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TSExile

(3,363 posts) Wed Oct 30, 2024, 05:19 PM Oct 30

DEEPLY disappointed...to the point of tears. [View all]

I have already shared with you all about my dad and his yard sign. My mom, back in 2022 watching the 1/6 hearings with me, said she would never vote for the RAPIST again. She also said she can never vote D, so she would skip voting for President and just vote down ballot. Both my parents are staunch Republicans, always have been, both sets of my grandparents were staunch Republicans...

I want to scream and yell that this isn't the Republican Party they grew up with. It's not the party of Lincoln and Ike anymore and hasn't been for decades. Well, this morning my folks decided to go to the Board of Elections and vote early. Mom said that she will vote for the RAPIST because he is more palatable than Harris/Walz. For some reason I cannot understand, neither parent likes them.

Many of you know that I been very forthright about my sexual assault back in 2015, right when T**** was beginning his climb up the political ladder. His treatment of people he despises, especially women, got my guard up. With E. Jean Carroll, it felt especially personal to me. My parents and rest of my immediate family would vote for a known sexual assaulter, knowing my own story...just because he is on the Republican ticket, not Democratic.

I honestly love my parents and get along great with them outside of politics. Where did I go wrong? 💔

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DEEPLY disappointed...to the point of tears. [View all] TSExile Oct 30 OP

You didn't go wrong. They did. Aristus Oct 30 #1

Did you tell her to Ontheboundry Oct 30 #4

Yeah. She's a sexual assault survivor, and her parents are voting for a rapist. Aristus Oct 30 #8

That's the OP's decision soandso Oct 30 #16

Of course it's her choice. Which I clearly recognized in my post. Aristus Oct 30 #19

That's all very nice soandso Oct 30 #20

Nice job 👍 NT Tickle Oct 30 #21

I don't need to imagine it; she spelled it out for us. Aristus Oct 30 #22

Sighhhh. Perhaps you could read that first response again, since you seem to have niyad Oct 30 #27

I did read it soandso Oct 30 #33

Do keep trying. niyad Oct 30 #36

What's your point? soandso Oct 30 #39

Re-read your own post, and then ask yourself, what is YOUR point?? Jack Valentino Oct 30 #40

She/he offered options, my reading of it. Dan Oct 30 #23

It's the same blind allegiance as with predator priests. BattleRow Oct 30 #32

That must hurt like hell. 3catwoman3 Oct 30 #2

I am so sorry BlueKota Oct 30 #3

" It's not the party of Lincoln and Ike anymore and hasn't been for decades." Different Drummer Oct 30 #5

Have you been able to tell them why them choosing a sexual assaulter/rapist is so painful for you? I sure understand if MLAA Oct 30 #6

First of all, please know that you are not alone. Coventina Oct 30 #7

Thank you... TSExile Oct 31 #41

The Republican cult is all about blame. Dems are all about service and responsibility to self and others. usonian Oct 30 #9

Think of it this way soandso Oct 30 #10

Smother them with kindness. usonian Oct 30 #11

Yeah,Raygun could do no wrong in my father in laws eyes. Conjuay Oct 30 #24

Yeah - soldierant Oct 30 #30

I am sorry to hear that jfz9580m Oct 30 #12

What is the greater good? The Grand Illuminist Oct 30 #13

You did not go wrong. They have a right to vote as they wish and all you can do is advise them. totodeinhere Oct 30 #14

even before dementia is diagnosed, flexibility of thinking declines with age and poor health harumph Oct 30 #15

You didn't go wrong. bdamomma Oct 30 #17

Sad. They sound like they're full of every other...ism in the book. In regards to VP Harris... brush Oct 30 #18

You didnt. Joinfortmill Oct 30 #25

For me, I just have some relationships where politics is set aside... Mark.b2 Oct 30 #26

re: "For some reason I cannot understand, neither parent likes them." thesquanderer Oct 30 #28

There are a lot of family maga's that disappoint me and frankly I no longer trust them nor care to be around them yaesu Oct 30 #29

TSExile... you didn't go wrong... slightlv Oct 30 #31

Luckily, my parents aren't like that. mdbl Oct 30 #34

did you remind your mom what she said in 2022, that she'd never vote for trump again? orleans Oct 30 #35

I'm going to guess this is a result of hours and hours of propaganda being pumped right into Liberal In Texas Oct 30 #37

Here's what's really weird. TSExile Oct 30 #38

As a fellow childless catlady I hear you jfz9580m Oct 31 #43

May I ask what state they are in? Polybius Oct 31 #42

No, thankfully. TSExile Oct 31 #46

You didn't go wrong. They didn't go wrong. DeepWinter Oct 31 #44

Have you seen the documentary 'The Brainwashing of my Dad'? mackdaddy Oct 31 #45