Posted on 11/11/2024 9:41:14 AM PST by republicanbred
We grew up in a home of strict Constitutionalists. I was writing pro-gun rights letters to congress by the time I was 12 years old. My father has now passed, but my mom and I are still firm in our beliefs on the Constitution and our Republic. My sibling, not so much, definitely suffering from TDS. This sibling wrote me off about a month before the election due to my political views. It was like a knife to the heart, and I am still struggling. I know if I extend the olive branch I will be rejected, and it just makes me sad that a highly educated person would be so brainwashed as to cut out a family member for their political views. I am trying to let it go and move on, I have an AMAZING group of friends that are like siblings to me and my children are all like-minded as well. This experience has made me understand completely how brother fought against brother in the civil war. Truly sad days.
Lost a lifelong best friend because we had a bush sticker on our van.
find friends and loving family and realize that evil takes hold in the hearts of leftists.
Sorry to hear. Seems to be a lot of this going around.
From Jesus, Matthew 10:
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘set[j] a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Sorry to hear about that, RB.
Fortunately, my sister and wife are strong conservatives.
We’ve got three kids. One is a feminist lib, but you really wouldn’t know it talking to her. The middle one and her husband lean strongly Democrat, but they don’t say much. The third and youngest doesn’t follow politics at all, but he’s quite patriotic and knows what’s going on in the world. I keep telling him “that’s politics” but he doesn’t want to hear it.
Fortunately for us (again), we all know to not bring politics up when we get together and it all works.
Political views are like Christian views. People believe what they want and it’s not until judgement day, one way or another, that we learn whether we made the right choice or not. Both types of views can cause spits in family relations.
Try not to let it cut you too deeply.
I truly believe that our values and beliefs are rooted in the love of God through Jesus.
Our opposition is Luciferian. We are fighting principalities that are greater than our individual strengths.
You may find some comfort in knowing that many of those that hate blindly because of the lies they are being told and do believe are under the influence of darkness.
Pray for those relatives that have chosen to cut you. They are lost in the darkness. They need the loving, guiding hand of Jesus to return them to the light.
Maybe suggest your sibling watch an excellent movie titled, The Straight Story, which focuses on fraternal forgiveness and healing.
“Let the dead bury the dead” - Jesus Christ
Keep in mind, highly educated is often actually “highly indoctrinated”.
it hurts, but move on with your life and pray they come around.
Healthiest thing everyone can do right now in regards to family is to act like you are meeting them for the first time. If they are a person you would love to have in your life, embrace them. If they are a toxic person who you would not choose if you just met them today, cut them loose.
We choose the people around us to learn and grow. Some refuse to learn or grow. Do not allow them to steal your most valuable resources, your time and your love.
Sounds like my sister. I’m convinced that years of bathing her brain in the poison and hatred spewing from the mainstream media has shriveled it into a knot.
You’re better off in the long run. I don’t blink twice when I have lost friends or family member because they are stupid and petty. Less stress, not having to worry about their next blow-up at a gathering.
Pray for peace between you two
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I did the olive branch a few times and it's not possible any more. It's now a sister I once had a long time ago and nothing more. Hoping you find peace.
My Sister and Brother in law, as upright and honest as you can be, lost their son to a Fat Big mouthed, opinionated libtard. He graduated College, met this harridan somewhere down the line, married and have two children, of which the grandparents are not allowed to see or visit. In fact, they demanded that if they show up at the house without masks, they would not be allowed in. It’s been 4 years, four long years since she got her talons into this boy/man.
Why? Because BIL was County Sheriff, Detective, military veteran and conservative, plus my sister is conservative and refused the vaccine. They gave up their jobs in WA state, sold their home and moved to Montana to get away from the crazy. Lucky them....
Don’t extend an olive branch, just try to keep some form of communication open, cards and calls for holidays, birthdays, and family events, that sort of thing. And if politics comes up for discussion in any form, take the approach of asking why your brother believes as he does, what events and facts led him to the views that he has, what his thinking process was. Do not contradict him, just try to understand his views. In time, he may rethink things or events may take a hand.
It seems to me that the more education some people get the less common sense they seem to have. I too have lost a couple of lifelong friends over their support for the demcocrats and their utter hatred of DJT. It’s sad but they truly think I’m a bad person because I openly support Trump and the right.
Love conquers all. And be grateful. Be grateful God didn’t make you who ever it is who is vexing your life.
Imagine going through life being that person.
Not alone, my youngest brother, a liberal lawyer did the same.
Told him after the 2020 election I was convinced it was stolen.
Between that and other stuff, he cut himself off.
I do not miss his snarky comments trying to put me down.
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