loomixguy
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A "friend" that lives down in Georgia messaged me today. We've been acquainted for close to 20 years via an internet forum such as this one. I've tried to give him good advice throughout the years, especially as he went through a horrible divorce and then sued for (and got) custody of his kids. He was always a little "out there", but a decent human being.
In the last 6 months, he's gotten a whole lot more "out there" , with one mutual internet friend of 20 years unfriending him on Facebook, and then Georgia boy unfriending another 20 year friend.
Today he was all spun up about Cruz. I told him that I supported Cruz & would keep supporting him until he either won the nomination & the Presidency or suspended his campaign. I was then subjected to a rant the likes of which I couldn't believe, including being informed that I supported Jihad, ISIS, illegal immigration, and Obama. The capper was when he told me if he ever laid eyes on me he would kill me on sight!
I was really taken aback, but my response to him was that it was clear he'd drank the Kool Aide and was swinging on Trump's meat, and that he'd better get some help and on some psych drugs. He then informed me that I was a dead man....I told him that it was dinnertime and I had a date to watch Gunsmoke, and to have a great day. He sent a couple more messages that I ignored.
I'm not worried because of the distance we live apart, but I was concerned about how rabid a Trump supporter he'd become and how unhinged he was to threaten a life over support for a Presidential candidate. I asked him to tell me about any actual PLANS that Trump had concerning illegal immigration, tax reform, or controlling ISIS, and he totally ignored answering anything concerning any of that.
If I hear from him again, and he doesn't apologize, I WILL get his attention. He might sing a different tune if he's informed that the messages he sent me with the death threats would be turned over to the appropriate authorities in Georgia and the DOD (he's a DOD employee) and ask him how he would feel about a 72 hour mandatory hold and a psych evaluation while social services handles his kids.
With my second brother dropping over dead recently and me left to clean up the mess he left of things, I got 99 problems, but a delusional Trump supporter in Georgia ain't one of them. Maybe it's an SEC thing?
We don't have to agree on politics, but it's not worth threatening to kill someone over.
In the last 6 months, he's gotten a whole lot more "out there" , with one mutual internet friend of 20 years unfriending him on Facebook, and then Georgia boy unfriending another 20 year friend.
Today he was all spun up about Cruz. I told him that I supported Cruz & would keep supporting him until he either won the nomination & the Presidency or suspended his campaign. I was then subjected to a rant the likes of which I couldn't believe, including being informed that I supported Jihad, ISIS, illegal immigration, and Obama. The capper was when he told me if he ever laid eyes on me he would kill me on sight!
I was really taken aback, but my response to him was that it was clear he'd drank the Kool Aide and was swinging on Trump's meat, and that he'd better get some help and on some psych drugs. He then informed me that I was a dead man....I told him that it was dinnertime and I had a date to watch Gunsmoke, and to have a great day. He sent a couple more messages that I ignored.
I'm not worried because of the distance we live apart, but I was concerned about how rabid a Trump supporter he'd become and how unhinged he was to threaten a life over support for a Presidential candidate. I asked him to tell me about any actual PLANS that Trump had concerning illegal immigration, tax reform, or controlling ISIS, and he totally ignored answering anything concerning any of that.
If I hear from him again, and he doesn't apologize, I WILL get his attention. He might sing a different tune if he's informed that the messages he sent me with the death threats would be turned over to the appropriate authorities in Georgia and the DOD (he's a DOD employee) and ask him how he would feel about a 72 hour mandatory hold and a psych evaluation while social services handles his kids.
With my second brother dropping over dead recently and me left to clean up the mess he left of things, I got 99 problems, but a delusional Trump supporter in Georgia ain't one of them. Maybe it's an SEC thing?
We don't have to agree on politics, but it's not worth threatening to kill someone over.