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neeksgeek

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17. Family may be the hardest part ...

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 08:50 PM

Apr 2025

I’m no longer on speaking terms with my sister, and I don’t know a way to fix that. I’m not even sure I care to. Her racism led her to vote for a President who would cheerfully deport my (US citizen) Mexican-American wife, and her entire family (also all US citizens), if he had any bad reason. My sister said we just have a difference of opinion about immigration, but this is a real crisis; my wife is afraid to go out alone, and I’m afraid for her as well. Also, my wife absolutely wants nothing to do with my sister. This is far from the only division between us, but it’s the biggest. How do we reconcile that kind of conflict, in families all across the nation?

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At some point, when we reset in the future. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 OP

Indeed malaise Apr 2025 #1

Where do you start with that? cachukis Apr 2025 #2

I don't know...we, as a country, need to agree on what Don Trump and his gang did to our country. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #3

I think we need to define, philosophically, a justification cachukis Apr 2025 #4

How about we start with all the gd crimes Trump and his crime syndicate have committed. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #5

Right on. But we tried with the Jan 6 committee cachukis Apr 2025 #7

Thoughtful comment. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #8

We need 20 Rethug Senators to convict and remove Trump. That is not going to happen. Celerity Apr 2025 #20

Thanks. He's locked in. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #15

Yes we will need that. But will we? Our history w the Civil War shows we sweep things under the rug... Hekate Apr 2025 #6

I fear, I won't be around either. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #9

There will never be a reset in America after this.Things might improve, but they will never be the same. elocs Apr 2025 #10

It's not a regional North/South issue. Every State has a N/S divide. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #12

Which I said in my post. But in my Blue Wisconsin city of 50,000 I have maga cultists living on my block. elocs Apr 2025 #13

Eventually, they will either flee to rural places where their ideas will find safe habor..... OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #14

It has already happened starting in 2016- over 1 million murdered with covid etc. Meowmee Apr 2025 #11

IMO the damage might take a generation to repair. The distrust NoMoreRepugs Apr 2025 #16

Family may be the hardest part ... neeksgeek Apr 2025 #17

My brother's wife is from Columbia, SA. They've raised 2 All-American kids in New Hampshire. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #19

We Will Need a Marshall Plan for America CitizenZero Apr 2025 #18

Perhaps start with a legislative overhaul of Executive powers. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #21

Agreed CitizenZero Apr 2025 #24

Also CitizenZero Apr 2025 #25

Maybe after First Contact irisblue Apr 2025 #22