AND...the Great Family Divide begins.

[Miles Archer]

Got an email from my brother in law. He and my sister are rabid pro-Trump. He went off on a tangent about how 60% of the people work, supporting the 40% who don't, and Trump will put an end to that.

I shared my thoughts on Paul fucking Ryan, and his plans for the "safety net."

I also said "FUCK Trump" twice in my reply, and closed with "PS: FUCK Trump."

He replied:

"Then we better stay away from politics. So, we will be glued to the TV tomorrow cheering. So no more politics with you. Lets stick to funny stuff. I thought you were a Trump guy and (my girlfriend) was for Sanders but I was wrong. I'll inform (my sister) to not try and Trumptize you."

Making America great again...one family at a time.

[hatrack]

1. I'd tell them to fuck off and never darken my door again

No one needs that kind of arrogant, flaming abject stupidity in their lives.

[Angry Dragon]

2. You should ask your brother-in-law what Trump means when he says 'Make America Great Again'

[covadcalifornia]

3. you don't even need to say the fuck trump part

it is like a lay - up on how bad this guy is.... your taking the TOO easy way out.

reason man ... reason will win the day OBJECTIVE points of discussion. you got sucked into their BO narrative.

[Siwsan]

4. Fortunately for me, the only trump* supporters in my family are a non issue, for me

They are hard core RWNJs who learned, the hard way, that I can't be bullied. I was even dis-invited from my cousin's son's wedding, and I didn't care a bit. We are civil when we meet at family funerals, and that's about it. There is no other communication, at all.

[Warpy]

5. What, does he want to bring back child labor and force old folks to work until they drop dead?

Damn, it really is a cult with these people, they're incapable of thinking anything through because they're blinded by the sheer glory of their Beloved Leader.

Your brother and sister are making total mugs of themselves, but at least the brother is going to try to stay away from politics. If he succeeds, you'll have to repay him by not saying you told him so and he's getting the horror show he voted for.

If they can't stop ranting, you'll have to avoid them until the fever breaks and reality sets in.

[logosoco]

6. That really sucks!

I live in a community that went tRump but at least no one in my family supports him.

In that reply he did say "Let's stick to the funny stuff". There are already tons of comedians coming out with funny stuff about tRump. You can send him those!!!!

[kwassa]

7. There is not a Trump supporter in all my extended family ....

and I live in the bluest of blue areas.

If there are Trump supporters nearby, they are keeping quiet about it.

I feel sorry for the split families.

[MANative]

8. Remind your ignorant BIL that a big chunk of that 40% are either

retired or too young to work. We know that repugs don't count the disabled (in more ways than one), but they're in that mix, too. The max work force is somewhere in the neighborhood of 65% of population.

[Ilsa]

9. My 76 year old mother-in-law is part of that 40%.

Who do they think the 40% are, anyway?

[maxsolomon]

10. I am dreading this exchange with my Father. he's been brainwashed.

Why would your brother think you were a Trump Guy?

[Miles Archer]

12. Because my sister would go on and on and on about Trump...

...and I never engaged her in the conversation. She went in deep...yard signs, bumper stickers, posters on the wall in her house.

We have never been the kind of family that gets into deep discussions about politics.

She wouldn't listen if I said anything, and she really loves the idea of the wall that will never happen.

[maxsolomon]

13. I'm sorry that your siblings are crazy

In my case, it's ONLY my siblings (and spouses and their children) that are sane.

[RandiFan1290]

11. I would have nothing to do with racists. nt

[Cal Carpenter]

14. Yes, let's put all the children and elderly people to work ASAP.

[hunter]

15. Well, when we're burning coal in our stoves and furnaces again...

... our useless unemployed boys will be able to find work as coal miners and chimney sweeps. The girls will find work in the garment factories.

And air pollution will kill off our old and infirm people before they become a burden to the rest of us.

Make America Great, just as it once was!



People don't remember, but widespread poverty at one time affected our military readiness. That was one of the arguments for FDR's New Deal. The general health of young men in the U.S.A. was so abysmal that many were excluded from military service. It wasn't small stuff, it was serious disabilities and deformities that were a direct consequence of childhood malnutrition.