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In reply to the discussion: I am at my dads house - he does NOT believe in the Coronavirus. [View all]lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)I lost my dad to the RW-crazy-sphere a few years back. It was a tremendously painful and expensive process to get him committed to a lock-down facility that accepted his VA benefits, only after he pulled a gun on his caregiver and was physically abusing my mother.
Largely, I blame Fox News however for his sharp decline into dementia that alienated everyone, language that became peppered with hateful "you G-D liberal takers" to all his children, despite that most of his retirement was largely funded by his hard-working offspring and many other Fox Noise "talking points" regardless how invalid.
It took all the mettle I could muster to maintain relative equanimity and not to argue with him. He had to be "tricked" into the nursing home that fateful day under the guise of taking them out to a new restaurant with other visiting family and the local Sheriff's representative there. I'd do it all over again to provide the relatively peaceful, non-injurious atmosphere my mother passed away in bed, knowing she was well-cared for.
It took quite some time to get over the shock and grieve appropriately.