trump, decided to not associate with racists, mysogonists and morons
louis c
Oct 2018
#56
Welcome to the sad club of folks who have had families & friendships torn apart by that
catbyte
Oct 2018
#57
My brother is a Trumpian and I already know his misogynistic nature for strong professional women,
iluvtennis
Oct 2018
#67
I haven't been talking to my sister since Trump began running and she was "rabid" with me
ebbie15644
Oct 2018
#70
If family members can respect boundaries and just avoid the topics they know will cause each other
Nitram
Oct 2018
#94
Might wanna stay away from him at least for a while, lest things are said...
Honeycombe8
Oct 2018
#134
Thank you. So many of us have this dilemma with diabolical words from family members.
Prof.Higgins
Oct 2018
#145