posted ago by the-don-pod
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Two of my brothers are insanely far left and my mother and I are conservative (I'm further right than her). Recently there has been fights and I havent heard from 1 of my brothers for months.
It doesnt bother me but my mother is hurt by the family division. She wants to reconnect with my brother but I just dont see how it is possible with him viewing us as racist nazis. He will respond to her over text in the bare minimum. He is never the one to reach out.
What should I do? Should I be contacting/reconnecting with him? Should i encourage her to get over him? I don't see our relationship ever being steady based off his beliefs and actions. It aggravates me seeing her forcing a relationship that will just lead to more pain.
Sorry mate, I'm telling you from my experience and from countless experiences of people who were divided between communism and normal world view
you can't save the people who don't want to save themselves
They can't be changed by you, and in best case, you will use all your nerves, emotions and time.
I've tried, my wife tried, some friends and colleagues... Nobody succeed.
Sooner you quit, it will hurt less.
WWII, 90's... There were countless families split forever.
In Marxist ideology class matters and there is no place for family and no place for individualism. You will never be on the same side again.
If you don't believe me, find 10 random people from the countries in which left was in power struggle and you will hear 10 same stories, divided by 100 years and 10.000 miles.
Not believing this is the same as not believing that fire is hot
There needs to be a documentary on this. It would help my mother move on. I don't think she realizes how insane their views are, and how deeply they feel that people on the right are nazis.
Thanks for the advice and I'm sorry you have had the same.
I don't see how I can deal with someone who thinks I am a nazi for supporting Trump. Being a libertarian and against big government I'd be the worst nazi of all time.
My thoughts exactly. Sadly my mother wont feel the same.
You should start praying for both of your brothers. Ask you mother, do it together. I will you give an example from the Holy Scripture. As Jesus said:
In these verses Jesus dispels erroneous belief, that everything, after you confess Him as you Lord and Savior, going to be 'fine and dandy'.
Welcome to the current US, we are all dealing with stuff like this.
My fiance hasn't spoken with her sister in 6 months.
I haven't spoken to my oldest friend of 20 years in almost a year.
My in-laws have gotten rid of half of their friends.
This is what the media has done to us.
Think of all the family members who informed on their own family to the Stasi, Gestapo, KGB, etc.
I think what you say is true. I just don't love my brothers anymore... I just love my mom and hate to see her hurting because of them.
I will try to approach them with peace in time but currently I think I need to give it more time.
dont worry, your brother will take the vaccine and turn into a zombie soon enough.
They will need your mother more than your mother needs them.
They both take so much for granted from her. They believe the government should be helping everyone / ensuring equity but they are fine in receiving benefits from my parents.
Damn, I never heard of this before. Human nature really does not change.
I have 'family' I have not spoken to in many years because 'they' are leftist twits with zero morality, intelligence or Love in their barren souls. I refuse to grant credence to their idiotic thoughts/words/doings, not even a lkittle bit.
So yeah. I do not 'reach out', others say I should but no, I choose to not deal with insanity, period. Evil exists, sometimes it is in our Families, like a cancer it must be excised.
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Wish media wasn't spewing evil at all corners. I tried to explain to my mom that their habits of reddit, NPR, and main stream media on repeat is just going to make them believe what they do even more so.
Personal boundaries are very important. You can send him a message direct and to the point:
You can also add how this is affecting your mother.
After that its up to him, but you know that you have been the bigger person and reached out to him.
You can only express how you feel to someone, but you cannot change how they feel or what they do. That change has to come on their own.
My ancestors were on opposing sides at the Battle of Freeman's Farm. Freeman's Farm was OWNED by the Loyalist faction of the family.
BOTH SIDES LOST THEIR MEN and ALMOST HALF THEIR CHILDREN before it was all said and done (forced march to Canada after the peace treaty was signed).
That's the way it goes in war.
MAKE RIGHT WITH YOUR MAKER AND DO WHAT YOU MUST DO.
Stay away from each other until this plays out. Don't hurt each other
Time heals all wounds I suppose. I cannot change them but maybe they will come around eventually. Thanks brother.
I have the same problem myself
You are a coward and unfit to breathe American air. See my above post.