My brother is marrying the Manchurian candidates daughter

[TEB]

My future sister in law and her family are as far right as you can get. My brothers future father in law said to me today well you are a liberal. well then mr liberal explain to me the difference between you and me supporting trump , I said it is simple about 50 IQ points.

[sharedvalues]

1. And you don't watch lying Fox News

And you're neither a billionaire, nor a sucker. So you can't be a republican.

[erronis]

25. Billionaires are probably not stupid. They don't watch fux.

They may fund it, they may promote it, they may demean other news sources.

But only because it serves their pecuniary interests.

The rest are suckers.

[roamer65]

2. .

[napi21]

3. Now....try to get along for your brother's sake. You will never shange his mind and he will never

change yours, so for the sake of family peace, you both should consider politics off limits,

[sharedvalues]

7. Don't talk about politics, talk about the media who propagandized him

[USALiberal]

15. I just never talk to my brother, much easier. n/t

[onecaliberal]

4. Daughter married Reicht wing so called Christian lunatic and his family is alienating

Her from us....

[TEB]

8. That is scary

[sharedvalues]

11. Oh no! So sorry. Cult experts say it's important to intervene early

And to bring new information to the table.

Give her articles about how the right lies to America to advance their agenda. It may work. Once she stops talking to you it may be too late. So sorry.

[onecaliberal]

18. She isn't talking to us now 2 months. We tried intervening. It only made her resent us more.

[sharedvalues]

33. Oh no, I'm so sorry

Honestly you may wish to get in touch with cult deprogrammers. They have experience working with scientology, moonies, other right-wing christian cults.

[onecaliberal]

34. She sent her father who had a life altering stroke in November a scathing email

Chalk full of lies with childhood grievances. She was fine and very family oriented until she met this guy and his family. She hung on to us long enough to pay for her entire wedding furniture for her house and a myriad of other things. I have a 15 month old grandson that i miss desperately and am coming to grips with the fact that I likely will never know him. It's sad but I will not allow her to rip the rest of my family apart.

[sharedvalues]

35. This may not help soon

But it might be useful to read it to get a sense of what's worked for other people before.

http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=6

[jimmil]

19. My son did that....

We rarely get to see them now. Hell, we even gave them a house and we never get to see it. It is really sad.

[cstanleytech]

20. Sounds kind of like what happened to my younger brother over a period of

10+ years and the way he went from being a good son to our mother to treating her horribly before she died.
I can forgive him for it though because he was born with mental problems but I cannot forget it nor will I ever forgive the people that turned him against our mother.

[Warpy]

24. That happens more often than not

unless you go all Emily Post on them at the beginning and refuse to discuss politics, religion, or sex. I'm doing that more and more.

I just don't want to know too much about acquaintances, especially ones I will see at family dinners on holidays.

[erronis]

27. I've been there. Don't fight it and be prepared to be welcoming down the road.

Unfortunately most logic does not work and only forces them deeper into their hole. Usually with assistance from their minders.

If they can't find their way back to sanity by themselves it's better to get on with your life. Sorry.

[teezy]

5. The FIL sounds an awful lot like my father.

He can't come to my house and NOT bring up politics. He can't NOT insult me for being liberal. His right-wing, InfoWars-infused world view (more like back yard view) tells him that making a point means alienating people and being cruel.

We're Canadian, but if my dad could have moved to the US and become American to vote for Trump, he would have.

And we haven't spoken in 7 months because some of his last words to me were, "It's people like you who are destroying this world" after he screamed at me about Clinton and I got up from the table and cleaned up after the THANKSGIVING DINNER we invited him to our home for, as he sat in a corner and pouted and threated to leave.

Nobody needs these abusive assholes in their lives. Nobody.

I'm glad you have some quips to throw back at him, because I think I remember a previous post of yours where he insulted you after you made him dinner. You have more restraint than I do.

[sharedvalues]

9. Give him the article abt fox host who admitted shows are scripted

You don't even need to say anything, just print and hand over the testimonial from the fox host who said their shows are scripted so liberals lose and Murdoch's agenda wins.
https://medium.com/@tobinsmith_95851/how-roger-ailes-fox-news-scammed-americas-la-z-boy-cowboys-for-21-years-1996ee4a6b3e


If you want, you could say "Fox News lies to benefit GOP billionaires", but it's not necessary.

[TEB]

14. Yes correct he tried to crap on me over being union

[Different Drummer]

38. Reminds me of an encounter I had with my maternal uncle awhile back.

He came for a visit and, while he was here, he went on a 20-30 minute rant about how greet Dolt 45 is and how he feels, essentially, that Hillary and Obama (or any Democrat, for that matter) are spawns of Satan. He expressed that POV knowing full well I am a Democrat. There were other people there, so I didn't have to respond to him and, in the name of maintaining family relations, I kept my mouth shut. However, I could feel my blood pressure rising as he went on his diatribe and, when I was finally alone, I took my blood pressure. Sure enough, it was high.

[juxtaposed]

6. That's not good you just pissed them all off, it's only 30 points.

[TEB]

10. Not to argue friend but we can agree to disagree lol

But after the trump rally in Iowa I think they trumptards are in de - evolution.

[Xolodno]

12. I do something even more infuriating when put into that position...

..."Well you see, I'm actually a Christian and follow the teachings of Jesus".

That gets them red in the face. And given my knowledge of the Bible, and often they know how well I'm versed, they end up walking away.

[erronis]

28. Great response. I don't know much about the bible but probably more than them.

And that's not really why they want to argue. It's not religion vs. religion. It's really just hatred of OTHERS.

[Xolodno]

37. Ultimately it's selfishness....and they want...

...confirmation that their selfishness is ok and it makes the world a better place. But if you don't give it to them, then they get angry and hateful toward you. But in reality, they hate themselves but don't want to change. Much like the Biblical account where someone wanted to follow Christ, but he told him he should sell everything he had, donate it and follow him. But he had much wealth and couldn't bring himself to it. Thus the statement, its easier for a camel to go through the eye of the needle than a rich man enter heaven.

[Vinca]

13. You were nice. It's got to be a whole lot more than 50.

[DFW]

16. Did he know what you meant? n/t

[TEB]

17. Not sure if he understood friend

They came to visit once and her father made statement,it is criminal how much you union guys make. I let it slide well today they stopped and his future father in law the idiot started. I was not nice this time, and my brother knows me I do push back.

[bettyellen]

29. It's criminal for you, but not for Insurance Co CEOS?

[ProudLib72]

21. I can't help myself. I need to know what his response was

Because I envision the typical right wing response of throwing punches.

[certainot]

22. "well, that's what limbaugh says, but the truth is..."

i suggest you use that preface to your answers when responding to rw lies

[gordianot]

23. I have several decades of experience with these types.

Ignoring works until the day they make a physical threat. On that day everything changes even if it is in your own house. I made it clear I did not want to clean the house in the aftermath have never spoken or seen them since except by a drive by.

[iluvtennis]

26. Wow, loved your reply.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

30. Well, that's off to a good start.

Thanksgiving is in just five months, too.

New one or old one? Manchurian Candidate, I mean. The Frank Sinatra version or the Denzel Washington version?

The remake is far more paranoid than the original.

[TEB]

31. The remake

We liberals I'm quoting his words. Are in a coup against trump deep state , I said I hope you are correct as I'm a patriot
And it scares me. That forest trump and his crew have no desire to follow the constitution.

[lisa58]

32. Nice...

and a little ❤️

[brush]

36. Oh, you're not going to be popular, but I like it.