Posted on 06/09/2025 10:17:35 AM PDT by MosesKnows
People on the left enjoy the virtue signal of a good shunning. They are way more likely to break off relationships over politics.
It broke my heart how cousins I played with for years and were so close with, literally lost their minds. But it was the best decision we ever made, especially given what hot messes are several of their own children are now. I pray for them. But lost.
It’s just another sign of the eventual return of Christ. Our love for one another is growing cold. It is seeping into families more and more.
I’ve listened to more than enough lies, filth, and venom. I cut the relationship off. Life is much more pleasant.
Sadly.
That’s how depraved the left is.
That is part of why we kept our kids away, because our leftist cousins abandoned God along with their reason. Non-negotiable to us.
Our kids once complained about not having had as much "cousin time" as we did - that is, until they glanced at Facebook and SnapChat and saw one cousin who was "non-binary," grotesquely pierced and carrying a Hamas flag in NYC, and another working for a Rat politician endorsing abortion and euthanasia. Tragic.
A large collection of classmates meet on FB. When the leftists become insufferable, I snooze them for 30 days. The ones that cannot stand my MAGA stance, block me. There is a palpable difference between the two: I want to remain friends as much as possible, they want to remain revolutionaries as much as possible.
I see that a lot. I also seem the leftist family members break off relation for another reason -- they start stupid arguments that they can't win. In embarrassment, they save face by breaking off contact.
I refuse to allow my leftist nieces to break off communication. I tell them that I disagree with them, believe in and love Trump fervently, and that I love them, too. Whether they will or not.
Heard recently from my conservative niece that she was listening to a sister rant but the sister kept adding in that she loved her, so I think I had some effect on the ranter.
Correct.
Both. We are nicer people but we have no obligation to allow evil into our lives.
I’ve stopped communicating with out of control leftists to save my sanity. No fuss or muss, just radio silence. You can’t talk to or reason with the willfuly blind and ignorant.
And leftists have left me after telling me how I’m stupid and racist, etc.
I don’t believe it’s worthy of scorekeeping, though.
Just keep praying for them.
And
About 2/3 of my family is conservative. The other 1/3 is liberal. But it’s the old-fashioned, Harry Truman style liberal. Not the AOC commie style liberal.
Anyway, one side will never convince the other. That can only lead to hard feelings among good people. So it’s my job at family gatherings to deflect any such attempt.
Liberal: “I think Trump is out of control.”
Me: “I played the Power Ball last week. Missed a payout by one number!”
Does that work? Yes it does. But then again, in my family no one on either political side is totally insane.
It s the left. The socialists, the democrats.
Just count yourself lucky they do not riot or try to kill you!
Matthew 5:30 - And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
The Administrative state has imposed its will on so many areas, it is difficult to have a conversation with someone on the left without offending them. Cars? Even food, it gets to price really quickly. You basically have to agree with them or they are offended. You can exchange how the families are doing, fine and that is the extent of it. Then you just sit and listen, try not to act bored, keep your mouth shut, and try not to look at the clock too much.
In my personal experience, it is the “peaceful/loving/tolerant/inclusive/virtuous”
libtarded hypocrites who shun the other. I don’t mind one bit.
> They won’t change until they decide to… <
Yep. When it comes to politics or religion, lectures won’t do the job.
Gentle and indirect arguments might help. But usually the person needs to find his own way. And often that takes a life-changing experience.
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