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I have a large extended family. Really large. Hundreds of 1st, 2nd and third cousins.
All hard core Roman Catholic.
I've been on their email lists forever. And forever they have passed around right wing bullshit in these emails. Horrible, false shit.
I did a reply all in an email not too long ago. Told them all to fuck right off. Told them to take me off their stupid list. Called them dumb motherfuckers. Told them that I am disappointed in them, because I thought they were smarter than that. Told them to worry about their own families rather than worrying about how low black people wear their pants. Got a bunch of replies telling me to grow up, and to stop swearing because I don't have a good argument if I have to swear. Gave a simple 2 word reply to their responses.
Told my sister the same thing.
I'm too old to coddle these assholes just because they are family. I only see most of them at funerals anyway. I don't have the energy to reason with them. Fuck 'em. Gotta take a stand sometime in your life.
we can do it
(12,205 posts)I'm sick and tired of hearing how we should ignore assholism if it's in the family. They are all in someone's family- so that makes no sense.
LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)I really tore them up, and I felt badly for a few moments afterwards.
The stuff they sent:
1) Michelle Obama should go back to her tribe in Africa
2) White people had to pick cotton too
I mean, how can any reasonable person even begin to abide shit like this?
mnhtnbb
(31,408 posts)several years ago. Just finally had it with her BS right wing stuff she'd send around. I used to suggest she verify some
of the "alternative" facts before she'd send this BS around and I finally gave up.
One of her "friends" called me out on hitting reply all! LOL! I couldn't believe it. Ripped her a new one
since I'd known my sister-in-law for about 40 years at that point. If my SIL wanted to send around BS,
then I figured I had a right to send around correction of the BS and lies she was spreading.
That was the end for me. My SIL has been blocked for years now on my e-mail. Both she and my brother are Trumpsters.
If I never hear from either of them again, I won't miss it.
LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)I don't expect to hear from most of my family. I apparently caused quite a ripple. I'm ok with it.
we can do it
(12,205 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)what I call a negative attention getter.
Kinda makes me sad that he needs to do that because it doesn't work, just makes people back off further.
LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)What I can't understand is this...
My family passes this stuff around like it is candy. And that is pretty much all they pass around. Hate filled stuff. Negative stuff.
I think what hurts is that I really never knew they were like this. Not that I have spent a whole lot of time with them, but still, I guess I stupidly assumed that they shared at least some of my beliefs. I will never make that assumption again.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)he's really a nice person but he does all that negative attention getting stuff, much like what you describe, for attention because he lacks the skills to have a decent conversation.
I look at him as a wounded soul. I don't want to do any further damage so I mostly just ignore what he is saying by trying to change the conversation. On FB or in emails I ignore what I don't like and make another conversation when I can.
It's irritating but he's family.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,914 posts)And anyone who thinks mass-emailing anything at all needs to be prepared for a Reply All.
I used to get such things and every time I'd do a Reply All, and I was very quickly removed from the lists. Sweet.