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Roy Rolling

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60. What a Works for Me

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 09:11 AM

Sep 2019

The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference.

Ignore someone. Don’t hate them, just ignore them. Don’t give them the power or satisfaction of your intelligent response.

Don’t stop working for good, don’t ignore radical or illegal behaviors. Just stop giving Trump supporters the satisfaction of an angry response.

Let them simmer on their own because they aren’t even worth a response from you.

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It's really past bad with my family & friends Trumpers. [View all] Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 OP

youre not alone..I have disowned one sis and the other one I dont even like... samnsara Sep 2019 #1

I hate the loss of your sister. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #2

Except Trump. pangaia Sep 2019 #68

Hear, hear... I agree with you 100% secondwind Sep 2019 #17

Me too, but not over Trump..... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2019 #57

Everyday our congress sits idle, the more it embolden's trump and the retrumplicans. brutus smith Sep 2019 #3

What do you mean by Congress? yardwork Sep 2019 #51

Oh, you mean the hearings where they don't answer questions? brutus smith Sep 2019 #86

I would distance myself, but I don't madaboutharry Sep 2019 #4

Can we swap families until after November 2020...lol. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #6

A Trump flag! Oh jeez. madaboutharry Sep 2019 #8

The majority of the Trump Drag disappeared in my area recently. Hugin Sep 2019 #79

That would kill me to see that everyday! Cha Sep 2019 #106

" It isn't like we are living in nazi Germany." pangaia Sep 2019 #69

"Naza Germany" didn't happen overnight Boomer Sep 2019 #72

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #98

Yes,it is. True Blue American Sep 2019 #102

"It isn't like anyone is supporting genocide" PatSeg Sep 2019 #74

I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard "We need to round up all the ********, Midnight Writer Sep 2019 #101

Me too blue cat Sep 2019 #114

"Or, make that, I have ALLOWED him to do so. " Kaleva Sep 2019 #5

I wish I was well adjusted. Think I'm losing it. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #7

I just accept the fact that we have freedom of speech and people can express their opinions Kaleva Sep 2019 #9

But it's not just the difference in political party preference. luvtheGWN Sep 2019 #63

Exactly! mountain grammy Sep 2019 #76

"... we have freedom of speech and people can express their opinions..." pangaia Sep 2019 #70

Our own Constitution protects freedom of speech. Kaleva Sep 2019 #107

"I've also decided long ago not to let them control me and my emotions. I'm a free man." pangaia Sep 2019 #108

Germany doesn't have our consitution Kaleva Sep 2019 #116

"It is no measure of health sammythecat Sep 2019 #94

You can control it to a certain point. I will counter a couple of my family members onetexan Sep 2019 #44

But doesn't it depend partly on what people say and do? yardwork Sep 2019 #58

OP doesn't want to distance himself from thses people Kaleva Sep 2019 #115

I was at a wedding earlier this month. Bride and groom met at a teaparty type thing. empedocles Sep 2019 #10

For starters, get new friends. GeorgeGist Sep 2019 #11

Same boat BigOleDummy Sep 2019 #12

We are kindred spirits Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #24

People who would have inherited money from me when I die Croney Sep 2019 #13

Yep, my Dem niece yes. My Trumper nephew no. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #42

Next level will MikeIsInProcess Sep 2019 #49

Maybe let them know why when you pass. nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #65

OMG, Uncle Croney!! snort Sep 2019 #111

Haha. Make that Grannie Croney! Croney Sep 2019 #117

I love it! Iris Sep 2019 #121

As Madaboutharry and Kaleva say. Hortensis Sep 2019 #14

Understand is so not the point Boomer Sep 2019 #81

You miss your own point. You're right. Understanding is not approval. Hortensis Sep 2019 #84

Love cannot be separated from character I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 #89

About the great 401k's -- the stock market has stalled over the last 20 months progree Sep 2019 #15

Agree 100xxx. tavernier Sep 2019 #103

If it wasn't the stock market and IRAs, it Ilsa Sep 2019 #16

That's why it's important to discuss Fox and rightwing media lies sharedvalues Sep 2019 #41

They know Fox News is blocked it my house. They just laugh. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #43

Call them "suckers" and "useful idiots" sharedvalues Sep 2019 #50

That kind of language would end things. I've thought about it. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #54

