Posted on 11/10/2024 8:38:22 AM PST by bigdaddy45
This is a fascinating phenomenon. Liberals are so unhinged they are cutting long time friends and family out of their life because they voted for Trump. Not just the vehement, Trump flag waving, MAGA hat wearing supporters. Literally ANYONE who they found out voted for Trump.
Is this just a one way pathology? Has anyone here cut someone out of their life because they voted for Hillary, Biden or Harris? I can't even imagine doing this to a family member or especially one of my kids.
Exactly this - avoidance is the best policy.
I wish mine would.
At my age (74), I'm sorta glad that time has let my family and friends drift away as life does. However, I am so thankful for my Wife and her loving, thoughtful, intelligent, and conservative ways. She helps keep me focused on my values. I need no one else. Well, other than my little doggy.
Not yet, but it’s only been five days. I’ll be surprised if I make it to next Sunday without doing so.
No, every family has idiots. But, if you at any time in last decade or so spewed hatred for anyone who opposed your thoughts you are out of my life.
Apologize publically or go to ‘Ell.
With family, there are situations where you will need to keep the lines of communications open. You keep any conversations on the weather and health. Non-family pretty much the same thing except I don’t go out of my way to have a conversation.
It is harder to have topics of conversation since government is intruding into more areas of life, like cars, equipment, stoves, etc. I do find it almost impossible to want to spend any time with someone who is fine with the weaponization of the FBI and DOJ and censorship of media.
No, but I have had the opposite done to me.
Liberals want to control. When they are extreme and can’t, they want to kill you (or at least ostracize). When recognized as a type of personality disorder, they are much easier to deal with.
Same for me.
Nope, so long as they keep it classy.
“Would you associate with people who end family relationships and friendships because they learned how the other person voted?”
It would depend on the circumstances. Luckily, I don’t have to worry about that decision... no SOS lefties in my family OR in my inner circle. But if I did know someone like that, I’d wait for ‘them’ to bring up a political issue... and then I would slap them down with truth and reality, which they can’t handle.
I have known a few that cut people out of their lives for years just because of some personal argument or tiff they had... which I think was stupid. Life is too short and it’s more fun to keep people you disagree with available... to disagree with. No echo chamber fan here. Needless to say, if anyone was going to get “cut out” of the family or of a relationship for political reasons...
it would probably be me.
Yes. Any of my FB “friends” who posted “Trump is literally Hitler”. I cut them out for being too stupid to even know the meaning of literally. I also cut anyone who agreed with the assassination attempts on President Trump or hoped that “next time I hope they don’t miss”. I viewed these “friends” as being not only deranged, but dangerous. I really didn’t want a visit from the security services just because I know an absolute loon.
I deleted my very liberal sister in law off my facebook page back when Obama was President. I would have kept her on there but she was so hateful and awful to all my conservative friends. I had asked her 3x’s to stop it....3rd time she was out! I have since put her back on my page when her brother [my hubby was in hosp with heart issues]. Now we just don’t talk politics. ALL my other relatives are huge Trump supporters. I do have some friends who are democrats on my fb page, but they are pretty quiet. Now I have been deleted off quite a few fb pages due to being a conservative. Do I care? Nope. It’s on them and their immature hateful ways.
No. We have to agree to disagree with family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and acquaintance and hope they extend the same courtesy to us.
“Don’t talk politics and everything is fine.”
My sisters have told me they don’t want to talk politics, so I don’t. And then THEY do. But I’m not allowed to respond.
We don’t talk much...almost at all.
Wife’s uncle basically cut the whole family out half a dozen years ago because we were all Trump supporting Republicans.
His loss. And without getting into details, it really is.
No, I give them a good ribbing and drop it unless they keep bringing it up. The same as I do for FSU fans.
The Grey Rock Method is where you deliberately act unresponsive or unengaged so that an abusive person will lose interest in you. Abusive people thrive on emotions and drama. When you act indifferent and don’t show your emotions, they may lose interest and stop bothering you. This is known as “grey rocking.” Using the grey rock method might look like avoiding eye contact, giving short answers, and focusing on other things when talking with someone who’s using abuse tactics.
The grey rock method is a strategy for protecting yourself from abusive or toxic friends, partners, co-workers, or family members.
This method theorizes that, when dealing with an emotionally abusive, toxic, or narcissistic person, withholding your reactions can put a stop to their behaviors. If you show no emotion they won’t get the thrill or enjoyment out of their harmful behavior.
It’s important to note that the person may get very upset when you withhold your reactions. However, right after the anger or escalation, you may get the behavior you want if you continue to “grey rock” the person.
Yep, to me the joy of relationships is deep discussions, and I love the 3am all night wonderfully passionate but friendly and informative arguments, well read, thoughtful, analytical people need those type of relationships and usually their circle of friends is based on that, also frequently their favorite family members, although family includes much more that doesn’t require that someone be interested in anything particular, or even interesting.
Totally mixed. My 2/3 of my birth family is conservative. About the same for my husband’s family. Our kids are more left leaning than we are, though. Still, they have some conservative values. They’re not off the deep end yet.
So far, none of us have been cancelled.
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