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My wife just got a three-word email from her TRUMP loving uncle: "YOU OWN THIS." (Original Post) Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 OP
Easy answer, mark it as spam still_one Jun 2017 #1
She should add him to her spam filter list, I think. MineralMan Jun 2017 #2
I started to do that to "send to all" pests who forwarded Astroturf right wing emails in the 90s Warpy Jun 2017 #17
Tell Him That Gabby Giffords Is On Him nt SoCalMusicLover Jun 2017 #3
Robert F. Kennedy is on him, as is Martin Luther King, Jr. - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #56
I'm so sorry doesn't he realize she's his niece? maryellen99 Jun 2017 #4
One word - excision hatrack Jun 2017 #5
By that logic, the uncle owns many murders from past months... Ezior Jun 2017 #6
The anger belongs to him. hamsterjill Jun 2017 #7
I agree. athena Jun 2017 #8
They are truly delusional. nt ecstatic Jun 2017 #9
An irrational hate filled blowhard SHRED Jun 2017 #10
They are apoplectic over this shooting. Fuck them. beaglelover Jun 2017 #11
Send him this link. muntrv Jun 2017 #12
Perfect! n/t WiffenPoof Jun 2017 #57
Ask him if he "owns" Dylann Roof, Robert Dear, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #13
Don't forget Jeremy Joseph Christian, the Portland stabber. muntrv Jun 2017 #19
Add Zimmerman lunamagica Jun 2017 #54
Thanks for the List Leith Jun 2017 #55
That's a pretty perfect reply. GaYellowDawg Jun 2017 #63
Excellent. Let him stew Cha Jun 2017 #72
send him the second amendment tRump tweet AmandaRuth Jun 2017 #14
Not if she supports gun control. robertpaulsen Jun 2017 #15
were it me that received that email I would respond rurallib Jun 2017 #16
Remind him the GOP just repealed the law that stopped crazy people from buying guns. Vinca Jun 2017 #18
I'm sorry that happened to the two of you Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #20
I would reply TNLib Jun 2017 #21
I'd Have Given Him A Two Word Reply ProfessorGAC Jun 2017 #22
You should tell him you own this... jpak Jun 2017 #23
Pretend he's dead dalton99a Jun 2017 #24
Remind him that this was exactly what the GOP intended procon Jun 2017 #25
I would respond with a two word email. nt Snotcicles Jun 2017 #26
This was my immediate thought too. SalviaBlue Jun 2017 #39
"what a horrible thing to think, never mind to actually say. please rethink your foxnews addiction." unblock Jun 2017 #27
This. n/t Different Drummer Jun 2017 #66
How many Americans will die today? lpbk2713 Jun 2017 #28
Send an email with a list of all the attacks by white nationalists and other idiots on Lint Head Jun 2017 #29
Horrible that you have trump loving relatives. cwydro Jun 2017 #30
1 word reply: "NOPE" 0rganism Jun 2017 #31
So he takes responsibility for Tim McVeigh? JHB Jun 2017 #32
And threats and encouragement by politicians to Ilsa Jun 2017 #33
And he owns the murders of the young men aiding the women in Oregon, all the murders committed sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #34
This is a cruel thing to do. I would blank him from my life. JHan Jun 2017 #35
Again, the ignorance of the right. Shooter hated Clinton, too. Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #36
That is some disturbing ignorance and hate. Nt NCTraveler Jun 2017 #37
Wow cilla4progress Jun 2017 #38
Tell him he's goon to own all the deaths from the repeal of Obamacare. Patterson Jun 2017 #40
. Takket Jun 2017 #43
My two word response: LaydeeBug Jun 2017 #41
uh................. Takket Jun 2017 #42
+++++++++ JHan Jun 2017 #45
Proper response: EAT SHIT, UNC. (nt) Paladin Jun 2017 #44
If any relative sent something like that to me or my wife, mn9driver Jun 2017 #46
I've heard enough so stopped watching. Did the guy ask if dem or rep? If he did, Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #47
"GO FUCK YOURSELF" stopbush Jun 2017 #48
That's a very odd, bizarre even, communication from an uncle. What's his WinkyDink Jun 2017 #49
Uncle enid602 Jun 2017 #50
He wants conflict. Deprive him of it. roamer65 Jun 2017 #51
Sounds like he needs to replace his niece. Turbineguy Jun 2017 #52
That's what 'blocking' and 'ignoring' are for. And why KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #53
If you own this, then he owns the 500+ increase in hate crimes Fresh_Start Jun 2017 #58
I would write back: I disown you. See you at your funeral. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2017 #59
Wow. That is way harsh. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2017 #60
"Move to Russia. Continue your Bromance with Putin there! Trump will join you, to avoid prison!" TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #61
Geez... Dorian Gray Jun 2017 #62
what I find most enraging is the *deliberate* stupidity renate Jun 2017 #64
Cut him out of your lives ASAP.. Kaleva Jun 2017 #65
I would say "NO, YOU DO" YOU voted for people who allowed guns to be in anyone's hands. kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2017 #67
Another excellent one. Cha Jun 2017 #73
Your uncle bdamomma Jun 2017 #68
Tell your wife to tell her uncle to kindly f*ck off. Beacool Jun 2017 #69
She should show no anger lunatica Jun 2017 #70
Did he write anything when Gabby Giffords was shot? RandySF Jun 2017 #71

