Yeah...what the icon says.
Have I mentioned my self-righteous, fundie sister yet? She's your regular, head-up-ass Christian, but, while people like this tend to get nothing but scorn and laughter from me, she, being my sister, makes me irrationally angry. You see, she was once a thinking person. We've had many past discussions of science, current events, even religion. Also, she was once a compassionate person, but her empathy has disappeared along with her cognitive abilities. Despite what she would say, she only cares for people who conform to her very narrow view of reality, and even then, only because they reinforce her warped ideology.
She ignores our mother because they have nothing in common and she "doesn't want to cause hard feelings" by possibly discussing the wrong topic. (Incidentally, she and my brother-in-law apparently believe that I have bullied our mother into disagreeing with their point of view. They've obviously never met the woman that I, at 33, am still afraid of on many levels. Mom is a formidable presence, to say the least.)
She ignores our 92 year old grandfather, except when it's convenient for her, say...when she needs something. She can't manage the three mile drive (for the Canadians who may be reading this, that's around 15 minutes) from her house to his for a simple visit, but she can stop by to see him when she needs to borrow $12,000 dollars to get my niece's car back after it was repossessed. (A move which, incidentally, was vetoed by our mother, a decision she made with no consult from me. *eyeroll*)
All of the above is just a bit of backstory, since I don't think I've ever made a post about her before. There was no recent round of family drama that lead to this post. What actually set me off was an email I received from her today. Keeping in mind the information I've already given you, can you guess what it might be?
I'll give you a hint: it wasn't an original email. It was a forward. (Ok, not much of a hint, since people in her deluded, little circle fuckin' love those things.)
Give up? It was "Fwd: FW: Who is Barack Obama?" (If you haven't seen this little gem before, you can learn more about it here - Snopes says No!)
Now, I don't want to give all of you, my dear friends, the wrong idea. I've been insane with anger about her treatment of the family. I just haven't posted about it before, for one reason: when I'm that angry, I tend to make no sense at all and I don't think any of you want to read my stream of consciousness rage. Things like this do make me angry, but I can still wax sarcastically about them in a way that can be understood by most. Things like this, also, make me sad for the thinking person she once was and the loss of our sisterly relationship.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I keep my mouth shut about what I consider to be chronic and rampant dumbassery.
I sent a reply to the Obama email:
Isn't there something in the Bible about bearing "false witness?" Everything in this email is a lie, including the bit about checking Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
Lazy, deceitful pseudo-Christians scare me. The thought of Barack Obama as president does not. If the people who wrote this email want something to pray for, I suggest they ask God for integrity.
It doesn't help the situation to mock and argue with her, but damn if it doesn't make me feel better.
She ignores our mother because they have nothing in common and she "doesn't want to cause hard feelings" by possibly discussing the wrong topic. (Incidentally, she and my brother-in-law apparently believe that I have bullied our mother into disagreeing with their point of view. They've obviously never met the woman that I, at 33, am still afraid of on many levels. Mom is a formidable presence, to say the least.)
She ignores our 92 year old grandfather, except when it's convenient for her, say...when she needs something. She can't manage the three mile drive (for the Canadians who may be reading this, that's around 15 minutes) from her house to his for a simple visit, but she can stop by to see him when she needs to borrow $12,000 dollars to get my niece's car back after it was repossessed. (A move which, incidentally, was vetoed by our mother, a decision she made with no consult from me. *eyeroll*)
All of the above is just a bit of backstory, since I don't think I've ever made a post about her before. There was no recent round of family drama that lead to this post. What actually set me off was an email I received from her today. Keeping in mind the information I've already given you, can you guess what it might be?
I'll give you a hint: it wasn't an original email. It was a forward. (Ok, not much of a hint, since people in her deluded, little circle fuckin' love those things.)
Give up? It was "Fwd: FW: Who is Barack Obama?" (If you haven't seen this little gem before, you can learn more about it here - Snopes says No!)
Now, I don't want to give all of you, my dear friends, the wrong idea. I've been insane with anger about her treatment of the family. I just haven't posted about it before, for one reason: when I'm that angry, I tend to make no sense at all and I don't think any of you want to read my stream of consciousness rage. Things like this do make me angry, but I can still wax sarcastically about them in a way that can be understood by most. Things like this, also, make me sad for the thinking person she once was and the loss of our sisterly relationship.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I keep my mouth shut about what I consider to be chronic and rampant dumbassery.
I sent a reply to the Obama email:
Isn't there something in the Bible about bearing "false witness?" Everything in this email is a lie, including the bit about checking Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
Lazy, deceitful pseudo-Christians scare me. The thought of Barack Obama as president does not. If the people who wrote this email want something to pray for, I suggest they ask God for integrity.
It doesn't help the situation to mock and argue with her, but damn if it doesn't make me feel better.