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Jasana

(490 posts)
34. I am truly sorry this has happened to your family.
Sun Oct 27, 2013, 02:52 PM
Oct 2013

This right wing cruelty is like a sickness... a virus of the darkest kind. While I'm thankful I haven't lost any family to it, I have lost friendships to it. There's only so much negativity you can take before you say, "Enough is enough. I can't talk to you anymore."

The RW Hatemonger Media constantly pounds away with their wedge lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #1
And they have lost the ability to look at themselves. It is like how Hitler got all those Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #4
+1932 (approx.) lunasun Oct 2013 #35
This is EXACTLY the same. AAO Oct 2013 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author tconer Oct 2013 #51
Welcome to DU! GCP Oct 2013 #54
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You may enjoy Wrapped in The Flag author C Conner She came from a RW family and has a lot lunasun Oct 2013 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author tconer Oct 2013 #76
welcome to DU putitinD Oct 2013 #79
Welcome to DU. I'm very impressed by your post. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #90
Bravo for you, tconer! johnlucas Oct 2013 #94
Welcome to DU! Fumesucker Oct 2013 #95
Thank you classykaren Oct 2013 #106
Welcome to DU tconer. reflection Oct 2013 #118
Great honest post. go west young man Oct 2013 #123
Perhaps at some point you will expand on your thoughts in an original post. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #127
I wish your transformation will happen to more and more people. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #136
Congrats and welcome! Michigan Alum Oct 2013 #150
My mom, who is old enough to remember, was just saying this same thing! Dustlawyer Oct 2013 #87
not really hfojvt Oct 2013 #93
Yup. thats what RW propaganda does to people. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #2
I know the feeling Joe Bacon Oct 2013 #48
I would write back to my mother, repeating what you told us here... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #3
I did write that back to her. And she just called and tried to defend herself and said that those Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #6
Bullies frequently say their victims 'can't take a joke.' It's how they justify their behavior. Shrike47 Oct 2013 #14
On the bright side, she did a good job raising you. Keep at her. There's a decent person under the Squinch Oct 2013 #15
If you are reading this Maraya LiberalLovinLug Oct 2013 #38
Well, thank you. Squinch Oct 2013 #66
They get these people in the attack mode classykaren Oct 2013 #109
"...can't take a joke." CrispyQ Oct 2013 #129
It really is a shame meadowlark5 Oct 2013 #5
I feel for you kickitup Oct 2013 #13
Welcome to DU, kickitup! calimary Oct 2013 #21
I could almost imagine a new civil war between right and left AAO Oct 2013 #40
I thought the same thing... KansDem Oct 2013 #99
I have a client I have worked with weekly for three years. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #131
I blame television for a lot of this, too. It's all cruelty and humiliation now. arcane1 Oct 2013 #7
you are so right, it is truly horrifying nt Tumbulu Oct 2013 #85
You have my sympathy. Ednahilda Oct 2013 #8
My Father was a Phd, professor, Dept Chair, and Dean at a major state university. AAO Oct 2013 #42
My daughter and her husband have a friend like that. murielm99 Oct 2013 #56
Really makes you wonder about the definition of intelligence. AAO Oct 2013 #58
Not Dad. Ednahilda Oct 2013 #121
Can he drink a glass of red wine a night? I've been reading that besides all its other benefits Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #143
I don't know if he does now, Ednahilda Oct 2013 #151
"Republicans don't have a sense of humor... alterfurz Oct 2013 #9
Did anyone of those three, Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #10
I have noticed this phenoma also the longer the commute the more right wing they are kimbutgar Oct 2013 #57
I listen to NPR and WBIA Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #74
Yes! reflection Oct 2013 #120
I know where you're going with that. Blanks Oct 2013 #80
To a big extent it's because anger is addictive Fumesucker Oct 2013 #97
I know I like to listen to talk radio because it feels like someone is with me. Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #141
I had to drive about an hour (each way) to a job site... Blanks Oct 2013 #148
How old is your mom? mzteris Oct 2013 #11
She is 82 and very active, has friends and lives with her boyfriend. I can trace this all to the Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #16
I was shocked when my boyfriend's brothers girlfriend riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #28
I'm in NJ Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #116
the best reply grasswire Oct 2013 #12
Welcome to my world Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #17
I have lost 2 friends too & they would not stop mentioning RW talk points so I now avoid them lunasun Oct 2013 #45
I know what you mean Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #67
Right wing media doesn't really provide actual arguments, just "talking points" and buzzwords. Mayberry Machiavelli Oct 2013 #128
I feel your pain treestar Oct 2013 #18
The latest from the GOP is they are the heroes of white people being in charge. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #19
Exactly - they are forming the Radical White as a voting base who will make sure only insecure white lunasun Oct 2013 #39
What's most disgusting about all of this is seeing Democrats trying to save them. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #52
My bro-in-law has become a gun nut since he hurt his back... Tikki Oct 2013 #20
I had a break in riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #27
He lives in the King of Gated Communities… Tikki Oct 2013 #29
does sound like mental decline riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #68
It does…he is such a great guy.. Tikki Oct 2013 #71
