Ending part of the lunacy

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I've told you about my batshit crazy friend who fell down the Q rabbit hole.

I stayed FB friends with her and occasionally talked with her on FB messenger.

Her crazy has escalated.  Now she has a trans friend who did a full physical transition (had bottom surgery, which is expensive as hell and not an easy thing to do).  So of course, she knows all about it
Um yeah, like I don't have a trans nephew and trans daughter and lots of online connections to trans families.  Clearly I need to be ed-u-cated.

Then of course, the Trump shooting.  She posted something about the shooting.  I replied that what happened was horrible and not acceptable on ANY possible level.  And that the violent rhetoric needed to be stopped.
Her response was to post about 8 memes about how the Democrats did it.  I responded one more time by noting that I had said that I was profoundly glad that Trump was not seriously injured and called for an end to the violence, both in words and actions.  And that it saddened me that she couldn't at least agree on that.

Today she sent me a PM saying something about a comment I made on a post Larry made on my timeline.  And she pasted a screenshot of the post.

It's one thing to argue on a comment.  It's one thing to send a PM asking to clarify something or to say you're not a homophobe because you have a trans friend.  But it's taking it to an entirely new level to me when you are screenshotting someone's posts to use against them.

Why I put up with her lunacy for so long is hard for me to fathom.

Bye Felicia!

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Sorry I'm late to this party. As mentioned several times, sometimes I notifications for new topics and sometimes I don't. So you're not friends with Nancy Lewis anymore? LOL.

I was just taking a shot in the dark. She turned on me like buttermilk in the hot sun.

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Nah, not Nancy - we tag-team Larry Johnson on FB.

This woman was a friend from an online mom's group. We all met in 1995 when we were pregnant and most of us have been together ever since - about 30 of us left out of a high of 65 when the kids were born.
Karyl was always conservative but was a rational person. And she was fun, and thoughtful. Very well-liked in the group and seemed to have her shit together.

Until the pandemic that is. She couldn't sleep and started watching videos. Lots and lots of videos.
So now, she's convinced that the 2020 election was stolen, and the 2024 one will be as well. (She will only believe 2020 wasn't stolen if she is allowed to count the ballots herself BTW)
Mexicans are smuggling young children across the border to be sold as sex slaves, and are also out to kidnap white children to add to the trade as well. The FBI is turning a blind eye to this so they can prosecute Trump.
George Floyd was high on Fentanyl and Derek Chauvin had no other choice but to lean on his neck until he died. Everyone participating in the BLM marches were hypocrites who attacked others and burned everything they passed by.
And of course, COVID was a hoax and the vaccine will kill you.

Needless to say, the attempt on Trump was orchestrated at the highest levels of the Democratic party, who has been preaching violent rhetoric all along.


It's terrible and very sad. She's lost almost all of her family (her daughter has stuck with her and now believes all the lies as well), her close friends and her job over this. At the same time, this is the path she's chosen and continues to stay on. I stayed friends with her for a long time but finally said enough is enough.

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Oh and I love 'turned on me like buttermilk in the hot sun'. Have to remember that one.

[Dave's Not Here Man]

I cut off several friendships, some of them very near lifetime, others that were very close. The reason being pretty much the equivalent of what you posted above about yours and most all have been as a result of their social media outbursts just like your ex-friend above. It is there, in the comments, where she has chosen her path, with me exiting from it, by revealing her true self.

The thing I get asked is "what kind of friend are you if you cut someone off because of politics"? My answer to that is this- This goes way beyond politics. It goes to a person's core character and beliefs, which I can and absolutely will judge them by. We don't have to agree on politics to be friends but bet your ass we're going to mostly agree on moral convictions, matters of principle, and the truth. All others get filed under "BYE".


/FIFM