My trumper aunt

[boston bean]

had fox news on in the bedroom she is staying in. She told me how she loves fox.

Right now, she is down stairs eating the pasta fajioli I slaved to make for her visit.

I went into that room and parental controlled the blocking if FOX, One America and Newsmax.

She ain't getting her fill of rw trump propaganda while staying here.

I also set her tv to MSNBC.

She might not stay the night.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Tell her HOUSE RULES

[B2G]

2. Think that will change her mind?

I'm so glad my diverse family doesn't do politics.

[boston bean]

4. No it won't change her mind. Nothing I ever said would.

[B2G]

8. So if you can't be a gracious host,

You shouldn't have extended an invitation in the first place.

[boston bean]

9. My mother lives here with me. I know i am so awful. It is her sister.

I am gracious. She needs to be too.

No trump shit here. She knows. She can be a well behaved guest if she like.

[B2G]

10. She's watching TV in her bedroom.

What am I missing?

[boston bean]

12. I can hear it.

[B2G]

14. How horrid.

I hope you survive her stay.

[boston bean]

17. I will survive and w/o hearing fox to boot.

[LanternWaste]

71. Your concern with little more than a blocked tv channel almost sounds sincere.

Your concern with little more than a blocked tv channel in one's own home almost sounds sincere.

Though a dramatic soundtrack may more efficiently allow your implication of intolerance a less fictional weight of gravity.

Thankfully, it appears no one will be running a marathon while bleeding from a small cut. That would be horrid indeed, no?

[trof]

79. Maybe you're missing that IT'S HIS FUCKING HOUSE!?

jeez

[adigal]

89. Do you allow smoking in your house? if not, why have someone over to kick them outside

Do you allow immoral activities? If not, then why allow Fox, an immoral, lying state station that is destroying our country.

[Demsrule86]

66. If she is doing it to annoy you well that is certainly rude when staying with someone...

[Maraya1969]

15. Your condecending comments are getting on my nerves. If you can't be a gracious poster

why not just stay quiet?

[B2G]

16. No thanks. Nt

[StrictlyRockers]

22. Well then by all means, continue with the snark & finding fault with how other people conduct

THEIR BUSINESS.

'Cuz it's NUNYA.

[B2G]

23. If you post on an Internet board

You are kind of inviting commentary.

[StrictlyRockers]

25. I knew you'd say that.

It totally gives you the right to post like a complete jerk...riiiight..

[LanternWaste]

72. Yes. You certainly are.

Yes. You certainly are.

[skylucy]

40. I was just thinking the same thing Maraya.

[VMA131Marine]

24. Blocking Fox news from the TV *is* the gracious thing to do.

Think of it as an intervention.

[skylucy]

41. ...

Oh yeah!!

[Squinch]

26. If the aunt can't be a gracious guest and leave politics out of the conversation, she shouldn't have

accepted the invitation.

And yes, talking about how great Fox is is a politically loaded conversation.

Fox News is not allowed in my house. That's my right.

[we can do it]

30. Being a gracious host has nothing to do with allowing shit in your own home.

[JI7]

64. there is nothing gracious about Fox News

[pnwmom]

67. Gracious hosts aren't required to provide Faux News to their guests. Or any TV at all.

My daughter is a gracious host and they don't get cable. Their only TV is in their bedroom, and it only shows Netflix.

[niyad]

73. BB's house, BB's rules.

[Maraya1969]

11. Watch "The brainwashing of my dad" That is exactly how this girl's mom got her

husband off of his addiction to Fox and conservatism. She changed the channels.

Sometimes people don't even know they have a choice.

Besides, after watching some of Fox and Friends, I think it is disrespectful of women to even watch Fox. The way they make pretty women sit in mini skirts on a couch and they have a camera set up that if one of them opened their legs you could see right to their crotch is despicable. It is not news. It is for dirty old men like O'Reilly and Ailes to star at women.

I wouldn't allow Fox in my house. I'd do the very same thing.

[kimbutgar]

44. Excellent movie

If we can deprogram them there lives and health will improve. I had to stop watching cable news after the election. My stress level went down. I only read politics, not watch it anymore. My husband was upset I stopped watching and now he’s cool with it. The other night I turned it on to see a bit of Nueller Monday fun only lasted 5 minutes. I used to saturate in 3-4 hours a night, not anymore.

[ffr]

3. Or she might begin to question, if she even notices she's not watching Fox

Watching Fox isn't healthy...for anybody.

[chaking53]

5. I wouldn't have let her in the door!

[calimary]

61. Welcome to DU, chaking53!

I would have, but would have made clear that I do not allow Fox News in my house (especially when I'm paying for it, and for the TV, and for the house).

And truly and sincerely, I don't. I don't want it in my cable package, either. There are just certain things I won't allow, in my house.

