One sister and two parents are ejected from my life as a result of their cognitive blind spots and for supporting and defending their orange god-king and all that he stands for.
One sister and two parents are ejected from my life as a result of their cognitive blind spots and for supporting and defending their orange god-king and all that he stands for.
That's tough. I had a similar experience during the Vietnam War. 10 years later the honest parent admitted I was right (the other denied the fights had ever happened).
I don't expect them to admit anything. The malignant evangelicalism metastasized long ago. Continuing the relationship would be like taking up smoking again: toxic and self-destructive.
Sounds like you made the right decision. The one parent here who was honest was responsible for me being here the way I am, and "Mommie Dearest" got a "Ding dong! The witch is dead!" dance when I hung up the phone from learning she had made America great again, permanently.
I hesitate to hit the "love" button on that - some people are a negative force in the world of human affairs. Some people are bad for the planet. Some people are object lessons in who we should avoid emulating. Some people are just better off when they don't breathe anymore. Sad, but also true. American greatness has never permeated the fabric of us. It shines through here and there. Maybe one day it will break through and human equity will actually exist from sea to sea.
Oh man I feel for you, the Jesuits taught me over 50 years ago that the truth mattered, everything had to be based on an un-reducible truth, without that your arguments were based on sand. What we witnessed from the day the clown took office was an unending stream of lies every time he opened his yap, it was relentless. Our Justice Dept. is depicted by a blindfolded woman holding the scales of justice, lying in a courtroom is punishable by a long time in prison, and it should be, that's why the repugnatcins are so terrified of the House Jan 6 committee. The only hope the perps of the Jan 6 attack have is to reelect the clown who will pardon them all, unless that happens a lot of them are going to jail. They shit all over their dinner plate, have a nice meal guys and girls.
One sister and two parents are ejected from my life as a result of their cognitive blind spots and for supporting and defending their orange god-king and all that he stands for.
That's tough. I had a similar experience during the Vietnam War. 10 years later the honest parent admitted I was right (the other denied the fights had ever happened).
I don't expect them to admit anything. The malignant evangelicalism metastasized long ago. Continuing the relationship would be like taking up smoking again: toxic and self-destructive.
Sounds like you made the right decision. The one parent here who was honest was responsible for me being here the way I am, and "Mommie Dearest" got a "Ding dong! The witch is dead!" dance when I hung up the phone from learning she had made America great again, permanently.
I hesitate to hit the "love" button on that - some people are a negative force in the world of human affairs. Some people are bad for the planet. Some people are object lessons in who we should avoid emulating. Some people are just better off when they don't breathe anymore. Sad, but also true. American greatness has never permeated the fabric of us. It shines through here and there. Maybe one day it will break through and human equity will actually exist from sea to sea.
Oh man I feel for you, the Jesuits taught me over 50 years ago that the truth mattered, everything had to be based on an un-reducible truth, without that your arguments were based on sand. What we witnessed from the day the clown took office was an unending stream of lies every time he opened his yap, it was relentless. Our Justice Dept. is depicted by a blindfolded woman holding the scales of justice, lying in a courtroom is punishable by a long time in prison, and it should be, that's why the repugnatcins are so terrified of the House Jan 6 committee. The only hope the perps of the Jan 6 attack have is to reelect the clown who will pardon them all, unless that happens a lot of them are going to jail. They shit all over their dinner plate, have a nice meal guys and girls.