MineralMan

(147,371 posts)
2. She should add him to her spam filter list, I think.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:02 PM
Jun 2017

Unfriend him on Facebook as well. I have done that to relatives who are Trump supporters. It makes my life much more peaceful.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
17. I started to do that to "send to all" pests who forwarded Astroturf right wing emails in the 90s
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:11 PM
Jun 2017

and it really cut down on the aggravation. " If you need to contact me, pick up a phone or spend money on a stamp or telegram. Your email privileges have been suspended." Send to All.

I have a short fuse when it comes to an email inbox crammed with right wing screeds forwarded by people who didn't really read them.



Ezior

(505 posts)
6. By that logic, the uncle owns many murders from past months...
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:03 PM
Jun 2017

.. where some Trumpists killed innocent people because they were black, or Muslims, or tried to protect Muslims, etc.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,367 posts)
13. Ask him if he "owns" Dylann Roof, Robert Dear,
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:07 PM
Jun 2017

Frazier Glenn Miller, Timothy McVeigh, Gordon Kahl, Eric Rudolph, Jerad and Amanda Miller, Wade Michael Page, James Von Brunn, Scott Roeder, Jim David Atkisson, and Jared Lee Laughner.

Leith

(7,852 posts)
55. Thanks for the List
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:52 PM
Jun 2017

I would answer the email with that list and CC every relative in common.

I would finish it off with saying something like "If you agree with uncle, then please remove me from your e-mail list and your life. If you think that this was an over-the-top accusation, then please respond letting us all know."


But that's me. I wouldn't let uncle have the last word.

AmandaRuth

(3,113 posts)
14. send him the second amendment tRump tweet
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:09 PM
Jun 2017

I am angered that this is never ever talked about in the MSM, for reals? you have a presidential candidate, who is now pres and he gets away with this?

robertpaulsen

(8,697 posts)
15. Not if she supports gun control.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:09 PM
Jun 2017

If she supports legislation to restrict the sale of semi-automatics and other assault rifles, UNCLE OWNS THIS.

rurallib

(63,144 posts)
16. were it me that received that email I would respond
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:10 PM
Jun 2017

1) No I do not, nor does any progressive. This was a man who was unbalanced who could still get guns despite my best efforts.

2) The far right has been driving hate and division in this country for decades. It is Fox'x calling card.

3) I would thank you never to contact me again. Relative or not,my life is too short to spend any time dealing with people who are irrational.

Phoenix61

(17,546 posts)
20. I'm sorry that happened to the two of you
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:19 PM
Jun 2017

There is only one person who owns this, the shooter, and he's dead. Nobody "owns" somebody else's actions.

TNLib

(1,819 posts)
21. I would reply
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:23 PM
Jun 2017

NO YOU OWN THIS because you continue to vote for representatives that refuse to pass sensible gun control laws.

PS don't contact me again

procon

(15,805 posts)
25. Remind him that this was exactly what the GOP intended
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jun 2017

as they passed all those unrestricted gun laws. If he scoffs, send him Rand Paul's pro-gun manifesto:

Text - Why do we have a Second Amendment? It's not to shoot deer. It's to shoot at the government when it becomes tyrannical!








That's the plan! If your uncle voted them into office, then it's his problem and he's using projection to dodge his own culpability.

lpbk2713

(43,201 posts)
28. How many Americans will die today?
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:31 PM
Jun 2017



Because their deaths can be linked to their financial status.
Because they lost their job. Because they lost their health care.

Republicans own that. Forgive me if I'm not quite as outraged.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
29. Send an email with a list of all the attacks by white nationalists and other idiots on
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:31 PM
Jun 2017

gay people, Muslims and the Charleston church shooting and say, "You own this asshole!"

JHB

(37,399 posts)
32. So he takes responsibility for Tim McVeigh?
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:38 PM
Jun 2017

And the guy who shot people in a Unitarian church to kill liberals?