Similarly, I told a girlfriend, when I heard her hiss "that BITCH" under her breath, about Hillary Clinton, that I will not allow that in my house. Period. NOBODY calls Hillary Clinton a bitch in my house.

I always try to be generous and accommodating. But there are some things that, for me anyway, are simply not allowed. If it's MY house, it's MY rules. You agree to that when you voluntarily step inside. Sorry to be such a hard-ass about it, but thereya go.

[susanna]

68. Exactly, calimary. Exactly. n/t

[chaking53]

86. just got back

As a zen student I learned it is best to just avoid negative input altogether. Thanks for the thoughtful response.

[spanone]

6. Bwahahahahaaa....kick ass boston bean!!!

[Glamrock]

7. Bwaaaaa

That's both terrible and awesome! Kudos!

[virtualobserver]

13. lock her in the bedroom for a few months

She might come out a liberal Democrat.

[Jim Beard]

59. I don't want to upstage you, but I was thinking more along the lines of in the closet.

[virtualobserver]

60. I was hoping that she would watch MSNBC and be transformed....

I'm not sure what the closet experience would do for her

[BigmanPigman]

18. I just Googled that pasta recipe...yum!

That is very nice of you to go to all that work. If I were you I would be like the "soup Nazi" and say, "No pasta for you as long as you watch that". Fortunately for me my family always talks politics and religion at family's dinners but since we are three generations of hard core Dems and Atheists it is always good time. My outgoing phone mess. since Jan is "You have reached ***-**** please leave a message unless you're a Republican then please run along". Most people like it but two former Repub friends don't think I am serious for some reason. I say "stick to your guns and good for you!".

[Doreen]

19. Get her some damn headphones so you do not have to hear it.

New rule: If watching fux must have headphones on properly.

[we can do it]

35. No fucknutz noiz allowed here. In any room.

Get a hotel room if you need that shit.

[Doreen]

43. Good point.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. Good for you.

Although I will suggest going even farther. No TV in the guest bedroom. And maybe even no TV of any kind in the house. Honest, we are not required to have televisions in our homes.

But if you do want to have one (and one is an adequate number) you make sure it won't get Fox, etc. Better yet, turn off the TV, make a no politics rule, and play cards or a few board games.

And those who think you aren't being a gracious host have it wrong. You are never obligated to put up with crap like Fox in your own home.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

21. Heh

I put the parental block on those channels on my own TVs using random passwords which I didn't write down and don't remember.

[FakeNoose]

48. Good idea!

If any visitors ask you to put on Fox News, just tell them "It's not on my basic cable."

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

54. No worry there

Anyone who would want those TV channels shown would not be allowed in my home.

[Kirk Lover]

27. I personally don't think it's right to dictate what a house guest is allowed and not

allowed to watch in the privacy of their guest room. If you get the channel a guest - family member should be 'allowed' to watch it. I can understand that you don't want to discuss anything tRUMP - and that she is to please not mention him AT ALL. But I think what you are doing is really going way too far. Would you like that being done to you if you were a guest in someone's home?

I visit my Aunt in Indiana and she's a big tRUMPer and a big R in general. I can't imagine her telling me I'm not allowed to watch the libturd shit in her house....just thinking about it I'm doing mad side eye.

[boston bean]

29. I don't plan on speaking about it.

[Kirk Lover]

31. Do you think she will?

[boston bean]

33. Nope. I think she will get the hint.

[Kirk Lover]

36. Then you're good -- I do like the stealth way that you are doing this rather than say have

a conversation that 'you're not allowed'....well played.

[Snake Plissken]

28. You did the right thing, there's no need for you to help contribute to her delinquency

[NCTraveler]

32. I laughed out loud. Nt

[Honeycombe8]

34. Good! Your house, YOUR rules! nt

[karynnj]

37. For others in your situation, do the parental controls BEFORE someone comes,

then just look innocent and say that "they" are not in your cable package.

However, she can't complain too much - you made her a special dinner.

[Puzzledtraveller]

38. My nieces refused to see or call my mom

when she was dying of cancer because she voted for Trump, no lie, it broke her heart that two of her granddaughters were not there. I am not saying your situation is anything like that at all but only that we can all take things too far and lose sight of what really matters.

[MLAA]

46. What really matters to me is not supporting racism, not supporting taking away Healthcare etc etc

I don't mean to be harsh to you, as you clearly agree with my sentiments or you wouldn't be a DUer. What we disagree on is how strongly to hold Trump voters accountable.

I went for dropping 4 friends of 30 years ( I managed to hold my nose during Bush years). I reduced time with brother dramatically. Dad, who has early dementia I still stay engaged with and if he brings up any dump crap I don't let him get by with false statements. In my opinion, dump voters need to feel the pain. Dump is only one ignorant asshole. It is the millions of voters I won't let off the hook.

