Reply #18: Oh boy.

[Jackie97]

I don't know if my advice is going to be all that good or not. I think that perhaps you should gather up the friends and family that care about her to come and talk to her about this stuff. Try to let her know that you don't hate her. Try to argue against certain irrational ideas that she might be having. Each seed planted against this counts.

Other than that, I really don't know what to tell you except for pray. If God is actually real, then now's the time to ask for something.

What's so odd is that Bush has more contempt for diversity than any president I've ever seen. I guess the issue is his strong support of Israel. Many people hate Bush because his support has been stronger for Israel than any other president. That also makes Israel looks bad in the eyes of somebody who both is anti-semite and hates the war. I'm not arguing the pro-Palestinian or pro-Israel argument here (so please don't anybody try to argue with me about it). I'm trying to explain why she might be thinking what she's thinking. There are people who hate Bush specifically for his strong support of Israel. Some of them believe that the Jews and/or Israel controls Bush's foreign policy and America in general. Plus, Bush is looking really pro-immigrant right now; and that really angers the racists. These people working with Bush probably makes racist "fear for the future" supposedly being taken over by non-whites. Plus, Bush probably also looks non-racist for having Powell, Rice, and Rodriguez working with him.

You might want to try to talk to her off and on about how immigrants are not ruining the country, how Jews aren't controlling it, and how blacks and other races are not a threat to her. Of course, talking more to her about anything personal helps.

If nothing works, then all you can do is standback and help yourself deal with these problems.