OP-ED 'Salon' Writer Recommends Shunning Friends and Family Who Support Trump

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How desperate is this?

Salon Writer Recommends Shunning Friends and Family Who Support Trump
Louder With Crowder ^ | June 15, 2018 | Corey Stallings

Here’s a shocker. Leftists aren’t all too crazy about riders of the Trump train. Progressive types are known for denying MAGA people real estate transactions. Banning them from their concerts. Attempting to crater their skulls with 2x4s.

Then there’s this. A writer over at salon is recommending you shun all of your Trump-loving friends and family until they repent. Yeah, for real:

"If you have friends or relatives who support Donald Trump you should confront them. Explain to them that they are complicit with Trump’s cruelty and sadism. Then communicate that you will no longer speak with them, nor will you offer them emotional, financial or other types of support until they denounce Donald Trump and what he represents — and make amends through speech and action. This will not be easy. Doing what is right rarely is. But it is necessary.

Some will protest, saying that you can’t know what is in a person’s heart based on who they vote for. This is untrue. Voting and other types of political behavior are in many ways actions which are based more on emotion than they are reason. As such, a vote for Trump and continued support for him is a clear signal to a person’s deep and sincerely held values and beliefs."

Well, leftism is starting to sound a lot less like a political philosophy and more like a shady cult.

Yes, leftists must shun the “non-believers.” At least until they turn away from their devilish ways and follow the true path. Until they trade their MAGA hats for Che Guevara t-shirts. Replace their stars-and-stripes bumper sticker with a “Coexist” one. Increase their soy intake tenfold.

This is the emerging world of the left, where merely having a different opinion is grounds for the cold shoulder. Even if the opinion-haver is a blood relative.

Pathetic.

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bbbuddy

DEPLORABLE ME
I'm pretty sure they are late to the party. I think conservatives have separated themselves as much as possible from the cray cray leftists. Being shunned? Who would even notice?
 

Seeker

3 Bombs for Hawkins
This reminds me of civil war history, where families had sons fighting each other, on opposite sides. We know the left is seeking to divide our nation but to resort to something so childish as this is pitiful, isn't it? How many friendships, let alone families, are hanging on by a thread now?

"We agree to disagree" (for those who matter) works for me . . . and thank you to the rest (all 27 readers of Salon)!!!
 
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rlm1966

Veteran Member
There may be a lot of parents with extra rooms and extra cash if these idiots go down this path. Kid comes in and says I am no longer talking to you until you see Trump is evil and you look back at the kid and tell them that there will be no more tuition checks and that they should let the door hit them in the ass on the way out.
 

mzkitty

I give up.
Well, if they're "family," have your lawyer send them a copy of the letter saying they're now cut out of your will.

:)
 

JF&P

Deceased
I've lost several very close friends...and I was the one to push them away.

Liberals are the enemy...
 

WalknTrot

Veteran Member
It's stupid to let politics get in the way of family and friendships - no matter WHAT side.

I had a houseful of family and "soon to be" family yesterday, and nobody even mentioned politics. I know it is a scattered bunch - all over the political spectrum, but I don't care, because I love them all and would never want to alienate any of them. Good grief. People need to grow up, quit being obnoxious know-it-alls and gain some perspective.
 

Freeholder

This too shall pass.
My brother posted something conservative and supportive of Trump on FB a while back, and my liberal aunt made a comment. I politely mentioned that I thought we might need to divide the country up to avoid an actual armed conflict, and she replied that yes, they might let us (conservatives) have part of the South. LOL! If I could find the post again, I would tell her that more likely they would get the precincts that voted blue in the last election, if that. Since she lives in a mostly 'red' area (rural Alaska) I doubt that she would like that answer. (She worked for the government until she retired, which explains her liberal views, I guess. Plus her father was a professor at some university in California.)

Kathleen
 

Seeker

3 Bombs for Hawkins
. . . likely they would get the precincts that voted blue in the last election. . .

Good point, Kathleen. Just point to California, for example. Why isn't she there now, living "the life" ???
 

vessie

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Well, if they're "family," have your lawyer send them a copy of the letter saying they're now cut out of your will.

:)

Oh Mizkitty, we must be related! Lol!

But my mom did one thing to my brother before she passed and that was to make sure she only gave him $1 in the will so he couldn't contest it.

