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BigDemVoter

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44. I don't blame you.

Reply to vercetti2021 (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:00 PM

Jul 2020

I had a very close friend from school who is a repig. She was the only repig friend I had left and I just avoided talking about politics with her. But. . . She wouldn't stop bad mouthing Obama when he was president, and I just ignored it. When Trump slithered into the White House, she just couldn't take the fact that I referred to him as "Pussy-Grabber" and stopped talking to me. . .

She could certainly dish it out but couldn't take it. I don't know if I have ever been friends with somebody who was so poorly informed.

In any case, good fucking riddance. She was a monstrous racist, and I had that on my conscience every time I talked to her. As a liberal, secular Jew, I had to take issue with her talking about how she "jewed people down" on prices. . . . She was clueless, and I'm sure she still is.

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Finally told my Trumper cousin to go fuck herself [View all] vercetti2021 Jul 2020 OP

Sometimes you just have to save your own sanity, never compromise your principles or morals. sunonmars Jul 2020 #1

Exactly! vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #8

True family is often not blood but those you find. Cast off that bad energy, you don't need it. sunonmars Jul 2020 #14

My Grandfather told me, God gives you your relatives its up to you to choose your friends. olegramps Jul 2020 #58

Good for you Eliot Rosewater Jul 2020 #2

There's no "winning" with the entrenched. live love laugh Jul 2020 #3

I tell them that after they've passed a college course in Logic, they cane come back SharonAnn Jul 2020 #56

I also have had family estrangement over politics bluedye33139 Jul 2020 #4

I love a good political argument vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #9

My family is always setting those fires StClone Jul 2020 #57

Rather be in exile than be around nuts vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #60

I miss pre-Fox days of family StClone Jul 2020 #61

Same with my brother. barbtries Jul 2020 #36

They sound like abusive people - you don't owe toxic and abusive family members your time or greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #5

+1 n/t Laelth Jul 2020 #45

Blood pressure took a dive of 23%.... magicarpet Jul 2020 #6

For reals vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #7

I cut every last MAGAt out of my life over 3 years ago. It might be a character flaw on my part, catbyte Jul 2020 #10

What is so sad about this mf45 presidency is how families and friends have been divided kimbutgar Jul 2020 #11

And you'd be surprised how hard I try to just ignore it vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #19

My sympathies. I would snooze them and enjoy my Facebook with my like minded friends kimbutgar Jul 2020 #38

Did the same thing with several of my cousins . LuckyCharms Jul 2020 #12

No amount of rational discussion will change the minds of the brainwashed. diane in sf Jul 2020 #13

You can't save a person who refuses to listen to reason FakeNoose Jul 2020 #15

She should have been told off decades ago Awsi Dooger Jul 2020 #16

Good for you. I've had enough of these bullies too. Arrogant little snots (apologize for language) SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #17

I wanted to keep them around for that reason vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #18

you can pick your friends... qazplm135 Jul 2020 #20

The real question... for those who have hung in there with family MAGA members...is: albacore Jul 2020 #21

Exactly!! StarlightGold Jul 2020 #35

Well done. Cut them both off and walk away from them. (nt) Paladin Jul 2020 #22

Huge numbers of folks would benefit from getting toxic LuckyLib Jul 2020 #23

Jettison trumptards. No mercy. the_sly_pig Jul 2020 #24

See, now that's why you're a better person than me gratuitous Jul 2020 #25

Probably necessary leighbythesea2 Jul 2020 #26

Same Here RedPillJunkie Jul 2020 #41

Quite similar! leighbythesea2 Jul 2020 #42

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jul 2020 #54

I wouldn't have let it get that far. blueinredohio Jul 2020 #27

I did the same about a month ago mokawanis Jul 2020 #28

That's a good outcome vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #49

Many have been through the same... paleotn Jul 2020 #29

You can't win pandr32 Jul 2020 #30

You didn't chose to be with people like them. Sometimes you just have to shove them away and fill Karadeniz Jul 2020 #31

Just because someone shares your DNA StarlightGold Jul 2020 #32

it's truly sad what rightwing media has done to people-- totally brainwashed them LymphocyteLover Jul 2020 #33

It's especially hard to deal with ultra-conservatives and Trumpers in one's own family. Nitram Jul 2020 #34

We never did to begin with vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #48

Good for you! 💕 MLAA Jul 2020 #37

Just remember tandgf Jul 2020 #39

This is why I insist conservatives use English Only JHB Jul 2020 #40

I searched for decades to find my lost first cousin. Grasswire2 Jul 2020 #43

Joyful vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #47

I don't blame you. BigDemVoter Jul 2020 #44

Ugh vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #46

I'm sorry that happened to you but I think it's AWESOME that Upthevibe Jul 2020 #50

Yep vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #51

i have a suggestion. whether they get it from fox or radio or some website they all know who certainot Jul 2020 #52

It's a sickness.... Hulk Jul 2020 #53

"Family isn't about the blood you share. theaocp Jul 2020 #55

They wouldn't vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #59

I'm sorry for the pain. theaocp Jul 2020 #62

That's for sure vercetti2021 Jul 2020 #63