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26. Been there. Lots. Old hippies are now MAGA. It just confounds me.

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Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:22 PM

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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