That's kind of the point. Also, it's true. sharedvalues Sep 2019 #90

Stupid and crazy people will only get you into trouble. The Wizard Sep 2019 #18

Fred Gwynn in Disorganized Crime. paleotn Sep 2019 #33

Let it be.... Bluethroughu Sep 2019 #19

Great advice sharedvalues Sep 2019 #40

Oh, I've pulled the Rupert Murdoch card. They cite his "liberal" wife. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #45

Call them suckers. Talk about his tax cut and how he's screing hem sharedvalues Sep 2019 #47

"billionaires, and suckers". Yes, the CONservatives (as in con men) and the CONNEDservatives progree Sep 2019 #64

I just think in my opinion on how I have responded to members in my family on turbinetree Sep 2019 #20

I've categorized people more during the last three years Buckeyeblue Sep 2019 #21

Reconciling the irreconcilable Fyrefox Sep 2019 #22

I feel your pain... paleotn Sep 2019 #23

Fetus worshippers, child haters sharedvalues Sep 2019 #39

I've categorized. Amimnoch Sep 2019 #25

For the people cutting ties with their family etc..you're letting Trump win and Oregon1947 Sep 2019 #26

Nice slippery slope fallacy . . . hatrack Sep 2019 #30

That's actually step number 875 after not speaking. paleotn Sep 2019 #35

Yes! Politics is REAL LIFE. sharedvalues Sep 2019 #38

Real people are suffering from the rise of blatant hateful and bigoted behavior from Trumpsters. MrsCoffee Sep 2019 #52

+1 Anon-C Sep 2019 #85

Not really MikeIsInProcess Sep 2019 #61

So we have to tolerate fascist enablers?? nini Sep 2019 #75

Not really. That's a false argument. Joe941 Sep 2019 #109

Trumper free zone MariaS Sep 2019 #27

Agree totally. I am a Trumper free zone, as well. No exceptions. nt in2herbs Sep 2019 #31

There is a trick to this situation Joe Nation Sep 2019 #28

Oh I prefer sharedvalues Sep 2019 #37

There not gonna listen to anything anyway. Joe Nation Sep 2019 #92

Fox and lies are the root issue sharedvalues Sep 2019 #99

Spending as little time as possible with in-laws (except MIL) hatrack Sep 2019 #29

Politics is real life. Don't avoid it-- confront them. sharedvalues Sep 2019 #34

Talk about FOX!!. Don't talk about Trump sharedvalues Sep 2019 #32

Same here.... Sancho Sep 2019 #36

I'd like to ask them what a "liberal" is. lindysalsagal Sep 2019 #46

They are mostly the chamber of commerce types Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #53

Here too. AllyCat Sep 2019 #48

That IS worse. Mine are Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio type Repubs. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #55

Putin wanted to divide America. Martin Eden Sep 2019 #56

It took awhile but ... ananda Sep 2019 #59

What a Works for Me Roy Rolling Sep 2019 #60

You get one life, you can choose if you want to hang around with people who rurallib Sep 2019 #62

I work with a hardcore trumper AlexSFCA Sep 2019 #66

Maybe a useful question. What do you really mean by you love some of them? pangaia Sep 2019 #67

Who needs that crap? nini Sep 2019 #71

Just dropped my rethugian brother. Duppers Sep 2019 #73

Thank God I've no one like that in my life. cwydro Sep 2019 #77

I have a brother I haven't spoken to in 20 years. NNadir Sep 2019 #78

Such a telling statement from Hoess's grandson Boomer Sep 2019 #88

I saw a documentary wherein he traveled to Auschwitz to see it for himself. NNadir Sep 2019 #95

Great articles G_j Sep 2019 #104

gone thru same . AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Sep 2019 #82

Lots of interesting opinions and takes on how different NoMoreRepugs Sep 2019 #83

Oldest daughter married a religious crazy, we don't see her or our grandchildren. onecaliberal Sep 2019 #87

I see it rownesheck Sep 2019 #91

I have one hard line, and that's bigotry ismnotwasm Sep 2019 #93

Blood before politics Falcata Sep 2019 #96

It is the elephant in the room. ooky Sep 2019 #97

This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Sep 2019 #100

Relatives who are trumpanzees Peace06 Sep 2019 #105

when Reagan won in 1980 gopiscrap Sep 2019 #110

My situation....Being in Arkansas... VarryOn Sep 2019 #112

I have one cousin who I assume is a Trumpanzee DFW Sep 2019 #113

I dumped my parents after I realized how deep they were down the right-wing rabit hole. NCLefty Sep 2019 #118

Brain washed guss Sep 2019 #119

oh, just FYI... OldBaldy1701E Sep 2019 #120