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Im screaming to the void.
I knew a majority of my husband's family voted for Trump in 2016. At the time I forgave them and just chopped it up into political differences and politics don't belong in family.
They all still voted for him again this last week.
This is my husband's family, BTW. My husband is 100% against Facism and would never and has never voted for Trump, because even wene we didn't yet know better, we both thought he would be a shitty President.
I was optimistic when he started having Peace Talks with Russia, but then the "OH shit, he's a Nazi" moment came.
My in laws wanted us to go to Thanksgiving. I told them no and that turned into a heated conversation about how "we all have our beliefs".
I'm so mad, there is no making sense to these people. Not the comparison to the rhetoric between Hitler and Trump, not the safety and health of their granddaughters.
Not even the fact that I was rapped while in the military by my battle buddy. I know all too well how the Military protects their own. They made sure I was safe from infection and the wounds I had obtained (from forcible entry, sorry graphic) had healed and I was protected from Pregnancy. But CID gave him a stamp on his record and a slap on the wrist. They kept monsters like that in the military and blamed women.
My Chain of Command literally asked me "How dare I say such things about a fellow Soldier" and told me that if I were his daughter he would take me over his knee and spank me. In a room full of Senior Enlisted, this mother Tucker sexually harassed a woman who had just been rapped. And even though I had sustained wounds to my womb, I still had to do a record PT test the following weekday. I still passed, motherfucker.
These people willingly elected a known rapist into office and expect me to trust them with my children?
Billions of people around the world sleep in fear, now. At least Thousands of people (if not more) in the US are ready to take up arms and defend Democracy.
Hope does not seem like a strong enough word, but I hope it does not come to that.
A Cold Civil War (Civil Winter) is coming and it will first be fought by our politicians. I hope it is successful and we don't see hundreds of thousands American Lives lost over this.
This bitch of a mother in law still thinks it was me who sent her the texts from my husband's phone. I had to call her on speaker with my husband in to room so she knew, those texts and questions were his, they came from him. If I wanted to talk to her , I would use my own goddamned phone. I am a Soldier and these small ass country hillbillies have never known how to comprehend a woman like me.
After 11 years in the military, as a Combat Medic, I like to consider myself to be "one with wich you do not fuck". These assholes have had it easy because I have consciously chosen kindness and gentleness over and over again.
No more. I have no family in Michigan and I'm fine with that.
nimeton0
If a N@zi runs for political office, and a majority of over 73 million people vote for that totalitarian dictator, you are actually living in a new N@zi world order whether you believe it or not.
alssst
Shut up...
DefinitelyaHumanNotanAlien
I'm so sorry for your experiences in the military. It's a cesspit of misogyny.
Rink257
Thank you, I appreciate that.
I am OK now because I know I am not alone.
ghornby
Is not voting when a Nazi is running not the exact same thing?
Rink257
I don't think so. I think those who didn't vote have no idea how much their voice matters.
spontaneous9
While it's possible to eat a turkey dinner without broaching the subjects or politics, gender or religion, it does require forbearance on the part of all in attendance. So yeah, I understand not wanting to go.
What's unfortunate is having to explain why.
If that were me, I probably would have lied & said I'd already accepted an invitation elsewhere.
Rink257
I did that before a few years ago and we ended up having two Thanksgiving that year. Not worth it.
spontaneous9
You mean, you declined an invitation, so they rescheduled? Yeesh.
Yeah I can see how that would be less than optimal.