DUmmies talk about unwanted emails (Nadin has a conservative brother?)

[Tess Anderson]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022590287

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:11 PM

 Populist_Prole (2,360 posts)

My RW father is at it again



Some six months ago I asked him to "cool it a little" on his email forwards after getting bombarded by some 15 per week, the vast vast majority of them political. He said he would remove me from his political forwards list, which he did, and the forwards stopped except for the occasional stale joke or "look at these beautiful pictures of...." ( planes, wildlife, cars, historic stuff )
 
Hell, I thought he was maybe mellowing out politically, and in general, enjoying being comfortably retired but ever since the fallout from the Connecticut mass shooting shooting, he has begun to send pro-gun forwards to me, since we've always shared an interest in recreational shooting. Well between that and the fire breathing chicken hawks in the media determined to fight another war, the damned floodgates are open again and I'm again getting pounded by shrieking far right hysterical screed in large multicolored font. So go my hopes of him finally mellowing out............
 
He's the type that's always itching for a political argument and my efforts to diffuse the situation either result in loud shouting blowups when he pushes me too far, or my silence is taken for agreement, which is why he probably thinks I'm an in-the-bag GOP voter due to the gun and foreign policy issues. Well the problem is I'll be spending a week with him soon, and, far from mellowing out, he's even worse now. Going to be a tense week no matter how I play this........................
 

 

Response to Populist_Prole (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:25 PM

 nadinbrzezinski (117,901 posts)

5. Brother is the same way

I just avoid talking politics at any length and switch to the weather

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Response to Populist_Prole (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 04:31 PM

 Warpy (67,830 posts)

13. Sorry, Dad, but I'm going to have to block you from my email

If you need to get in touch with me, the phone works both ways.

Yeah, I've used this one. Either the act got cleaned up fast or the person went on block. I only had to block a couple of people and one was sufficiently contrite to get the block removed and never sinned again.
 
You can be his political punching bag only with your permission. If you need to limit his access, so be it, it's sad but not the end of the world.
 
Either that or get another email account strictly for him and never access it. Except he'll catch on and start using your "old" account.

[FlippyDoo]

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:11 PM

 Populist_Prole (2,360 posts)

My RW father is at it again



Some six months ago I asked him to "cool it a little" on his email forwards after getting bombarded by some 15 per week, the vast vast majority of them political. He said he would remove me from his political forwards list, which he did, and the forwards stopped except for the occasional stale joke or "look at these beautiful pictures of...." ( planes, wildlife, cars, historic stuff )
 
Hell, I thought he was maybe mellowing out politically, and in general, enjoying being comfortably retired but ever since the fallout from the Connecticut mass shooting shooting, he has begun to send pro-gun forwards to me, since we've always shared an interest in recreational shooting. Well between that and the fire breathing chicken hawks in the media determined to fight another war, the damned floodgates are open again and I'm again getting pounded by shrieking far right hysterical screed in large multicolored font. So go my hopes of him finally mellowing out............
 
He's the type that's always itching for a political argument and my efforts to diffuse the situation either result in loud shouting blowups when he pushes me too far, or my silence is taken for agreement, which is why he probably thinks I'm an in-the-bag GOP voter due to the gun and foreign policy issues. Well the problem is I'll be spending a week with him soon, and, far from mellowing out, he's even worse now. Going to be a tense week no matter how I play this........................

He's always itching for a political argument. This coming from a website whose members make every single thing in life political and would argue with a tree (and lose).

[JohnnyReb]

DUmmie to dad, "Don't call, don't write, don't e-mail me any more....if I need money I'll call you."

[I_B_Perky]

Warpy (67,830 posts)

13. Sorry, Dad, but I'm going to have to block you from my email

If you need to get in touch with me, the phone works both ways.

Yeah, I've used this one. Either the act got cleaned up fast or the person went on block. I only had to block a couple of people and one was sufficiently contrite to get the block removed and never sinned again.
 
You can be his political punching bag only with your permission. If you need to limit his access, so be it, it's sad but not the end of the world.
 
Either that or get another email account strictly for him and never access it. Except he'll catch on and start using your "old" account.

And I can see her Dad telling her Mom "Well I pissed the little princess off again. All I did was ask her if she got a job. I know it's hard in this economy. What did I say wrong?"

Hey Warpy? Million dollars of advice for free. The problem is with you, not your parents. Be thankful your Dad is still alive. There will come a day when he won't be around and you will wish he was. Besides... humor him or he will cut you out of his will and then you will be on DU complaining about how he screwed you over.

You know I speak the truth dummie. Deep down, you know it. The Reality Bat still hits you upside the head whether you acknowledge it's existence or not.

[franksolich]

And I can see her Dad telling her Mom "Well I pissed the little princess off again. All I did was ask her if she got a job. I know it's hard in this economy. What did I say wrong?"

Hey Warpy? Million dollars of advice for free. The problem is with you, not your parents. Be thankful your Dad is still alive. There will come a day when he won't be around and you will wish he was. Besides... humor him or he will cut you out of his will and then you will be on DU complaining about how he screwed you over.

You know I speak the truth dummie. Deep down, you know it. The Reality Bat still hits you upside the head whether you acknowledge it's existence or not.

Actually, Ugly, who's 62, 63, maybe even 64, years old now, has been an orphan for a few years.

Her old man left her a nest egg.

[I_B_Perky]

Actually, Ugly, who's 62, 63, maybe even 64, years old now, has been an orphan for a few years.

Her old man left her a nest egg.

Didn't know that Frank. 


Too bad he didn't leave it the church or charity.