All this said, my condolences on losing your mother. I lost mine a few years ago, and it was/is the most painful experience of my life.

[adigal]

90. Our kids will suffer the most from this monster...so I say Good for your nieces

Your mother won't be there to smuggle them birth control, take them to Canada if they need an abortion, etc. etc. I'm very sorry for your loss of your mother, but she voted for a sex offender, woman hater racist moron. As you know.

[kimbutgar]

39. That is great.

But be prepared for her melting down and having withdrawals.

[iluvtennis]

42. LOL, used parental controls on mommy. Love it

[Hekate]

52. Auntie

[sarcasmo]

45. I do the same thing to my Fox News loving brother-in-law and every hotel TV.

[MLAA]

47. Good for you!

[Hekate]

49. Well done, you. No fuss, no muss, no family confrontations. No FOX. It's your house. nt

[kerry-is-my-prez]

50. When I go to the hospital the tv in the lobby is on Faux. I always change it but it's always back to

the dumbass channel. Most public places will try not to have Faux on but this tv is away from any staff so visitors can change it.

[Amimnoch]

51. Ha! I'd done the same thing to all my receivers years ago.

There will be no faux "entertainment" in my home.

[GoCubsGo]

58. That's what I did back when I had satellite.

I live alone. I just blocked it out of principle. It's not welcome in my house, and I didn't even want to see it when I flipped through the channels.

[DonCoquixote]

53. show NO MERCY

Fox is used to intimidate, if she has a belly full of your pasta, she has no right to try and intimidate in your house. Sorry to say, if she needs charity thanks to Trump, you can gain satisfaction knowing none of her new "friends" would be the ones feeding her. if she hauls off and does nto stay the night, do not worry, she will come back soon enough.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

55. Good move! My RWNJ bro in law turns my parents' tv to Fox

and they are MSNBC people! I've been trying to get them to block Fox when he's there, but they don't want to cause any more "tension". Ugh! Thank goodness he rarely visits, especially when I'm there.

[trueblue2007]

56. good for you !!!1

[Demtexan]

62. Your Aunt should respect your wishes.

She should buy some headphones then.

She is a guest in your house.

I do not allow Fox news in my house either.

[Rhiannon12866]

63. I remember when another DUer did that to her visiting mother-in-law

I sure don't blame you, I wouldn't want that on at my house. Of course, if someone asked me which channel it is, I couldn't tell them.

[Demsrule86]

65. I understand why you did this...but I don't mix family and politics.

[PearliePoo2]

69. Parental block on fox! That's awesome and exactly what I would do too!

[syringis]

70. I'm not going to argue...

...about what is gracious or not, but I would have done the same as you.

And if that makes me look rude, well, ok, I'm rude.

Yes a host has to be gracious, but the person invited has to be too. She have to consider what might bother you and not impose her point of view. It is common courtesy.

[niyad]

74. good for you!!! you do not need to have that ugly energy in your space, ever.

years ago, one of my dearest friends was in a coma in icu. I came in the second morning, and the tv channel was on fox (which it had NOT been the day before)

I looked at it, looked at the attending RN and said, "well, if anything were going to bring her out of the coma, listening to this bs would have done it. Now, please find something else."

it was done. no fox for the last days of her life.

[SunSeeker]

75. Love it!

[lagomorph777]

76. All that crap has been blocked from my TVs for as long as that's been possible.

[Squinch]

77. How's it going today, Boston? When's she going home?

[barbtries]

78. that is good.

if you haven't seen it yet, watch "the brainwashing of my dad" - it tells the history and they found a way to break the spell for him.

[lunasun]

80. FOX is bad juju . Keep it out of the house

[BHDem53]

81. Before I retired from the railroad in 2013

I would stay in motels while on the road. The first thing I would do when I got to my room on Monday afternoon was to find and delete faux news.

[spooky3]

82. LOL!

[Ellen Forradalom]

83. Cut the cord

I only have Netflix. And the French news channels on Sling International.

[gibraltar72]

84. It is

for her own good.

[R B Garr]

85. I approve! Desperate situations call for desperate measures!

BUT, would you consider posting your pasta fagioli recipe?? Or a reasonable proxy if you don't want to divulge it all. Is it an old family recipe?? I remember my aunt in New York making this for me when I visited years ago, but for some reason my mom doesn't make those old family recipes.

[HipChick]

87. Has she gone?

[adigal]

88. The trick is to do that when you are at HER house

Then mention you heard Fox News was on a special cable section, like HBO. She will have to get all of those premium channels if she likes Fox.
Hey, I don't like dishonesty, but we are trying to save America! Fair is fair.