I posted the following on Facebook this morning, and Facebook immediately removed the posting:

CaliCarol

Zuck did just take that meeting with Trump.

Truth Or Consequences ✅

Disconnected because I's exhausted and preparing for the impending disaster. Some family was brainwashed by a MAGA church, while others were lured into the snake-pit by the bar & bowling alley tribe. Nothing else to say to them. They have entered the FAFO zone.

peachfront

@wdlindsy

this should have been done long ago

fascists are not family, they are the thieves of life & hope who want to deny us equal opportunity, health, & freedom

shunning them is our only peaceful alternative since for thousands of years of human history (for all but a few decades!) they have made life miserable & not worth the trouble of living for the majority of humans

the only thing that has EVER slowed them down IN ALL THAT TIME is making it clear they're uncool & unwelcome

Muro deGrizeco :toad:

@wdlindsy

It sucks and it is terrible.

To be brought repeatedly to the realization that the ones you trusted have grown into monsters, who are far more interested in meanness and grievance than their own family.

Bruce

@wdlindsy I totally get that. I definitely lost some connection by deleting my account. It was just nauseating to log on though.

David Nice

@wdlindsy Gay New Yorker friends have just spent time with family in Miami, to see to their well-being, but fled before Thanksgiving and told them why.

Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅

@wdlindsy It took about two seconds for the same thing to happen to me.

Bebadefabo

@wdlindsy we cut ties with a lot of folks after 2020. This year we've doubled down. There's plenty of people out there that are not supporting a descent into authoritarian fascism and we'll spend time with them. I think it's important to now tho, that just cutting ties isn't enough. You need to let them know why you're cutting ties. It's also best to do it as a group.

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

@wdlindsy apparently the heads of Meta/Facebook and Alphabet/Google flew their private jets to Mar a Lago and back to meet privately with president elect Trump and apparently now we see somewhat less freedom of speech that is critical of him via those platforms. What a surprise.

Sugar :verified:

@wdlindsy I see your point, and it's true that family dynamics can be complicated. But for me, Thanksgiving is an opportunity to set aside differences, even if just for a day, and focus on what unites us—love, gratitude, and turkey.

William Lindsey :toad:

@InvincibleSugar It's wonderful that some families or family members have the ability (or privilege) to set aside differences and eat together amicably.

Some families and family members clearly do not have such privilege.

William Lindsey :toad:

@johnlogic Yes.

William Lindsey :toad:

@bebadefabo Yes, I agree.

William Lindsey :toad:

@sharonecathcart I'm sorry that happened — if you mean you found yourself at odds with your family after the election. I'm assuming you mean Trump-voting relatives have made you an outsider? I may be misunderstanding, and, if so, apologize for doing so.

William Lindsey :toad:

@davidpnice I can totally understand.

William Lindsey :toad:

@brucetheknife I definitely understand.

William Lindsey :toad:

@murodegrizeco Yes — and this is a recognition so many of us are having to come to now, in a big social awakening.

William Lindsey :toad:

@peachfront Yes — and I do also understand why people work hard to keep up ties to family even when they know full well that family is defective and even abusive. Cutting ties and finding oneself devoid of family can be a frightening experience. But a necessary one in many cases, too….

William Lindsey :toad:

@Savvyhomestead I share your sense of being both exhausted and apprehensive. From October right through now, I have recurring nightmares, horrible ones, about the sudden arrival of a fascist society full of cruelty, torture, murder. I have not had recurring nightmares about this previously in my long life.

William Lindsey :toad:

@jawarajabbi Yes.