Posted on 01/09/2021 5:36:43 PM PST by servo1969
In 2016, when Trump took office, I lost two friends. One was a NeverTrumper who decided that his conservative values mattered less than his personal distaste for Trump, so he voted for Hillary. Another, to his credit, was at least a hardcore lefty. I didn't drop either of them. Both felt that they could no longer have any social dealings with someone who supported a bantam rooster of a man who nevertheless believed in traditional American values and never strayed from the Constitution.
There was one leftist, however, with whom I did stay friends for the past four years -- although, admittedly, my relocating meant that our communications were substantially diminished. We raised our kids together, hung out together, shared sorrows and joys together, and I certainly considered her one of my closest and most important friends. I knew she was a leftist; she knew I was a conservative, but we kept politics out of it.
That is, until Wednesday evening when, completely out of the blue, I received a text from her: "I hold you personally responsible for what happened in Washington because you've been feeding people the fairytale about the election."
The text was so out-of-the-blue, especially from a person whose self-image is defined entirely by seeing herself as "nice," that I asked if it was a hack. No, it wasn't. I asked her, therefore, never to contact me again.
Did I overreact? I don't think so. It would have been one thing if she had tweeted that she was sad about events and worried that people talking about election fraud were what led to it. Or if she had asked me a question about events. But to hold me "personally responsible" -- well, that was different. A friend of mine understood. It was, she said, as if a good Christian friend suddenly turns to you, out of the blue, and calls you a "dirty k**e." Some things are so vicious and extreme that there is no walking them back. Those words sever all ties.
So that's the set-up. I've severed contact and, while I feel a sense of loss because the friendship was a good one for 20 years, I also want to fulminate here about her utter hypocrisy. Because, while she and I didn't talk politics, I saw on her Facebook page what was happening over the past few years.
She was out on the streets with her stupid little vagina hat protesting Trump's inauguration.
She used her Facebook page regularly to launch attacks on Trump, escalating this as the election neared.
I seem to recall her using her Facebook page to protest Trump putting kids in cages, although she never had a problem with that during Obama's years.
She was totally copacetic about the violent conduct during and after the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, including leftists storming the Capitol and trying to break down the doors to the Supreme Court. If I remember correctly she actively supported Blowsy-Frauds claims against Kavanaugh, despite the fact that no one could corroborate them and they suffered from so many internal contradictions it was impossible for them to be true.
And this past year, on Facebook, this white collar, stay-at-home worker fully supported the lockdowns that created terrible desperation amongst people who watched Democrat politicians reduce them to penury.
She supported the Black Lives Matter marches. Her response to the riots, the lootings, the beatings, the statue destruction, or the more than a dozen murders that happened under the BLM banner was to attack the NRA. Nor, despite her support for the economy and life-destroying lockdown, did she feel very troubled by thousands of people leaving their homes to riot and loot. When BLM hit D.C., she was quiet about the effort to burn St. John's church and the attempts to storm the White House. She didn't mourn a single life lost during riots that caused billions of dollars in damages and primarily destroyed black businesses.
And of course, she believed the Russia hoax that was the foundational lie justifying all the other behavior to which she either actively or passively gave her support.
But now, because of an election that violated every anti-fraud protocol and that resulted in statistically impossible numbers, suddenly I'm responsible for the fact that people entered the Capitol after the police opened the doors and welcomed them in. And I'm responsible for the fact that one of those police officers murdered an unarmed Air Force veteran in cold blood. And yes, I know Ms. Babbitt crawled in through one of the smashed windows, but with everyone else pouring in, why should she think that this was anything other than a way to enter if you could reach the front door? Despite this cold-blooded murder, my one-time friend isn't demanding that anyone defund the Capitol police.
So it's not just that this erstwhile friend struck me out of the blue that irritates me. It's the utter hypocrisy of a person who has, for four years, actively or passively supported every form of violence and divisiveness the left had to offer against a duly elected president. I held my tongue because I valued our friendship. She was unable to do so, meaning that I apparently misunderstood all these years the value that she placed on our long relationship.
I guess I should be grateful for the clarity. We're all going to be getting a lot of clarity in the coming weeks, months, and years.
The irony is that when the Communists finish destroying America, she will be as miserable as any conservative in the hell she helped to create.
Since it looks a lot like Stalinist purges are about to take place, I wonder, will your former friend still be indifferent if people start “disappearing” like they do in so many socialist dictatorships? Will she cheer since all those bad conservatives are finally being eradicated? Or will she finally wake up and understand what she has been supporting?
