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9. Sounds like your friend has been brainwashed. I lost a friend under similar circumstances

Reply to ChoppinBroccoli (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:35 PM

Jul 2020

Yes it does hurt. After all, its still losing someone that has been a part of your life. This too shall pass.

My friend would send me crazy conspiracy videos and stuff he found on youtube and facebook and we would have frequent arguments. He's black by the way, so it wasn't really about Trump- although in the beginning he did not object to trump - since he had anti govt streak and saw trump as anti govt. I think the internet can be so dangerous for some folks. They get sucked into these websites and some of these personalities. On these nazi sites he visits, your friend was probably groomed very well. I look at these sites, the same way I see gang recruitment, very easy for someone who is already disaffected, low self esteem, angry about their lot in life to fall prey to this kind of thinking.

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So I Lost A Friend To The Cult Of Trump Today [View all] ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2020 OP

I'm sorry... but you'll find much better friends. dawg day Jul 2020 #1

Well, they're brainwashed, literally, so... they don't care renate Jul 2020 #49

I'm so sorry, ChoppinBrocoli! I know how it is Cha Jul 2020 #2

And to think we used to say: marybourg Jul 2020 #3

That's a shame Delarage Jul 2020 #4

Sadly, this part of his personality would have emerged Ilsa Jul 2020 #5

I am truly sorry, that will hurt a long while. irisblue Jul 2020 #6

Typical Cluster B personality disorder behavior. Laelth Jul 2020 #7

some people are just wired differently. Sad, but clearly you and they don't share values NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #8

Sounds like your friend has been brainwashed. I lost a friend under similar circumstances tulipsandroses Jul 2020 #9

The white supremacist web sites use the same recruiting psychology and methods The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #13

cool story SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #10

Are you implying that the OP is lying? Because if you are... LuckyCharms Jul 2020 #19

I disagree. FM123 Jul 2020 #23

Wow. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #37

you are such an edgelord obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #52

There seems to be a metastasis happening right now lostnfound Jul 2020 #11

Sorry about your loss as painful it might be, its definitely time to move on. yonder Jul 2020 #12

Hey, at least it was *just* a friend... hurple Jul 2020 #14

Sending you comfort MLAA Jul 2020 #25

😞 2golddogs Jul 2020 #58

Jim Jones - Jonestown..... LovingA2andMI Jul 2020 #15

his loss, you did the right thing Demonaut Jul 2020 #16

I'm very sorry, this sounds s disturbing as it gets. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #17

Sorry 😐 for your loss. Sincerely. nt live love laugh Jul 2020 #18

It's his loss MustLoveBeagles Jul 2020 #20

"Life is so much more jolly when trolls have the nuclear codes!" struggle4progress Jul 2020 #21

"I would have taken a bullet for him." quickesst Jul 2020 #22

Sorry but I stopped reading SlogginThroughIt Jul 2020 #24

Been there. Lots. Old hippies are now MAGA. It just confounds me. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #26

Seriously PatSeg Jul 2020 #29

I quite seriously wonder how many of us really know our selves sanatanadharma Jul 2020 #59

Yes for the most part PatSeg Jul 2020 #60

Well, we old hippies over here are NOT MAGAts. About as far as you can get from that. calimary Jul 2020 #38

Old Hippie here Sucha NastyWoman Jul 2020 #48

In some ways, it seems like another kind of virus. dchill Jul 2020 #27

It is truly bizarre PatSeg Jul 2020 #28

I've been debating whether I'd be better off without my one of my best friends Poiuyt Jul 2020 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jul 2020 #31

While reading all the responds to your post, I was thinking. Dan Jul 2020 #32

I Said To My Wife Tonight, "I Hope All These Crazy People Go Back To Normal Once Trump Is Gone" ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2020 #35

Wondering, and if you could answer this... Dan Jul 2020 #42

When you said in the OP wnylib Jul 2020 #44

"EVERYONE is lying except Trump." yonder Jul 2020 #50

Similar story...... Hulk Jul 2020 #33

Sorry man, same thing here and probably most of us at some point. yonder Jul 2020 #51

What confuses me the most about this crap is that, of all people... Silent3 Jul 2020 #34

For my brother, I am sure it was the racism. SunSeeker Jul 2020 #46

People seem to get sucked in for a lot of different reasons ucrdem Jul 2020 #36

Depressing story and a symbol of what the fascist right-wing wants for America. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #39

Same transformation hit my brother 10 years ago. It really is like a death. SunSeeker Jul 2020 #40

You're better off today than you were yesterday TeamPooka Jul 2020 #41

Lost my nephew the same way KT2000 Jul 2020 #43

the first red flag was he was a libertarian eShirl Jul 2020 #45

I wish someone could explain why this happens to people. I just can't understand at all. Kablooie Jul 2020 #47

While It May Be A Bummer... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #53

Did you talk about this friend at the old Kerry forum back in 2004? Kaleva Jul 2020 #54

No, I Met This Guy Around 2010 Or So ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2020 #55

Chump wouldn't give this guy a sip from a canteen, if he was dying bullwinkle428 Jul 2020 #56

One of my best friends is semi-retired and got sucked in by RW talk radio Norbert Jul 2020 #57

A rare case when I doubt the relationship's savable, Hortensis Jul 2020 #61

My only question is why in hell does ending this relationship "bother" you? You should Atticus Jul 2020 #62

Imo it's because this person turned into, or revealed... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #65

What Thom Hartman said about libertarians.... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #63

That's Almost EXACTLY What I Said Years Ago ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2020 #66

So sorry for everyone losing family and friends to ... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #64