I had a great childhood and my mother taught me everything I needed to know, to be honest, to treat others the way I want to be treated, and to always respect those around me. My mom was always cooking, and no kid in the neighborhood wasn't welcome if they had not had a good meal that day. She was a generous spirit and a great role model.
What happened? When her 4 children were old enough she went back to work at a small neighborhood pharmacy. The owner of the pharmacy was a Right Winger who played Rush Limbaugh every single day. She was forced to listen to that garbage for over 20 years until she retired. That changed her for sure, but it wasn't until Facebook that she truly became lost. My mom is now in her 70s, she simply wasn't ready to handle all of the information the internet offers. She'll read a DRUDGE headline and to her that is just as valid as a CNN headline. And she followed the rabbit down the hole from there. She believes everything she reads on Breitbart and she follows links from there to even darker websites. Her and her same aged cousin send fear stories back and forth about Muslims plowing their cars into crowds in the US, about Obama pledging allegiance to ISIS, and everything you can imagine about Hillary.
In her world, danger is around every corner, minorities are savages intent on stealing her country, Muslims have all but taken over the whole country and Sharia Law is now being enforced. It's terribly sad and it makes her miserable.
I still love my mom and she's still a great grandmother, but this stuff has changed her. There is no reaching her, countless hours have been spent trying. Trump is some type of super hero to her, only he can make things right in the world, none of his flaws matter because he's a super man and will make her and everyone she cares about safe.
It's absolutely disgusting the fear mongering coming from Trump and the Right in general, their aim is to do exactly what they did to my mother, terrify her in her golden years so they can gain power. It's decades worth of brain washing and it's basically permanent. Trump is the end product of all of this.
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