No need for flask cards when the government is giving out free booze!
My dad is doing similar things with emails. But it is emails only. In real life he votes sometimes Liberal somtimes whatever the Conservative Party calls itself these days. He was a card carrying member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Not a far right racist hater by any stretch of the imagination.
But he sends me these anti- Obama, anti health care reform emails. (Mainly recieved from Shriner friends of his in the USA.) I told him to stop it, and I even pointed out that his quadruple bypass operation/air ambulance to Hamilton, follow up care, etc etc would have cost more than the resale value of his house if we had been living in the USA. He agreed. And yet the emails continue.
I have decided its not worth it to ban his emails, but I have showed him how to suppress his recipient list. But I have a good relationship with my dad, and I know that he isn’t really that person, he just loves sending “jokes”. I don’t open anything from him unless the subject line shows something personal/family related. (Aunt Esme in Hospital; Photos from picnic)
If I didn’t know he wasn’t a racist pig I would be really upset too. I empathize completely, but fortunately other than his really maddening habits, he is a good man.
omg…I have brothers and sisters I didn’t know about. My “mom” has turned into a racist, right-wing nut job. her constant facebook postings about the latest crime by as she calls him “oblahblah” hurts my brian.
The constant, and ignorant, rants of the rights of the people and the killing of the constitution only began the month after Obama became president. I tell her the only reason she hates him is that he is black and she laughs and says " thats not the ONLY reason". Must be something with the older generation. My mom is 66 and I think the idea of having a black man in a position of authority is just something she can’t deal with.
But then my grandparents LOVE Obama and they are both in their 70’s…so who knows?
Most E-mail programs have this cool button marked ‘delete’. It works wonderfully. Try using it on forwarded messages, and ignore them.
She’s your mother. She’s 70 years old. Most people get a little strange as they get old. Deal with it. Love her anyway. Ignore and delete the stuff you don’t like. You don’t need to get up on your righteous high horse.
Unless of course she’s coming to your house and holding a gun to your head and forcing you to read it. Then other options may be warranted.
This guy’s a fuckin’ mutt. Ignore him.
Why are you still talking to this person? So she donated some genetic material to you decades ago–why does that mean anything at all? She’s a hateful person; let her wallow in her ignorance.
Why?
It was me and Mr. Neville, specifically. In 2007, we sold some of our stocks to get a down payment for a house.
I also have relatives with whom I strongly disagree on political topics. Sometimes all you can do is delete the messages and ignore them as best you can.
Don’t try to talk her out of her racist ideas. It won’t work, and it will frustrate you. Sometimes you have to agree to disagree with someone, however odious you find their views. Sometimes, to maintain a relationship, you have to agree not to discuss certain topics. In a perfect relationship in a perfect world, you wouldn’t have to do that. In a real relationship in the real world, sometimes you do have to if you want to continue the relationship.
My mom agreed not to bring up politics or religion…
when I pointed out that I was trying to protect her … from my rapier wit and superior debating points. 