And the two Bundy ranch stand-offers who ambushed two cops to start their RW "revolution"?

And the police officers killed between 2009 and 2016 during domestic calls on someone convinced they were there to grab his guns (at least five)?

And that guy caught after a shoot-out with police while he was on his way -- loaded for bear -- to the offices of a foundation with ties to George Soros?

Ilsa

(62,210 posts)
33. And threats and encouragement by politicians to
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:40 PM
Jun 2017

invoke Second Amendment Remedies (Sharron Angle; Rand Paul, etc); to execute HRC and BHO by firing squad; and Trump saying he'd pay the legal bills of rally attendees that would beat up other attendees that weren't trumpistas.

sinkingfeeling

(52,962 posts)
34. And he owns the murders of the young men aiding the women in Oregon, all the murders committed
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:43 PM
Jun 2017

against LGBT persons, all those against abortion doctors, and dozens of racially based killings of black.people.

Takket

(22,456 posts)
42. uh.................
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:04 PM
Jun 2017

that is grounds to cut off all contact with said uncle. that is a toxic person that is not worthy of your good time.

mn9driver

(4,567 posts)
46. If any relative sent something like that to me or my wife,
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:14 PM
Jun 2017

it would be the last contact they ever had with us. Some shit is unforgivable. Like this.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
47. I've heard enough so stopped watching. Did the guy ask if dem or rep? If he did,
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:16 PM
Jun 2017

then doesn't it mean it wasn't planned?

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
49. That's a very odd, bizarre even, communication from an uncle. What's his
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:25 PM
Jun 2017

damage?

I would never, ever, acknowledge him again.

enid602

(8,999 posts)
50. Uncle
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:33 PM
Jun 2017

Her uncle just wants to make sure his congressmen are in top top condition so they can take away his insurance, Medicaid, Medicare and SS.

roamer65

(37,076 posts)
51. He wants conflict. Deprive him of it.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:43 PM
Jun 2017

Do not respond back and filter him out on Facebook and any other social media. Completely excise him out of your lives, socially and legally. Even if he is on his death bed, cease all contact.

Fresh_Start

(11,340 posts)
58. If you own this, then he owns the 500+ increase in hate crimes
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 06:06 PM
Jun 2017

since the trump election.

And, he owns his more than equal share of this shooting because he supports the party that refused reasonable background checks, that refuses to deny weaponry to men accused of domestic violence...because he voted for the ONLY presidential candidate who advocated 2nd amendment solutions against his political opponent...and the only political party which regularly targets violence against the opposite party.

He owns the fact that our allies no longer trust us due to trump
He owns the fact that our allies think we are incompetent fools due to our election of trump
He owns the fact that we are losing tourism from across the globe due to trump
He owns the fact that the leader of the free world is now German instead of American
He will own the 24 Million people will lose access due to TrumpCare

He own this and all of the other problems...




TheBlackAdder

(28,864 posts)
61. "Move to Russia. Continue your Bromance with Putin there! Trump will join you, to avoid prison!"
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 07:27 PM
Jun 2017

.

"While you're there, you can hang out with Steven Segal--that other snowflake."

.

Dorian Gray

(13,709 posts)
62. Geez...
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 08:08 PM
Jun 2017

She should respond: "What do you mean? I don't approve of lax rules for mentally ill people to purchase guns."

renate

(13,776 posts)
64. what I find most enraging is the *deliberate* stupidity
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 08:19 PM
Jun 2017

The hypocrisy is a close second.

There is simply no reasoning with a person like this. He has blinders on and he loves them.

Also, what an asshole. Why would anybody say something like that to a member of his family?

Kaleva

(37,982 posts)
65. Cut him out of your lives ASAP..
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 08:21 PM
Jun 2017

It's a waste of time arguing or debateing with people who act and think like that.

kerry-is-my-prez

(9,048 posts)
67. I would say "NO, YOU DO" YOU voted for people who allowed guns to be in anyone's hands.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 09:14 PM
Jun 2017

Including super lethal guns.

bdamomma

(66,151 posts)
68. Your uncle
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 09:16 PM
Jun 2017

has it all wrong, tRump unleashed all this hate and division, your uncle is a uninformed victim.

Beacool

(30,306 posts)
69. Tell your wife to tell her uncle to kindly f*ck off.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 09:22 PM
Jun 2017

As years go by I have found that I have no patience for a-holes who stress me out. It makes life easier and more pleasant to stay away from people who affect my peace of mind.

Life's too short.........

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
70. She should show no anger
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 09:22 PM
Jun 2017

She should treat the statement like it's one of the most ridiculous things anyone would say because if she had her way the man would have never been allowed to have the long gun in the first place.

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