Yes, girl, I had to dump three of my long-time friends for just this reason: it’s one thing to have a different opinion; it’s entirely another to not be able to shut up about it for the sake of all the years and the memories.
I think about them, but I don’t miss them. How could they think they knew me all these years and not give a damn about offending me over and over, making cracks and sending obnoxious emails after I asked them several times to stop? They didn’t know me, and merely used me and our “friendship" to get whatever it was they wanted. One of them even called my adult child to try to worm her way back in with me. But apologize for putting her foot through a piece of signed original art work she asked me for (and I gave her) 50 years ago, because I supported Trump? That would have been expecting too much.
Long friendships require maintenance. Some, even really antique ones, are just not worth the trouble.
F'em all.
She sounds exactly like a few “friends” I used to have. I deleted my FB account and Twitter accounts today.
A simple GFY would have been sufficient.
Pence is a Christian. What do you think of him? And many Republicans who refused to support Trump are Christians. What do you think of them?
It is literally impossible to have leftist friends or spouses.
Acquaintances are possible at a distance with detente. Best to catalog them all now if you’re involved with any, and begin lying to them to stay off of their snitch lists that are definitely on the way.
They lie to you already - it is a fundamental part of their personality. There are no honest leftists, as those two words are mutually exclusive.
I keep telling family members to stay off of social media. It is starting to get through to some of them.
Pence is just as much a Christian as the current Pope.
Anyone that tells me “I’m a good Christian” tells me just the opposite. Deeds, not words. Satan owns the left - and all of the Uniparty. Pence is definitely Uniparty.
I had a lib friend who passed away in 2018. We never talked politics — just family and quilting. After she died we stayed friendly with her husband and got together a couple times a month. He’d drop by our place sometimes — the pop-in.
We decided we wanted to never see anyone who voted RAT again, and bought heavy curtains for our front door and window so he couldn’t see if we were home or not. He has rung the doorbell a couple times since the election but we just didn’t answer the door. I mean ... we DRILLED HOLES in the door to avoid him.
EXACTLY! Know who you are dealing with and see WHAT THEY DO!
“Pence is a Christian.”
Hilarious. By his actions on Jan. 6, he has shown he’s OK with murder, lying, and theft. Christians aren’t. (Matthew 7:16 - “Ye shall know them by their fruits.”)
I have cut off communications with two nieces in the last year because they became abusive about our support for President Trump.
We have helped both of them out over the years and the ingratitude and disrespect was just too much to tolerate.
We should take up a collection and send him a golden calf to worship.
I’ve known Christians who’ve professed loudly for all to hear that they are Christians. I’ve known Christians who quietly go about their lives and do the best they can. I’ve noticed that the latter have always seemed to be better Christians in word and deed than the former.
Don’t have any liberal friends anymore, but if I do they know to keep there opinions to themselves.
To wit, just posted on another thread a funny story that happened to me yesterday during a break on my bike ride. Couple of obvious homosexuals stopped to rest after me and asked my opinion of the DC riots. This is a more detailed description of how the conversation went:
Me: That wasn’t a riot and Conservatives were not responsible for the violence. They were peaceful. It was Antifa infiltrators. If conservatives wanted to riot there would be blood in the streets and members of Congress would be hanging from street lights and no liberal would be safe.”
Them (dismayed and in disbelief): Oh come on. You can’t be serious. That’s ridiculous. How do you figure that? (They went on about the police and the National Guard shooting and stopping the riots.
Me: You mean like they did when BLM and Antifa were rioting, raping, assaulting, murdering and burning down cities?
Them: That was different, but there is no way a grouo of conservatives could battle against the police and National Guard.
Me: Well, there at least 800 million registered and unregistered privately owned firearms in the US and 90% are owned by conservatives. Conservative gun owners outnumber all the police and Natl Guard combined.
Them: Silence with their mouths open.
Me: Have a nice day and stay safe out there.
True story. Location: Long Beach, CA. Only been living here for about a year but most people I have met are definitely liberal most of them are gay. It’s a mecca for the homosexual community.
My ex-best friend said he couldn’t understand why I would support someone who has done the things Trump has done.
I can just picture him drooling every Sunday morning while Chuck Todd ladles his lies and he thinks he’s so smart for listening to him.
I’ve never met a happy liberal. They are the most bitter and angry people I’ve ever seen.
We're not friends on fakebook or anywhere else.
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