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BellaKos

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20. I understand completely.

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:45 AM

Nov 2012

In my case, I've "lost" a cousin, all of my in-laws, friends....
And the thing is *they* are the ones who are so insistent on "informing" me of the "facts" so I will finally wake up and see that Obama is destroying the country. They copy the style of their masters, Rush and Hannity or Bourtz -- thinking that if they repeat their lie long enough, say it louder, or write in CAPS maybe I'll "get it."

I'm fed up. If they can't see that they are wrong, brainwashed, and firmly entrenched within their bubble, then fuk 'em. I swear. We just had an election for gawd's sake. That was real. And that alone should make them wonder if maybe they've missed something.

Good gawd. Is this 1858, or what? I feel like an abolitionist in New York and that all my relatives are Georgia plantation owners.

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Just went OFF on a niece (Facebook) - GRRRR!!! [View all] IdaBriggs Nov 2012 OP

No answers here JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #1

My FB republican relatives PatSeg Nov 2012 #18

The consensus is that the pic of him w/ the cell phone was photoshopped. woodsprite Nov 2012 #2

Yep look at the photo again. Chunk Nov 2012 #4

I don't see the second left hand down by his waist SnowCritter Nov 2012 #35

Personally I think presidents should stop the "saluting" crap altogether. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #72

Even if it wasn't... GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #11

It's not ThoughtCriminal Nov 2012 #66

I get it. I've got a couple of wingnut cousins who have -- amazingly! -- begot wingnut sons! whathehell Nov 2012 #3

Send them the lyrics to "You've Got to Be Taught" GoneOffShore Nov 2012 #6

Just posted those lyrics yesterday.. txdemsftw Nov 2012 #15

Wow. Thanks! Nt abelenkpe Nov 2012 #33

So she favored the guy who never even mentioned the troops in his speeches? central scrutinizer Nov 2012 #5

So tired of the butthurt whining OkieGranny Nov 2012 #7

Perhaps you two should avoid topics of politics or avoid facebooking with each other Marrah_G Nov 2012 #8

These people put up their own roadblocks to good family relations. Darth_Kitten Nov 2012 #21

I take exception to your statement about "pathetic private religious schools" blueamy66 Nov 2012 #23

Read what I wrote again, please..... Darth_Kitten Nov 2012 #29

Every child who transferred from the nearby Christian school to the public elementary school where I Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #62

Wow.....95% of the kids that graduate from my Catholic HS go to college blueamy66 Nov 2012 #67

Absolutely. "Christian" schools, at least here in the tri-state DE, PA, MD, are not Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #71

I didn't take the post that way at all. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #60

It sounds like your family issues have more to do with just politics Marrah_G Nov 2012 #25

Quality time? Darth_Kitten Nov 2012 #30

I think we are talking past each other Marrah_G Nov 2012 #53

Valid point. But somebody on the internet is WRONG!!! IdaBriggs Nov 2012 #54

LOl I know right? Marrah_G Nov 2012 #55

Just post this one for her ;) Chunk Nov 2012 #9

oh, god... I just had a flashback to those eight years renate Nov 2012 #26

Win! lady lib Nov 2012 #41

Needs an appropriate caption: JohnnyRingo Nov 2012 #45

Good one! nt laundry_queen Nov 2012 #56

Perfect!! Missn-Hitch Nov 2012 #49

Please.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2012 #63

there are certain double-standard games that conservatives always play... phantom power Nov 2012 #10

I haven't been on Facebook... Rockyj Nov 2012 #12

How disrespectful!" nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #13

I am so happy that my nieces don't post anything political. Just wanna see the kids' pics..... blueamy66 Nov 2012 #14

Having done several VIP security details... sarisataka Nov 2012 #16

I share your frustration dooner Nov 2012 #17

they talk about respect barbtries Nov 2012 #19

I understand completely. BellaKos Nov 2012 #20

My eldest is over two years into a relationship with a fine young soldier. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #22

She's married to a service member, so all she is doing is borrowing someone else's glory. Aristus Nov 2012 #24

I'd lose my shit if my niece was a Republic. DCKit Nov 2012 #27

Easy to fix this ornotna Nov 2012 #28

You should have asked her to consider the possibility that vlyons Nov 2012 #31

The senior is not required to return a salute Kaleva Nov 2012 #32

Is he required to salute, he's not in the Military. oldbanjo Nov 2012 #37

Not sure. He's Commander in Chief but also a civilian Kaleva Nov 2012 #39

yes, as Commander in Chief sarisataka Nov 2012 #64

I was already at a 9.5/10 on my limit leading up to the election... meeshrox Nov 2012 #34

I quit FB about 2 weeks after joining Lebam in LA Nov 2012 #36

Me too, about 2 weeks that was enough, oldbanjo Nov 2012 #38

We are reaping Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2012 #40

Yep. It's a cult. nt Chorophyll Nov 2012 #46

Let me help. Use this pic: JohnnyRingo Nov 2012 #42

+1 Chorophyll Nov 2012 #48

You go girl. Of all things to be upset about is a hand salute. Give me a break. Did she ever southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #43

I told my right wing cousin The Wizard Nov 2012 #44

re:Just went OFF on a niece (Facebook) - GRRRR!!! allan01 Nov 2012 #47

It was Reagan who began the practice of a president returning salutes Kaleva Nov 2012 #50

My Teabagger Niece Un-Friended Me Wednesday For Calling Her Out On Her Whining JimGinPA Nov 2012 #51

UPDATE: The facebook war continues (but my niece has dropped out for now) IdaBriggs Nov 2012 #52

Marines would say sarisataka Nov 2012 #65

That whole "Obama cell phone" thing still cracks me up.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #57

It's a fake. POTUS CANNOT use a cell phone. CakeGrrl Nov 2012 #58

She needs to think what she is posting Corgigal Nov 2012 #59

Marines do not salute when uncovered. ieoeja Nov 2012 #61

I'm wrestling with what to do with some recently discovered birth relatives DiehardLiberal Nov 2012 #68

Just take them off your Newsfeed. They'll still be your FB 'Friends' and they'll never know. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #69

Thanks - I guess I thought it was all or nothing. DiehardLiberal Nov 2012 #70

Is this "genius" privy to who Obama was talking to? Could be it was a very important conversation Raine Nov 2012 #73