What would happen if you just got him a dog? Get a puppy from the pound. It will start Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #142
We kind of have that planned…We are getting a little dog soon and plan to.. Tikki Oct 2013 #145
I am sorry but her life may be at risk classykaren Oct 2013 #111
We know..it is a deep concern. Tikki Oct 2013 #125
Dog is absolutely the way to go Cosmocat Oct 2013 #134
My father and one of my friends is EXACTLY the same way Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #30
People change. Rain Mcloud Oct 2013 #22
my mother would hang up on me when I said Obama riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #23
I saw your post before but I missed the part about your mother. I am really Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #146
My family has always been the voice of reason, guess I was lucky.... Thucydides Oct 2013 #24
It's a dehumanizing campaign. ffr Oct 2013 #25
some of my in laws started attending a fundy church and immediately gopiscrap Oct 2013 #26
You are not alone... mudstump Oct 2013 #31
wow Skittles Oct 2013 #91
The American Far Right® has been actively cultivating cruelty and intolerance for years now. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #32
RW radio and Fox changed my mom on me too. I feel your pain. nt TeamPooka Oct 2013 #33
Mine, too! narnian60 Oct 2013 #60
I am truly sorry this has happened to your family. Jasana Oct 2013 #34
2 liberal ( well they seemed it for years.. ) friends have gone total RW lunasun Oct 2013 #36
It really does change people-- and never for the better. Marr Oct 2013 #41
you should remind her that.... madrchsod Oct 2013 #43
Do you think FAUX is transmitting subliminal hate messages? Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #44
I read years ago that in the 50's the CIA developed techniques to brainwash people subliminally kimbutgar Oct 2013 #61
+1000000 Chrom Oct 2013 #152
The GOP can only thrive when there's division, bigotry, suspicion and hate of Lex Oct 2013 #62
Subliminal? It's their entire reason for being Doctor_J Oct 2013 #63
That's interesting. I wonder if they do send subliminal messages. Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #72
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." Iris Oct 2013 #46
Can definitely relate. silverweb Oct 2013 #47
Personally I'm COMPLETELY SICK As I Continue To See ChiciB1 Oct 2013 #49
I'm pretty lucky, I guess. Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #50
I'm so sorry to hear this, Maraya. stage left Oct 2013 #53
"Heritage - not Hate"? There heritage is that they lost the war. There heritage is that they Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #147
I'm sorry for you Prophet 451 Oct 2013 #59
I think you are right. narnian60 Oct 2013 #64
I guess I should be happy one of my parents is bucking that trend dorkzilla Oct 2013 #98
I hear you Maraya and I sympathize Skittles Oct 2013 #65
Rush Limbaugh, Fox News and the whole right-wing infotainment industrial complex who created a false Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #69
Have you pointed out to them how they've changed, or is that a bad idea? polichick Oct 2013 #70
Oh yes. And she tells me how she has always been a republican and I remind her Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #73
I'm sorry - it must be pretty disturbing... polichick Oct 2013 #77
I feel your pain, I am probably the only one in my family who is still Democrat or at least I am the Thinkingabout Oct 2013 #78
I've seen a mean, racist streak surface in older white people I've known for years. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #81
I lost my mother and my inheritance over this Link Speed Oct 2013 #82
Same with what's left of mine... SayitAintSo Oct 2013 #83
Life-long best friend now a narrow-minded Fox believer missingfink Oct 2013 #84
Americans have been subjected to hundreds-of-thousands of hours of "false advertising" by ... JEFF9K Oct 2013 #86
We've become a nation of selfish ass holes. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #88
until the americans stop giving 1200 coordinated corporate kkk radio stations a free speech certainot Oct 2013 #89
my one brother ... what it had done to him ... and his wife or vice versa. sad. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #92
I know exactly what you mean Lilyeye Oct 2013 #96
My Sister and Mother WiffenPoof Oct 2013 #100
I suppose that next Turbineguy Oct 2013 #101
family frog64 Oct 2013 #102
No naturally libdude Oct 2013 #103
kindly classykaren Oct 2013 #104
Hate is for the mentally lazy n/t the_sly_pig Oct 2013 #105
This is a particularly disturbing thread. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #107
SAD Mr Dixon Oct 2013 #108
re:I can't believe how much my family has changed after being brainwashed by the GOP. allan01 Oct 2013 #110
My mother... mgardener Oct 2013 #112
I don't like to think about it too much eilen Oct 2013 #122
In response to your first line in OP heaven05 Oct 2013 #113
It has happen to a lot of my friends Pakid Oct 2013 #114
Hate is a terrible drug that can take away our soul rurallib Oct 2013 #115
Same thing happened to my mom abelenkpe Oct 2013 #117
Not a big deal, imo. Dash87 Oct 2013 #119
It happened in my family, too. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #124
This is why who owns the media MATTERS. DU'er's should be fighting tooth and nail to snot Oct 2013 #126
I kicked and Recommended you DU post and I am saving the information you just gave Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #140
Thanks! snot Oct 2013 #149
I haven't seen most of my family in 10 years ... Myrina Oct 2013 #130
Amazing, isn't it? AndyA Oct 2013 #132
Same here. SpankMe Oct 2013 #133
And I thought it was just me... Chrom Oct 2013 #135
I have grown old and haven't been brainwashed by rw shit. It is these people's f'g choice DeschutesRiver Oct 2013 #137
Isn't the path to citizenship the repubs are screaming EC Oct 2013 #138
I have completely blocked Fux Noise from all the TVs in my house. Initech Oct 2013 #139
Prolonged (and unrefuted) propaganda works SoCalDem Oct 2013 #144
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