Whole Lee Fuhk. Why do people on the left go completely unhinged? Why can't they just wake up, step away from the noise and use their own brain to be objective? Choose what really speaks to them without towing a party line. It goes for the right too, but these people in your family are border line militant. Wake up people. Do your homework. The founders designed the country to question things, speak up, and make your own decisions.
My heart is broken for you, and the out of control bullying you had to endure. The spitting, and calling law enforcement is astonishing…And this is why I share nothing with those that oppose my perspective, even if it isn’t obvious…especially if they have any sort of derangement syndrome which is excessive scale hatred for those that see things differently, how tolerant is that? I’ve learned how to stay silent and listen, ask open questions, and come from a place of curiosity. But mostly keep my mouth shut. It’s not optimal, but it’s survival for those of us that live in topsy turny world. I believe MSM is responsible for this amplified response, and everyone should read articles and watch nothing visual. Get outside, eat well, and eventually find people that either tolerate differences, or share your perspective. I have 5 siblings and there is only one that I can speak honestly to. All the others, I listen to their rants and go for a walk or run when it gets too loud.
I just read the letter and even though they're family, they sound like complete scumbags and psychopaths. Who spits in a siblings face? You're better off without them.
This is a sad letter. However, I suspect there's more to it than politics. I am one of five. After our mother died, the family fell apart. My middle brother was appointed executor of her estate, which included several hundred acres of land. Instead of spelling it out in her will, my mother said she was confident we would work it out. Yeah, sure! My brother, the executor, divided up one piece of property so that he and one of my sisters would get larger parcels than he gave me. I went along with it even though one of the women in the office of the attorney my mother used told me I was getting screwed. Then when our aunt, our mother's sister, passed away. The same brother was executor of her estate. He could have sold the farm to a neighbor who was working it but he had to do it his way and drug it out over more than a year - then sold most of the land to the same neighbor! As things stand now, neither my othe brother, who had already had problems with "the executor" that I didn't know about.
In short, the death of a parent can bring out issues in a family. Politics weren't an issue in my family. It was that a family member was corrupt and selfish. As it now, my brother and our nephew are the only ones bonded. We have nothing to do with our other brother and tolerate our sisters.
This is really, really sad, and I'm sorry you have had to endure this.
We don't have the same level of political partisanship in the UK, although we're not too far behind. I myself have found it alarming to see just how vicious people can be, even to their own family, when they feel that they are doing it for the greater good. I guess it's a lot clearer to most people these days how horrific ideologies can take hold over whole swathes of a population.
This Aldous Huxley quote sums it up nicely:
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
Oooo, I don’t know - ‘Tory c*nts’ is a common phrase, and ranting about ‘gammons’ who voted for Brexit. Of course, Brits are generally less confrontational, and sometimes at least will give the appearance of being open to a conversation.
I'm so sorry that happened to you. I haven't changed parties but nearly lost 5 friends since childhood because of my support of Trump policies. Most of my adult life me and my 8 siblings were split pretty evenly between the two parties. We mostly all maintained but one brother lost his mind that any of us could support Trump. He hasn't spoken to anyone in years. While he had mostly pulled away from the siblings before that, he really turned against our mom. Someone he once had on a bit of a pedestal, he now rarely speaks with. It's sad what the media and the politicians in DC have done to gin up so much intolerance in America.
They sound like they went full TDS! Lol. I’m hall joking. This is not all their fault and certainly not yours. I hope you find peace in this time of national “sorting out” as we are all being put through the 24 hr propaganda spin cycle. Take care.
Wow a very powerful and sad story. One that sadly appears to echo with the experience of hundreds of thousands of people to a greater or lesser extent. It's absolutely terrifying how eaily people can be become really nasty and vindictive by careful manipulation of collective ego and moral sense of indignant superiority. We have had but a small taste of what many generations before have endured. Many millions did not survive to tell their stories.
I remember during 2020 my ex husband calling me and telling me how he was going to cease communicating with his southern family (even his mother) because they were all racist. He seemed surprised when I told him I wasn’t willing to denounce my own southern family. I told him, “sorry. Not only is that way too extreme, but it’s way too much work. I’m not doing it.” Then he tried to tell everyone that I was mentally unstable and had addiction problems. Is there like a handbook everyone on the left is using or something? There’s too many similar stories.
