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Title: Here we go again
Post by: dandi on November 20, 2010, 03:58:04 PM: Yes folks, it's that time of year again, where DUmmies set aside politics and personal differences to share fellowship with, and bask in the love of, their respective families, knowing that blood is indeed thicker than water and kinship ties are the ones that bind.

PSYCH!!!

:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 02:52 PM
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How many of you are dreading Thanksgiving with RW relatives?
My cousins, on my Mom's side keep Faux News on all the time. You wouldn't believe the rants I've had to endure! And they don't realize that's why I spend so little time with them anymore!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9584648

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jobycom (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 02:54 PM
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2. I converted all my right wing relatives.
Bush helped.

Uh-huh. :whatever:

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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 02:54 PM
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3. Just me and my four dogs.
Real dogs. The woof-woof kind.

NO RELATIVES, thankyouverymuch.

TG

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chidy (38 posts) Thu Nov-18-10 02:55 PM
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4. i'm having a relation-free holiday!
and i'm really looking forward to it. i had a big blowout with my "lifegiver" and i decided i wasn't going to subject myself to any more of her shit. it's really liberating! i may visit with some friends, or i may just spend the day eating what *i* want to eat (not turkey) and watching movies and smoking a blunt.

How charming. Can a Hallmark card with that on it be far behind?

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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 02:58 PM
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9. I don't have any right wing relatives. I am thankful for that. nt

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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 03:35 PM
Response to Reply #15
20. No, We Don't Do The RELIGIOUS Blah, Blah Either! n/t

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old mark (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 03:36 PM
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21. We almost never see our really RW in-laws - They cross too many lines,
and I don't have that much self control any more.
Besides, my time is too valuable to waste with right wing bigoted half wits.

mark

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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 04:01 PM
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25. I refuse to do it
My husband and I are inviting my 85 year old Dem mom to our home for Thanksgiving. We will not - NOT - endure one more holiday with knuckle-dragging Rethugs. Life is too short to be in the company of such people.

BTW - Did I mention it will just be the three of us?

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DCKit (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 04:39 PM
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34. They tried to guilt me into attending what is sure to be a hostile gathering...
and I simply told them I have no interest in being belittled, berated and insulted.

"But it's FAMILY!" they cried.

"You no longer have any power over me" I answered.

...and so on.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: ColonialMarine0431 on November 20, 2010, 04:07:42 PM: It must be so sad to be a hate filled liberal.

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/Liberal%20Baiting/Spot%20the%20Liberal/spotmd3jl.jpg)
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: thundley4 on November 20, 2010, 04:13:19 PM: I thought of bringing this over, but my title would have been: " How many of your RW relatives are dreading Thanksgiving with you? "
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: BEG on November 20, 2010, 04:17:16 PM: They think they have nothing to be thankful for, why would they celebrate Thanksgiving anyway?
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: zeitgeist on November 20, 2010, 04:21:48 PM: Quote from: BEG on November 20, 2010, 04:17:16 PM
They think they have nothing to be thankful for, why would they celebrate Thanksgiving anyway?
I am thinking free food.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: miskie on November 20, 2010, 04:25:30 PM: We don't have fights - my brother & I converted our JFK Democrat mom, my sister is entirely Libertarian, And most immediate family on both me and my wife's side are either Republican, or recovering Democrats. Granted, further out on the missus side, one will find more JFK Democrats, but no moonbats as far as I know. I Don't think there are any Dems left on my side, but I could be wrong.

But even so - Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving. Not November 2nd.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Ballygrl on November 20, 2010, 04:56:17 PM: This thread actually speaks volumes about regressives, they're miserable in their personal lives so how can we expect them to be any less in their online lives?
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Ballygrl on November 20, 2010, 05:00:17 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on November 20, 2010, 04:13:19 PM
I thought of bringing this over, but my title would have been: " How many of your RW relatives are dreading Thanksgiving with you? "

:lmao: :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Ballygrl on November 20, 2010, 05:05:06 PM: Quote
chriscraft (15 posts)
Fri Nov-19-10 02:54 AM
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37. Man no kidding

All of my relatives have jobs and own their own homes and have new cars and their kids are all in good schools and they just can't conceive of anyone being downtrodden like me and the rest of us. It just pisses me off to have to listen to them gloat about their perfect little lives and their perfect little families and all that perfect little crap they always throw at me.

