I ended a family relationship tonight...

[dutch508]

Mz Pip  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5492951
      Sun Apr-19-09 10:10 PM
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I ended a family relationship tonight...
   
I don't have much of a family being an only child and both parents are deceased. The only family on my mom's side I've kept in touch with over the years is my cousin's wife. That's over as of tonight.

I've been more than tolerant of the RW screeds she sends be on a regular basis but the last one put me over the top. I won't post it. It was a picture of Obama bowing to the Saudi king. Big ****ing deal IMHO. Well this screed accused him of all sorts of malfeasance like 'bowing to the head of Islam!!!!' Oh noes!!!!!!!!!!!! That along with a bunch of racist innuendos. I hit back this time with the pics from the 'tea parties' and all the racist signs. Of course she didn't acknowledge the odiousness of any of this and told me that if I was so smart I should run for government office.

So I countered with the fact that these people who write these screeds don't even have the courage to sign their names much less run for office.

So tonight I get her latest comeback telling me that I just spout Democratic talking points but she reads both sides of the issue before making a decision. (Yeah, right. I'd believe that if she ever sent me anything other than RW screed.) So I was basically accused of not being a good American, that the people who sent these emails loved America and I obviously didn't. "You are not open-minded or you are blinded or deaf to what is going on.... Oh and by the way the people I send those emails too are great people who LOVE this Country and LOVE God and CARE what happens." No, they only care about having things go their way.

I replied pretty much shredding her and told her to stop sending me this crap.

So that's that. Obama pals around with terrorists and we all voted for him so we love the terrorists. Got it. **** you.

Funny. I don't feel bad at all.

Mz Pip

I keep hearing of all the hate the right-wing has, and yet, I only hear about leftists doing shit like this.

OmahaBlueDog  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-19-09 10:16 PM
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5. I'm genuinely curious. Is there any common ground at this point?
   
It used to be we could say, "I disagree with what you'll say, but I'll go to my death defending your right to say it". It seems like now, there is no common ground. I know some coworkers who are cons who I can good naturedly trade barbs with, but mostly, about all I can discuss now and stay on safe ground is sports. The minute it gets to current events, it gets nasty.

Dammit Ann  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-19-09 10:17 PM
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6. Hell yes! You don't need that shit in your life.
   
I hate this whole idea that if we are DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY that we are the ****ING ENEMY!

**** these ****ers. You will most likely never miss her presence in your life.

There's the LOVE!!!

NV Whino  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-19-09 10:18 PM
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8. Yup.
   
A long time friend of mine (over 40 years) kept sending me all that right wing shit and I finally told him to stop it. He doesn't even examine it himself, or write it himself, he just passes it along. Haven't heard from him since.

Got another one who's going to disappear shortly, too. Her latest one was on the tea party she attended.

So hugs to you, Mz Pip. You have plenty of company. The good kind, that is.

So much love and understanding, and yet we are the ones trying to tear this country apart?

[thundley4]

The cousin's wife probably told her to quit asking for money , and to get a job if welfare wasn't paying enough.  That was turned into a racism bouncy.

0Bongs, no conversion and the DUmmie ran away from the fight.

[Mike220]

I call

[dandi]

For a normal person, disowning a family member or being disowned would be a hurtful, embarrassing thing. Not to DUmbasses. They wear it as a badge of honor.

Apparently they live their real lives just like their online lives. If someone disagrees with them they just "ban" them.

Insane.

[Lord Undies]

Cuzz's wife sounds like one luck family member.  What a relief it must be for her not to have to pretend anymore that the Little Goon is sane and worthy of equal consideration.  2009 could turn out to be her best year in years.

[Celtic Rose]

I've never even considered ending a family relationship, even when my relatives have said crazy stuff.  To me, an e-mail can be deleted, and my family members are more important than any wacky opinions they may have.  

DUmmies, maybe if you stepped back from the politics, you might see that there is more to life than proving those on the right-wing wrong.  

[AllosaursRus]

For a normal person, disowning a family member or being disowned would be a hurtful, embarrassing thing. Not to DUmbasses. They wear it as a badge of honor.

Apparently they live their real lives just like their online lives. If someone disagrees with them they just "ban" them.
Insane.

Ya know, i think ya just hit the nail right on the head!

They are treating those that don't agree with them, the same way the MODS at the island treat those that don't have their point of view.

I think they believe this is an acceptable way to deal with their lives. PATHETIC, ain't it?

[jtyangel]

Why would any conservative sign their name to anything, even accurate, given the left's penchant along with their media whores to demonize any contrary opinion to their own? I don't blame what is likely a smart average joe from wanting to protect their reputation and families from the vileness that is the left in some pockets.

[USA4ME]

Sometimes I'm convinced these conservative relatives are playing a game of "Let's see how far I can push this moonbat before they cut off all ties to me."

.

[Gwitness]

Sometimes I'm convinced these conservative relatives are playing a game of "Let's see how far I can push this moonbat before they cut off all ties to me."

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heh-heh....my father is an Obama moonbat....my brother and I show him no mercy.

[Karin]

When I was college age I was an idiot moonbat; I voted for the most atrocious people you can imagine, fortunately, none of them won.  My brother and sisters showed no mercy to me, either.  Oh the berating and belittlement they heaped upon me, quite richly deserved. 

Anyway, dandi gets a H5 for his "banning" comment.  Astute.  Banning is so easy, it's good for lazy people. 

[Splashdown]

For a normal person, disowning a family member or being disowned would be a hurtful, embarrassing thing. Not to DUmbasses. They wear it as a badge of honor.

Apparently they live their real lives just like their online lives. If someone disagrees with them they just "ban" them.

Insane.

I high-5'ed you, too.

Probably the two most-used functions at DU are the "Alert" button and the "igonore" function.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Mz Pip  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) http://www.democraticunde...l&address=389x5492951
      Sun Apr-19-09 10:10 PM
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I ended a family relationship tonight...
   
I don't have much of a family being an only child and both parents are deceased. The only family on my mom's side I've kept in touch with over the years is my cousin's wife. That's over as of tonight.

Thank you for taking the burden of your loathesome stupidity off the back of your perhaps-too-charitable relation.

[Chris_]

Ever wonder why we've never heard of a liberal politician talking about "compassionate liberalism"?  The two are mutually exclusive.