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CousinIT

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81. My 92 year old Mom has gotten the brainwashing too. That and dementia...

Sat May 23, 2020, 08:02 AM

May 2020

...has caused her - a lifelong Democrat who voted for Obama and every other Dem President, to think Trump is: "doing OK, I don't hear any complaints"

My two older siblings are staunch Republicans - living on massive socialism - with their "I got mine fuck you" attitudes - she lives with one of them and between the two (they live in the same neighborhood) have her blinkered - not hard with her age and dementia.

I used to talk politics with her but I can't anymore. She's too out of it and brainwashed (mostly out of it) - she's not on the internet, is blind and doesn't hear great either. Often forgets things and confused.

I try not to hold it against her - because she's been a staunch Dem all her life. I just think she doesn't have the mental capacity to parse it all anymore - and has my RWNJ relatives around her spouting Trump-humper bullshit.

So...I just deal w/ it.

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I am shaking from head to toe. I can barely type this. [View all] SamKnause May 2020 OP

Very sorry. elleng May 2020 #1

These antidotes reinforce my determination to remain an Independent. olegramps May 2020 #85

My greatest fear was what would my WWII hero dad say if he was alive now. Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #2

My dad was a Lumbo fan. LakeArenal May 2020 #4

My situation too leftieNanner May 2020 #7

But would they have been horrified by rump and stay horrified, if you know what I mean. Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #8

I believe that the constant lies would have bothered him leftieNanner May 2020 #13

I kind of know what my WWII hero dad would have said frazzled May 2020 #28

Dad would have been 107! Now. safeinOhio May 2020 #52

Hang on cilla4progress May 2020 #3

My son, aged 19, thinks he's not that bad a president captain queeg May 2020 #5

19 and never had a job? Tipperary May 2020 #74

Less and less captain queeg May 2020 #76

Same here. I started with a paper route at 13 or 14, and I worked various other jobs all through Tipperary May 2020 #79

Same experience hangaleft May 2020 #89

My almost 21 year old nephew whistler162 May 2020 #80

That is good to hear. Tipperary May 2020 #86

I felt the same way StarlightGold May 2020 #6

Fox news fills people with hate & rage, the very reason it's difficult to reason with them KS Toronado May 2020 #34

Impossible to reason with? czarjak May 2020 #44

Fox news is professionally prepared propaganda. hadEnuf May 2020 #54

ha ur mom and my mom and my MIL would get along great. Wait for the "fake news" BS. jmg257 May 2020 #9

I am having Nikki28 May 2020 #10

That's the QAnon stuff. I'm sorry you're sister has fallen down that rabbit hole Arazi May 2020 #67

If the only place you do your research Kaiserguy May 2020 #95

So painful to discover this dreadful division, and so much pain Hortensis May 2020 #11

send her a sweet greeting card and tell her you love her Grasswire2 May 2020 #12

From what I've experienced, most "old souls" from your mom's Totally Tunsie May 2020 #14

That theory would depend on how she felt about Obama. After all Dream Girl May 2020 #36

That's true, but we weren't given that information. Totally Tunsie May 2020 #41

Thank the Goddess, that my 94 year old mom hates his guts. sheshe2 May 2020 #15

Sad...and I'm sorry for you. The old saying fits here, "we don't get to chose family." Thekaspervote May 2020 #16

Be forgiving. At 96 she may not be in her right mind, Liberty Belle May 2020 #17

Don't cut her out of your life. You'll regret not spending her last years with her. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #42

... alwaysinasnit May 2020 #18

My 82 yr old father, back in March. I purposely refused to have a discussion and then that call LizBeth May 2020 #19

My mother was same way 97 years old bluestarone May 2020 #20

She is 96 malaise May 2020 #21

My thought, too. marble falls May 2020 #46

She is 96 FB47243 May 2020 #53

Nah. mercuryblues May 2020 #62

We aren't like them. marble falls May 2020 #65

+1 BannonsLiver May 2020 #99

+1 grantcart May 2020 #58

They are getting bad about calling Senior Citizens MiniMe May 2020 #68

I got one of those calls a few weeks ago. pazzyanne May 2020 #88

Nobody in my family is a Republican that I know of MiniMe May 2020 #94

Yeah my sister indigoth May 2020 #22

San, take a few days, call back and never mention politics again irisblue May 2020 #23

cool down, then DON'T DISCUSS POLITICS WITH HER Skittles May 2020 #24

This KentuckyWoman May 2020 #78

Elder abuse aeromanKC May 2020 #25

She is your mother Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #26

I feel your pain! My Mother-in-law was a huge dRump supporter - gave money to his cause - Liberal In Red State May 2020 #27

I know how you feel Ohioboy May 2020 #29

She's nearly 100 years old. Draw a line on all things political. Think loving thoughts. Speak loving Hekate May 2020 #30

So many people like your mother that it is scary. Many people I know like him. Very scary. Pepsidog May 2020 #31

I'd give it a rest. Let her live her wnylib May 2020 #32

Forget it. He's not worth it. ooky May 2020 #33

My gf is brainwashed by Fox. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #35

speaknow speaknow May 2020 #37

I don't understand this whole thread SCantiGOP May 2020 #38

Same. EllieBC May 2020 #48

Absolutely! nt Raine May 2020 #50

so sorry. my late dad ww2 pcafic . was with the team that delivered the a bomb to japan, AllaN01Bear May 2020 #39

I am 72 and my sister is 76 lillypaddle May 2020 #40

Sorry TuxedoKat May 2020 #69

It's tough lillypaddle May 2020 #73

I know how you feel pink May 2020 #43

This is my like my GMIL, except I won't cut her out. EllieBC May 2020 #45

Am so sorry! We need to remember that these older people are getting their news from secondwind May 2020 #47

You have my condolences. Different Drummer May 2020 #49

I can see why you're upset, I would be too, but it really doesn't matter. Chemisse May 2020 #51

96 yrs old and you hung up on her!!! 🙄 👎 Raine May 2020 #55

You seem very fragile. Reconnect with your mom, please, before it is too late. PTWB May 2020 #56

My father was in WWII. Except for the barracks he had built in Turkey and named for himself Karadeniz May 2020 #57

My father died in 2013 at the age of 97. mommymarine2003 May 2020 #59

I am sorry this is happening, warmfeet May 2020 #60

I understand. jaxexpat May 2020 #61

So sorry. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #63

Unshake tiredtoo May 2020 #64

My mom got a phone call from the NRCC today MiniMe May 2020 #66

Sam, lots of good DUer advice above. JudyM May 2020 #70

My dad is 83 and likes Dump. roamer65 May 2020 #71

She's 96. RhodeIslandOne May 2020 #72

If I could have my mother back even for a day, I would not care a fig about her politics. Tipperary May 2020 #75

Let's be honest... Aviation91 May 2020 #77

My 92 year old Mom has gotten the brainwashing too. That and dementia... CousinIT May 2020 #81

Thanks for your input. SamKnause May 2020 #82

My sympathies to all of you with hard-case Republicans in the family DFW May 2020 #83

Thanks for your input. SamKnause May 2020 #84

I can't imagine the degree of your frustration DFW May 2020 #87

Sometimes older people are having small strokes. leftyladyfrommo May 2020 #90

Not all 45 fans are evil MyMission May 2020 #91

I am lucky 80-something mom is a staunch Democrat treestar May 2020 #92

My parents were life long Republicans RainCaster May 2020 #93

That has to suck... sorry to hear. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2020 #96

I'm sorry you have to feel the betrayal and sick Bluethroughu May 2020 #97

So sorry pandr32 May 2020 #98