Whole Lee Fuhk. Why do people on the left go completely unhinged? Why can't they just wake up, step away from the noise and use their own brain to be objective? Choose what really speaks to them without towing a party line. It goes for the right too, but these people in your family are border line militant. Wake up people. Do your homework. The founders designed the country to question things, speak up, and make your own decisions.
My heart is broken for you, and the out of control bullying you had to endure. The spitting, and calling law enforcement is astonishing…And this is why I share nothing with those that oppose my perspective, even if it isn’t obvious…especially if they have any sort of derangement syndrome which is excessive scale hatred for those that see things differently, how tolerant is that? I’ve learned how to stay silent and listen, ask open questions, and come from a place of curiosity. But mostly keep my mouth shut. It’s not optimal, but it’s survival for those of us that live in topsy turny world. I believe MSM is responsible for this amplified response, and everyone should read articles and watch nothing visual. Get outside, eat well, and eventually find people that either tolerate differences, or share your perspective. I have 5 siblings and there is only one that I can speak honestly to. All the others, I listen to their rants and go for a walk or run when it gets too loud.
I just read the letter and even though they're family, they sound like complete scumbags and psychopaths. Who spits in a siblings face? You're better off without them.
This is a sad letter. However, I suspect there's more to it than politics. I am one of five. After our mother died, the family fell apart. My middle brother was appointed executor of her estate, which included several hundred acres of land. Instead of spelling it out in her will, my mother said she was confident we would work it out. Yeah, sure! My brother, the executor, divided up one piece of property so that he and one of my sisters would get larger parcels than he gave me. I went along with it even though one of the women in the office of the attorney my mother used told me I was getting screwed. Then when our aunt, our mother's sister, passed away. The same brother was executor of her estate. He could have sold the farm to a neighbor who was working it but he had to do it his way and drug it out over more than a year - then sold most of the land to the same neighbor! As things stand now, neither my othe brother, who had already had problems with "the executor" that I didn't know about.
In short, the death of a parent can bring out issues in a family. Politics weren't an issue in my family. It was that a family member was corrupt and selfish. As it now, my brother and our nephew are the only ones bonded. We have nothing to do with our other brother and tolerate our sisters.
This is really, really sad, and I'm sorry you have had to endure this.
We don't have the same level of political partisanship in the UK, although we're not too far behind. I myself have found it alarming to see just how vicious people can be, even to their own family, when they feel that they are doing it for the greater good. I guess it's a lot clearer to most people these days how horrific ideologies can take hold over whole swathes of a population.
This Aldous Huxley quote sums it up nicely:
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
Oooo, I don’t know - ‘Tory c*nts’ is a common phrase, and ranting about ‘gammons’ who voted for Brexit. Of course, Brits are generally less confrontational, and sometimes at least will give the appearance of being open to a conversation.
Fair point. I may have been giving us too much credit!
I'm so sorry that happened to you. I haven't changed parties but nearly lost 5 friends since childhood because of my support of Trump policies. Most of my adult life me and my 8 siblings were split pretty evenly between the two parties. We mostly all maintained but one brother lost his mind that any of us could support Trump. He hasn't spoken to anyone in years. While he had mostly pulled away from the siblings before that, he really turned against our mom. Someone he once had on a bit of a pedestal, he now rarely speaks with. It's sad what the media and the politicians in DC have done to gin up so much intolerance in America.
Wow, this is a truly tragic situation to hear. I thought I had some bad circumstances, but there's definitely worse sadly.
They sound like they went full TDS! Lol. I’m hall joking. This is not all their fault and certainly not yours. I hope you find peace in this time of national “sorting out” as we are all being put through the 24 hr propaganda spin cycle. Take care.
Wow a very powerful and sad story. One that sadly appears to echo with the experience of hundreds of thousands of people to a greater or lesser extent. It's absolutely terrifying how eaily people can be become really nasty and vindictive by careful manipulation of collective ego and moral sense of indignant superiority. We have had but a small taste of what many generations before have endured. Many millions did not survive to tell their stories.
I remember during 2020 my ex husband calling me and telling me how he was going to cease communicating with his southern family (even his mother) because they were all racist. He seemed surprised when I told him I wasn’t willing to denounce my own southern family. I told him, “sorry. Not only is that way too extreme, but it’s way too much work. I’m not doing it.” Then he tried to tell everyone that I was mentally unstable and had addiction problems. Is there like a handbook everyone on the left is using or something? There’s too many similar stories.