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MomInTheCrowd

(269 posts)
Wed May 25, 2022, 10:43 PM May 2022

Texted to my RW propagandized brother last night

No reply yet- maybe he went off grid with some militia:

“Ok. I’m gonna say it. Just in case, you might want to get off of your right-wing radio, TV, and internet sites that have no real reporting to understand what made me finally say this.

Wish I had said it sooner.

The number one cause of death of children is guns. You have ZERO compassion for the little kids and parents who have to identify their schoolmates by their clothing or DNA because their face is blown off.

Fuck your evangelical Christian bullshit that actively kills and crushes rights of others, that fucks with my children’s right to feel safe at school, the movies, a concert, at the grocery store. You, and millions of others, have made an active decision to follow hate radio, hate TV, and hate social media. Your views, that you have stated outright to me, promote hate, ugliness, and pain. I want no relationship with your need to bow to propaganda of those whose soul purpose is to divide, just so you can look down on others….even vicariously.. like the cab driver with the bindi your friend experienced in NYC who is part of the melting pot of America. You brought that up to look down in that person, not to wonder about how beautiful America is. You are numb or dumb to this and it makes me eternally sad for both our kids.

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Texted to my RW propagandized brother last night (Original Post) MomInTheCrowd May 2022 OP
😢 blm May 2022 #1
Your brother, my B-I-L, ex B-I-L's, uncle, cousins, classmates, teammates, workmates, fellow... czarjak May 2022 #2
Is this testosterone related BigmanPigman May 2022 #3
Sorry to say I wouldn't expect a response. mahina May 2022 #4
They have been fueling a civil war, brother against brother. JudyM May 2022 #5
MUCH better at messaging! calimary May 2022 #7
WTH is happening with that? I'm not seeing it... JudyM May 2022 #8
Thanks. MomInTheCrowd May 2022 #14
I find your post sad womanofthehills May 2022 #6
The kids are cool... MomInTheCrowd May 2022 #15
Awful to see family go after each other 😢 Raine May 2022 #9
Blood isn't always thicker than water. ShazzieB May 2022 #10
I do KNOW what it's like!! My mother and my aunt had a falling out that never was resolved Raine May 2022 #12
You're right, it IS a big deal. ShazzieB May 2022 #13
I'm With You ProfessorGAC May 2022 #17
When attempting to educate RWNJs KS Toronado May 2022 #11
Tried that for years. MomInTheCrowd May 2022 #16
You'll need to get craftier with the questions & challenges KS Toronado May 2022 #18
Good idea! MomInTheCrowd May 2022 #19
Good rant. n/t Liberal In Texas May 2022 #20

czarjak

(11,278 posts)
2. Your brother, my B-I-L, ex B-I-L's, uncle, cousins, classmates, teammates, workmates, fellow...
Wed May 25, 2022, 11:03 PM
May 2022

Americans.

mahina

(17,668 posts)
4. Sorry to say I wouldn't expect a response.
Wed May 25, 2022, 11:57 PM
May 2022

Maybe one day you folks can rebuild the relationship.

Isn’t this an unimaginable cost, losing family this way. I hope for both of you it isn’t for long. Best luck.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)
5. They have been fueling a civil war, brother against brother.
Thu May 26, 2022, 12:18 AM
May 2022

I’m genuinely so sorry for your pain.

They need to be stopped. We need to get much better at messaging, conveying reality.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)
8. WTH is happening with that? I'm not seeing it...
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:11 AM
May 2022

IMO the DNC, DCCC, DSCC and others should be dedicating resources to this NOW.

MomInTheCrowd

(269 posts)
14. Thanks.
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:19 PM
May 2022

He is insufferable- always has his phone out to to show me something like some website that calls Dr Fauchi a dirty s.o.b. I see now that out of my many siblings, just under half, mostly those who are the least educated, have succumbed to cultish behavior.

womanofthehills

(8,718 posts)
6. I find your post sad
Thu May 26, 2022, 12:40 AM
May 2022

Putting others down does not help unite. Your kids and his kids are cousins. For the kids sake, I would do everything for family peace.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
9. Awful to see family go after each other 😢
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:21 AM
May 2022

this way. 💔 I hope someday you find a way to mend your family situation.

ShazzieB

(16,422 posts)
10. Blood isn't always thicker than water.
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:49 AM
May 2022

Please the ignore the last two posters. People who don't know what it's like to have relatives that are problematic (to put it tactfully) are very lucky. I'm not one of those people, and I stopped believing in the magic of "Faaamily!" years ago.

There's absolutely nothing magical about dna. Some of the people who share mine are pretty terrific. Some of them aren't, and I don't need them in my life.

I hope your brother comes to his senses someday, but until and unless he does, I see nothing wrong with speaking your mind.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
12. I do KNOW what it's like!! My mother and my aunt had a falling out that never was resolved
Thu May 26, 2022, 03:01 AM
May 2022

both of them died without it ever having any kind of relationship except one filled with hate and distrust. My brother and I lost that whole side of our family, all our cousins, family history on that side . It effected my mother's health physical and mental. I KNOW how awful is first hand that's why I hate to see others go down that same path.

I'm lucky that my father's family was great and we were close to them. I count family as very important and the loss a big deal!

ShazzieB

(16,422 posts)
13. You're right, it IS a big deal.
Thu May 26, 2022, 03:14 AM
May 2022

Especially the kind of massive upheaval that happened in your family, which I am truly sorry you had to go through. But every case is different, and when someone decides to go MAGA, Q, or whatever, sometimes there's just not much you can do.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
17. I'm With You
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:24 PM
May 2022

Being from the same family is merely an accident of fate.
Respect & honor are earned, and if those things aren't earned, bloodline seems irrelevant to me.
One can choose friends. That choice doesn't exist with family.
I honestly cannot embrace that there is something sacrosanct about being related by blood.

KS Toronado

(17,259 posts)
11. When attempting to educate RWNJs
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:59 AM
May 2022

Statements & verbal attacks seldom work, questions tend to make the recipient actually think of an
answer. Especially questions which require them to do an internet search on their smart phone.
ie: "I'll give you $100 free of charge if you can show me FACTS (not opinions) that prove the last
presidential election was stolen from tfg in the next 15 minutes" OK, that one was a challenge,
they work hand in hand with questions.

KS Toronado

(17,259 posts)
18. You'll need to get craftier with the questions & challenges
Thu May 26, 2022, 03:49 PM
May 2022

Try this one..I'll give you X-$ to find one climate change article that at least 50 climate scientists
contributed to that shows 51% of them believe climate change is a hoax.
If he's a MAGAstanian, he might be lost, try your craft on others who are willing to listen.

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