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Showing Original Post only (View all)How do I deal with a family member I feel I am losing to anti-Israel and anti-Jewish propaganda? [View all]
This family member - someone whom the rest of my extremely pro-Democrat / anti-Trump family is quite fond of - has been texting the rest of us some extremely anti-Biden text messages. When the conflict in Israel first began, this family member initially claimed that everything that has happened - including the murders committed by Hamas - was Netanyahu's fault. I was shocked and heartbroken to read what this family member wrote. They have gone on to text messages of a disturbingly anti-Jewish bent - suggesting Jewish political intervention throughout the world. This is not a dumb person. This person is college educated, otherwise articulate - but shockingly obtuse to what Hamas did to Israel on October 7th and to what Hamas is as an entity. When I first read the text messages from this family member, I delicately suggested being careful about injecting one's self into this issue. Our family is neither Muslim or Jewish. This family member also works with a number of prominent members of the Jewish community where they live. Again, very delicately, I explained to this person that their job would almost certainly be on the line if their text messages went out to the wrong person. The impression I currently get is that this family member is either trying to persuade us to their side or is resentful of us for not agreeing with them. Went this person sends out these messages, none of the rest of us has responded in agreement. But, it's been escalating every day it seems. This family member is now saying how much they dislike Biden for "not making Israel stop the war" and won't vote for Biden if "he doesn't do something." I have texted a few articles explaining the slim margin of victory in most elections. Basically, I'm saying "the absence of your vote will be felt." The message isn't getting through. I feel like my family is losing this family member to God only knows what propaganda they are reading. I wonder too, in the cumulative, how many families are dealing with something similar. Is this how Trump wins - by dividing us against ourselves, one family member at a time?