She knew what she was doing and he deserved it. V
 

TerriHaute

Hoosier Gardener
It's stupid to let politics get in the way of family and friendships - no matter WHAT side.

I had a houseful of family and "soon to be" family yesterday, and nobody even mentioned politics. I know it is a scattered bunch - all over the political spectrum, but I don't care, because I love them all and would never want to alienate any of them. Good grief. People need to grow up, quit being obnoxious know-it-alls and gain some perspective.

This is how it is with us. My female relatives are all liberal Democrats however we never discuss politics. As my daughter's father-in-law, a solid conservative, likes to say, "We spent good money to send our children to college and turn them into liberals." We enjoy each other's company very much and don't let our political differences get in the way and don't try to convert each other.
 

TammyinWI

Talk is cheap
Just like it is ok to shun (and insult) people who don't support him.

I get both ends of the stick. Not all, but some anti-Christians and ultra-libs get angry with me (my dad's wife, a narcissistic ogre, is both...they fight like cats and dogs.)
 

SageRock

Veteran Member
The use of the word "denounce" by the libtards is rising very sharply lately. It seems like hardcore Communist language that would not be out of place in the Red Guards or a Stalinist labor camp.

Watch for other words like "concrete," "vanguard," and "collective."
 

colonel holman

Veteran Member
such attitudes should assure DJT reelection, as they dont seem to be encouraging conservatives to change their voting choices
 

Gercarson

Veteran Member
I do NOT want to hear the "other" side when it comes to liberals - I KNOW the other side (Barack Hussein Obama is proof that we ALL should know it) and I personally stay the hell away from them.
 

Witness

Deceased
Of course the liberals want to tell democrats to stay away from Trump supporters.
They know Trump supporters are gathering hard core FACTS.
Democrats will only shout profanities.

When confronted with facts, some democrats are wisening up.
Liberals can't have that happen.
 

mzkitty

I give up.
Oh Mizkitty, we must be related! Lol!

But my mom did one thing to my brother before she passed and that was to make sure she only gave him $1 in the will so he couldn't contest it.

She knew what she was doing and he deserved it. V

You know, Vessie, it's not always the liberals you have to shun though.


I had a friend, conservative, voted for Trump, and she crapped on me after all I did for her. Haven't spoken to her since the election. Hope she's happy now.

You just never know when someone has a snake in their heart, do you?

:rolleyes:
 

Dozdoats

On TB every waking moment
It's stupid to let politics get in the way of family and friendships - no matter WHAT side.

Liberalism is a terminal mental disorder. Life is too short to deal with noninstitutionalized crazy people.
 

Faroe

Un-spun
It's stupid to let politics get in the way of family and friendships - no matter WHAT side.

I had a houseful of family and "soon to be" family yesterday, and nobody even mentioned politics. I know it is a scattered bunch - all over the political spectrum, but I don't care, because I love them all and would never want to alienate any of them. Good grief. People need to grow up, quit being obnoxious know-it-alls and gain some perspective.

I really prefer a "Don't ask, don't tell," understanding, but if they bring it up...I'm speaking my mind! Kinda feel like saying nothing would be condoning the lies, so at that point, they get an earful, and I feel it is my patriotic duty to do so. The West is at stake. I make it clear I'm not backing down, and I'm not intimidated by their mindless, naive, mis-informed CRAP.

They started it, not me.
 

EYW

Veteran Member
Yes, please shun me. Then I won't have to listen to anymore of your shit.

In the aftermath of the election, I lost one FB friend. She was a real sweet lady, a friend of my daughter, and I really liked her, but she was a Bernie supporter and she unfriended me. Oh well. I guess I chose well otherwise because, although I don't have a lot of FB friends, I only lost one. My BIL is a flaming lib and cried bitter tears on election night. I told my husband later that I do not want to pick on your bro or make fun of him or anything like that, but you know we both say liberalism is a mental disease, and of the three of us, you, your brother, and myself, who has spent time in a mental hospital. So I avoid him, fortunately our paths do not cross often, but I just don't want to hear the shit. My BIL was angry that his bro had voted for Trump, and when he tried to explain he wanted to protect the 2nd, BIL got really upset with asking incredulously, "You voted for him because of your hobby?" Nope, you don't understand and I don't want to hear that shit,

So, shun away. I don't give a whatever.
 

vessie

Has No Life - Lives on TB
You know, Vessie, it's not always the liberals you have to shun though.


