Please please talk me down from the ledge

[vercetti2021]

I was so close to telling my Trump loving cousin to go fuck herself and never talk to me again. I stopped myself but still considering it. Argument started with her posting some bullshit article about how the media is lying about Trump. I commented about the slush fund bullshit because she tossed in its dems wanting PP funding for abortions. Like I get accused and attacked because it turned into a fight about how being in distribution we are overworked heavily right now and thus calling me ungrateful and lucky I should have a job not even knowing the amount of shit we are being put through.

She on the other hand never had to work a day in her adult life because she is married to a doctor. Seriously guys. Talk me down. I never turn my back on family but at this point. I'm close.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Here goes.

She's an idiot and you're arguing with someone who knows nothing and can't employ logic to a critical situation.

Talk to someone else.

You're fine. Just stay away from people like your cousin.

[Kaleva]

2. Id she's just a cousin, I'd suggest you cut her out of your life. A gain for you.

[samnsara]

3. unfriend her.. i have unfriended many family members and my BP went down...

..its the one power you can own. One click and you instantly have less toxicity in your life..







click....

[Hugin]

4. Back away, vercetti2021.

Back slowly away.

There's no need to lower yourself by responding. You are correct and have nothing to defend.

"Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig." - Robert Heinlein.

[redstatebluegirl]

5. You can't reason with an unreasonable person.

She sounds like one of those forever Trumpers who are one issue voters (abortion). Unfriend her, I have done that with many friends and family. I still talk to them, I just don't see the stupid as stuff they post anymore.

[dalton99a]

6. Waste of time and energy.

Nothing to be gained. Not worth it

[edhopper]

7. Ask yourself

what good would it do to tell her.
Stop talking politics with her and post here instead. We will support you.

[theaocp]

8. You haven't given a positive about your relationship with her, so I'd just ignore her.

Telling someone to fuck off is cathartic, but if you're not likely to run into this person online or IRL, just let them fall to the wayside. I have a cousin who revealed something about himself recently that is rather ugly. Fortunately, he lives nowhere near me and I have had no reason to interact with him over the years. Now, it's not a far leap to understand if I saw him on the street, I'd cross or turn around. Leave her until she learns from her own mistakes, should life offer her those opportunities. It seems she's rather insulated from responsibility. Ironically, so is my cousin from his. Family can be a hindrance sometimes, when stumbles become crippling.

[Botany]

9. I cut off an old friend in 2016 because he was one of those "liberal tears taste sweet" idiots.

You might want to point out to your cousin that we should not be so far up "shit's creek"
without Trump's help. This crap we are in was 100% preventable.

[hunter]

10. If she's married to a doctor on the front lines of this pandemic she's in for a wild ride.

Wish her well, distance yourself, and don't be too mean when it's time to tell her "I told you so."

Some people don't learn anything until reality bites them in the ass.

And even then they might respond in bizarre ways like blaming someone else for the consequences of their own deliberate ignorance and denial.

[Laelth]

11. I have no interest in "talking you down."

In life, there are plenty of people you can do without, and you will be better off for letting them go. This, it appears, is one of them.

-Laelth

[Act_of_Reparation]

12. Is her company worth it?

Is the relationship good overall? If yes, do what you can.

If no, fuck it. Cut the crazy fucker loose.

[lostnfound]

13. Feel sorry for her for being so stupid. Nt

[DFW]

14. If you're gonna put your head through a brick wall, make sure the bruises are worth it

I have a cousin in Tennessee I haven't seen since our grandfather's 100th birthday party in New York, and that was 1994. I heard he was a full Cheneybush fanatic, so I'm fairly confident he would be a Trumpanzee now.

Needless to say, I can think of no valid reason why I should even bother to find out. I have other cousins who are perfectly normal lucid people. Why seek out the crazies?