Do you think that they could ever help me out a little? I've tried to tell them that the drug thing is almost done with and I will get that damned GED and maybe go to art school like i said, but no, they just have to grind on me about my failures, which aren't my fault at all because i have to be who I am and they can't understand that because they're all just a bunch tea bagging fundie stick in the mud republicans who don't give a shit about me.

And they watch Faux News and NASCAR and vote for Bristol on DWTS.

Thank GOD I found DU so I have people that understand!

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Totally a mole!
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: thundley4 on November 20, 2010, 05:08:18 PM: Quote from: Ballygrl on November 20, 2010, 05:05:06 PM
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Totally a mole!

That was a suicidal mole. :lmao:
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Ballygrl on November 20, 2010, 05:09:04 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on November 20, 2010, 05:08:18 PM
That was a suicidal mole. :lmao:

:lmao:

I think they got in most stereotypes of the left!
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: diesel driver on November 20, 2010, 05:14:17 PM: Quote
jobycom (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 02:54 PM
Response to Original message
2. I converted all my right wing relatives.
Bush helped.

:lol:

But then that damned Obama got elected and they reverted back to being right wing fundies. :thatsright: :rotf:
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: thundley4 on November 20, 2010, 05:18:21 PM: Quote
lunatica (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-20-10 03:57 PM
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45. That's why I stopped doing holidays about 15 years ago

Edited on Sat Nov-20-10 03:59 PM by lunatica
Stopped all of it. No Christmas gifts or get togethers, no Thanksgiving dinners with the relatives, no Mothers' Day, No Easter, No birthdays, no nothing. I've never looked back or regretted it. I do what I want. Go to a movie or eat out or just stay home and watch tv or read or hang out on the internet.

One day a light went off in my head and I realized that I had been doing something that everyone feels obligated to do no matter how bad it turns out. What in the world forced me to tow that line if I didn't want to? Nothing. So I dropped the behavior.

I think the family likely dropped you for being a moonbat.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Evil_Conservative on November 20, 2010, 07:45:31 PM: It's so funny that these people can't seem to have normal, non-political conversations with their family. I was raised not to talk politics at the dinner table. To this day, I couldn't tell you where most of my family stands politically.

They can't talk about kids and what they learned in school or what they want to buy for Christmas for a certain someone? Do they not like talking about possible vacations? No compliments to the chef who slaved over the stove all day?

What a bunch of pathetic losers.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Airwolf on November 20, 2010, 07:51:06 PM: lunitica is going to be real popular when the wills read after mom and dad are gone.

Our family hasd a mix of conservative and Democrats. We have never gotten into a fight much less talked thta much about politics during the holidays,there's games on damnit.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Freeper on November 20, 2010, 07:58:11 PM: I'm looking forward to the yearly how bad the Thanksgiving holiday is, because of how we murdered the peace loving Indians in cold blood.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: thundley4 on November 20, 2010, 08:00:15 PM: Quote from: Freeper on November 20, 2010, 07:58:11 PM
I'm looking forward to the yearly how bad the Thanksgiving holiday is, because of how we murdered the peace loving Indians in cold blood.

I haven't seen any of those yet. There were some for Columbus Day, though.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Freeper on November 20, 2010, 08:23:33 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on November 20, 2010, 08:00:15 PM
I haven't seen any of those yet. There were some for Columbus Day, though.

Every holiday that normal decent people celebrate a group of DUmmies find some way to complain about that holiday.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: TheSarge on November 21, 2010, 12:14:45 AM: You know there are entire families getting together this year thankful they don't have to set a place this year at the table for their cousin/son/daughter/nephew/uncle etc that ruins the entire day with crazy political talk and trashing the belief system of everyone at he table BUT them.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: BlueStateSaint on November 21, 2010, 05:08:33 AM: Quote from: TxRadioguy on November 21, 2010, 12:14:45 AM
You know there are entire families getting together this year thankful they don't have to set a place this year at the table for their cousin/son/daughter/nephew/uncle etc that ruins the entire day with crazy political talk and trashing the belief system of everyone at he table BUT them.

Definite H5.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: vesta111 on November 21, 2010, 10:48:15 AM: Quote from: TxRadioguy on November 21, 2010, 12:14:45 AM
You know there are entire families getting together this year thankful they don't have to set a place this year at the table for their cousin/son/daughter/nephew/uncle etc that ruins the entire day with crazy political talk and trashing the belief system of everyone at he table BUT them.

AH THE HOLLIDAYS, There is a reason that the Police and Emergency Care is fully staffed at that time.

First Thanksgiving in Va. we had a family of 11 kids, parents and grandma living down the street from us.

