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Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:51 PM Nov 2020

So, I need to vent [View all]

Yeah, there are casualties of the MAGA.

I lost an important member of my family today. Hes alive and well, I suppose, yet he unfriended me on Facebook. Not just unfriended, but blocked

This was a cousin who I thought, hung the moon. He fixed my shortwave radio as a child at my grandmother's house in central Oklahoma. It was this moment that i knew that i wanted to be an electronics technician; I wanted the skills he had. He always had the best country music in his tape collection. Christ he took my brother and I to see 3D science fiction movie in 1982/83 ( I would appreciate some help with this as I cant remember the name of the flick, it was a space adventure) at the Hornbeck Theater in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

I know that we disagreed on politics, yet however, this person took things to far. Once trump got into power it was all or nothing.

Well here we are: this cousin is 62 and I'm 47. This person has blocked me as if I dont exist. A person who was so instrumental to my younger years, a person I looked up to. I suppose that's the part that hurts the worst.

Reagan started this bullshit with him in the1980s. I saw it consume him and change him.

Its vile what these people have done to obtain power.

Thanks for letting me rant...

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So, I need to vent [View all] gay texan Nov 2020 OP
... Nevilledog Nov 2020 #1
So sorry for your loss MLAA Nov 2020 #2
I'm sorry this happened to you. Tanuki Nov 2020 #3
Would you consider sending him a card telling him how much he means to you Tanuki Nov 2020 #7
Same here blue cat Nov 2020 #4
I'm so sorry this happened to you. leftieNanner Nov 2020 #5
So noted gay texan Nov 2020 #8
. Laelth Nov 2020 #6
It's so sad how poisoned the Republican politics has been. lunatica Nov 2020 #9
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This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2020 #10
So sorry to see this happen to you......... MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #12
Captain Eo starring Michael Jackson perhaps? 3D soothsayer Nov 2020 #13
My really good friend of 30 years MOMFUDSKI Nov 2020 #14
I can relate. I think most of us can. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #15
Sorry for you Rebl2 Nov 2020 #16
Have you ever told him "u literally changed my life and I love u despite differences"? Shaddox Nov 2020 #17
It sounds like you loved him more than I my own father. That is a great thing to have that. Shaddox Nov 2020 #19
That's hard. Time nay help. Joinfortmill Nov 2020 #18
I don't speak to a cousin either mgardener Nov 2020 #20
Sorry Snackshack Nov 2020 #21
I'm so very sorry for your loss... Hekate Nov 2020 #22
Sadly, I think we all have this person (s) in our lives. My only sister. yankeepants Nov 2020 #23
I am so sorry gay Texan. Susan Calvin Nov 2020 #24
A couple of candidates: LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #25
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It looks like a good unwind-your-mind, popcorn movie. LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #29
I'm so sorry this happened. NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #26
You're not alone. Niagara Nov 2020 #27
It's a chapter, fine for its time. You're having more chapters and other people in your life. UTUSN Nov 2020 #30
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