Today I did it. I tried one last time to get through to him. He’s a Jew. I showed him a verse from the bible (Leviticus 19:33) that says to relate to a foreigner like one of your own, as we were foreigners in egypt. He doesn’t care, tried to make up semantics about why It doesn’t mean that.
I showed him pictures of the Everglades Concentration Camp and how they’re selling merchandise, and how this is what the Nazis started with. He called me a hysterical lefty and told me “you must be the most pleasant person in the room and know everything”.
I blocked him after that. It crushes me to block one of the pillars of my life from my childhood, but I can’t associate with a fucking hypocrite or a fucking nazi supporter. He’s 60, when they cut medicare for him, I hope my sister is ready to go bankrupt paying for his medical care, because he voted for this, not me.
It’s sad that families break up because of politics.
It’s sad when family embraces fascism, that’s beyond “politics”.
He also said “no more discussing politics, goodbye” as if it’s not a question of morals, just politics.
Yeah, sorry, it sucks, but you definitely did the right thing, there should be no patience or trying to understand and stay friendly with fascists.
Is it more sad or less sad when families break up for other reasons?
Asking to gage how sad it is that I’ve not talked to my mom for years for non-political reasons.