Seems that Grandma tended to wander about so with all the comings and goings in that home someone tied Grandma to a kitchen chair. She being spry managed to hop about and still tied to the chair, out the door into the street.

Everyone from the youngest child at 8 to grandma had been drinking all day.

After church and our dinner we heard police sirens and we all went out on the front porch to find half the neighborhood sitting on their porches with drink in hand watching the show.

What a show that was, Their eldest child was 28 or so and down the line, they had arrived with their children so there must have been 30 people in the family drunk as skunks and Grandma in the street still tied to the chair.

A few of the kids or inlaws were wanted by the police so when the cops came they bailed Ass running down our street leaving family and kids behind. Some of the teenagers climbed on the roof, others into trees as more and more Cop cars showed up.

My neighbors were calling out bets to other neighbors on who would get caught and who would escape. One neighbor yelled at me because one of the family was on MY roof.

The police were ordering us to go back inside our homes but few of us did, this was getting interesting.

My older daughter opened her bedroom window and took out the screen so the kids could get in, the house. Had we all stayed on the porch that would not have happend. She was the only family member that followed the commands of the cops and soon joined us out on the porch watching as Grandma was still in the street tied to her chair and hopping down the road.

The cops were hog tied as no one was armed or dangerous, just drunk and getting even with family members that they thought had done them harm in the past.

We had a good 2 hours to watch all this, we got to meet our neighbors and say " HOW DE DO"

No one was arrested as the police could not catch anyone that ran, The people they did get were drinking on their own property, and non violent to the police and the family members that had black eyes or head wound's swore they walked into a door.

Grandma was untied and was escorted home with no trouble and the kids that had hidden in my daughters room left by the back door.

Most interesting Thanksgiving I have had to date-----Welcome to the South Vesta, The next few Xmases proved to be even more interesting.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: true_blood on November 21, 2010, 01:03:42 PM: Quote
ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Thu Nov-18-10 03:35 PM
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20. No, We Don't Do The RELIGIOUS Blah, Blah Either! n/t
Yeah, of course not. But,...you will worship your lord zero and all those redistributive wealth advantages and a more intrusive gubberment, huh?! :mental:
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Vagabond on November 21, 2010, 02:21:27 PM: The yearly pre-Thanksgiving moonbat gbashing of teeth. I mentioned to my wife on Friday they would have it up this weekend. She said they wouldn't. I get to go collect on my bet..... :whistling:
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Karin on November 22, 2010, 09:57:54 AM: Quote
You know there are entire families getting together this year thankful
that they get to set an extra place at the table for a returning servicman or woman, home from tour of duty.

Imagine the joy in that family.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on November 22, 2010, 10:37:28 AM: Most of mine live in a midwestern Lib enclave and are immersed in it, though my Sis is really more of a Libertarian than a Leftie; my wife's Sis and her hubby are moonbats, but I get along with all of them. We all know we don't agree but aside from a humorous jab or two we just stay off the politics. Unfortunately the wife's sister and bro-in-law invite other moonbats to holiday meals who are not house-trained and I confess to one or twice baiting them into saying things even they knew were stupid. None of them have had the good grace to commit ritual suicide from the shame yet, though. Sadly.

:-)
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: dandi on November 22, 2010, 12:00:24 PM: Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on November 22, 2010, 10:37:28 AM
Unfortunately the wife's sister and bro-in-law invite other moonbats to holiday meals who are not house-trained and I confess to one or twice baiting them into saying things even they knew were stupid. None of them have had the good grace to commit ritual suicide from the shame yet, though. Sadly.

:-)

Then you are obviously not trying hard enough. Just sayin'....

:-)
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: VivisMom on November 22, 2010, 02:14:44 PM: I found the 'white man is evil' thread!

What do I win??? (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9608718)
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Freeper on November 22, 2010, 08:32:23 PM: Quote from: VivisMom on November 22, 2010, 02:14:44 PM
I found the 'white man is evil' thread!

What do I win??? (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9608718)

Well it isn't exactly like finding a needle in a haystack more like finding hay in a haystack.
:-) :tongue:
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 22, 2010, 09:49:28 PM: If they are so wrapped in politics with their family, they have problems.
Title: Re: Here we go again
Post by: Revolution on November 23, 2010, 01:30:13 AM: Quote
4. i'm having a relation-free holiday!

Awwww...I feel so sorry for you. As Donna once told Eric, "Sorry fun stuff."

PS: Why would one think about "relations" when this is supposed to be a holiday about family??

BLECCCCCHHHHKKKK!!