Family. Can't live with them, can't shake them 'til the stoopid falls out.

[blissfish]

I just sent this to my mother after yet another hate filled screed about how Obama is a Muslim America-hating empty suit who is descended from slave owners and wants to be the liberal Messiah. No, seriously.

Please remove me from mailings of the political variety. You know that I disagree with most conservative political principles. I do my own research and make my own political decisions. You are my family, and I do not want the aggravation of politics, especially what is to me hate-driven political drivel that does nothing except capitalize on peoples' fears of what is different from them in terms of race, religion, and social beliefs, to be a source of tension between us. I wouldn't send you the political jokes and missives from my gay, Muslim, pagan, or atheist friends because I know you wouldn't want to read it and it would just make you angry. Please extend me the same courtesy.
-Casey

I hate shit like this. She knows how I feel about it. We hardly speak as it is, and this is her email contact with me.

And yes, I hit "Reply All" to send my opinion to the entire extended-family email list. My spam folder should be jumpin' with Redneck Indignation in about thirty minutes.

Comments

[lady-jem.livejournal.com]

I think this is great.

Taking the high road doesn't mean the birds might not still poop on your head, but the fact that you've chosen to be civil, courteous, honest, and respectful while standing up for your beliefs sez a lot about you as a human being. Good for you.

And thank you for reminding me to be grateful that I am the daughter of a couple of East-Coast educated liberal hippies whose political leanings are very much like mine. It must be awful to have that kind of tension in your family. (Of course, then there was the time my Southern Baptist aunt and uncle from Arkansas came over for dinner during election season one year...:-)
peace,
Jem