I had a friend, conservative, voted for Trump, and she crapped on me after all I did for her. Haven't spoken to her since the election. Hope she's happy now.

You just never know when someone has a snake in their heart, do you?

:rolleyes:

I know what you mean Mzkitty!

Been going through the same thing! V
 

thompson

Certa Bonum Certamen
My brother posted something conservative and supportive of Trump on FB a while back, and my liberal aunt made a comment. I politely mentioned that I thought we might need to divide the country up to avoid an actual armed conflict, and she replied that yes, they might let us (conservatives) have part of the South. LOL! If I could find the post again, I would tell her that more likely they would get the precincts that voted blue in the last election, if that. Since she lives in a mostly 'red' area (rural Alaska) I doubt that she would like that answer. (She worked for the government until she retired, which explains her liberal views, I guess. Plus her father was a professor at some university in California.)

Kathleen

Is this what you were referring to?

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vessie

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Aaaaaa-Ha! Now I know why a lot of liberal men are just such pussies!

Behold this line from the story, that they need to "Increase their soy intake tenfold".

That makes so much sense now since soy is a phytoEstrogen so these liberal men are getting too many female hormones in their systems.

No wonder there are so many liberals who are sissies. V
 

WalknTrot

Veteran Member
My best friend on the planet voted for Bernie. We are closer than sisters and have been for 30 years. Got each other through bouts of cancer, husband's Hep C, money problems, work problems, legal problems, sick kids, parents with Alzheimer's, and basically have to spend a couple minutes on the phone every day keeping up and reflecting on the madness "out there". We have always had everything else to talk about except politics - and we agree/commiserate together about the ALL rest. I really don't care one whit how she votes. Have no driving need to change friends/family's minds about politics. There are waaaay more important things in life. Like Real Life.
 

Freeholder

This too shall pass.
Is this what you were referring to?

b47NHey.jpg

Maybe. That is actually a county map. I think if we could break it down by voting precincts we would find that even some of those blue counties aren't actually all blue (and some of the red counties might have blue precincts in them).

Kathleen
 

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
There may be a lot of parents with extra rooms and extra cash if these idiots go down this path. Kid comes in and says I am no longer talking to you until you see Trump is evil and you look back at the kid and tell them that there will be no more tuition checks and that they should let the door hit them in the ass on the way out.

I know, right? How much "financial support" were Trump folks getting from the left anyway?
 

Dozdoats

On TB every waking moment
I've never known a libbyleftie who could leave politics out of anything.

And friends don't let friends … whatever.
 

WalknTrot

Veteran Member
I've never known a libbyleftie who could leave politics out of anything.

And friends don't let friends … whatever.

I can tell her there's no way I'd ever vote for that Commie b**tard, she gives me a short, biting insult over whatever conservative I voted for/support, we cackle like idiots and move on.

And if I ever tried to CONTROL or manipulate my friends or family, I'd figure I needed to work on myself a little more first. Just sayiin'....
 

Faroe

Un-spun
I've never known a libbyleftie who could leave politics out of anything.

And friends don't let friends … whatever.

True. Frequently introduced in a passive-aggressive manner, manipulatively attempting to cow dissenters into grudging silence. SO sick of the lame, self-righteous hand wringing. (They also choose inappropriate situations (like on a parrot forum of all things, imagining the Conservatives are hanging their heads in shame).

eff that!
I TRY to be polite and gracious, but as soon as the other side gets pissy, I switch to blunt and brutal, and I don't apologize for any hurt feelings either.
 
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Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
_______________
Passed on going to BIL's 50th birthday get together in San Antonio.

His wife's family is a turd bucket of flamin' ass liberals.

Told him I would like to attend...but,

No way in hell would I subject myself to a bunch of f~~~n' communist drones. It is against my nature to quietly allow them to spout their anti-American bullshit without responding.

I didn't spend my time on the East German fence, countering communism to come home and tolerate domestic enemies.

I don't waste my time with polite anymore... straight to full frontal assault.

Truth bombs, fact mines and rapid fire reality.
 
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