Short of putting a gun to head, I don’t know what else I can do. He at least listened to me. I told him, the government has morphed a capitalistic nightmare for the majority, while the extremely lucky few abuse the system to their benefit. Nothing changes if you don’t speak up by casting your vote. I for one, am not willing to throw in the towel on democracy, certainly not to the likes of Orange Hitler and his band of miscreants and bad actors. I cannot give up on freedom for my children. They deserve the same rights that we had growining up….
I feel for you. It's hard to accept that someone you care for is so disengaged that they cannot vote against a monster. One of my children says he is voting for Trump. He got brainwashed by Rush Limbaugh way back. It's a heartbreaker for me but it doesn't diminish my love for him. I hope he doesn't have to see me carted off to be reprogrammed.
Rush Limbaugh started on radio right after Reagan vetoed the Fairness Doctrine, which was set to become law for the second time in 1980. Since Limbaugh was using the public airwaves, which belong to all of us, he would have been forced to present equal time to the opposing views of his radical ideas every day. Limbaugh was so profoundly influential in spreading the right wing propaganda that my father became addicted to it and became radicalized in a way that I no longer recognize him anymore.
Believe it or not, the Fairness Doctrine was actually law at one time and was simply being renewed by this new passage. While it was initially limited to just broadcast on the airwaves, and not to cable, there's no reason that a new fairness Doctrine couldn't be written to include media of all kinds. Because not only do the airwaves belong to the American public, but so does cable television. Yes some cable companies have helped pay for the lines that they put into the ground, but the American taxpayers have financed over $200 billion for cable to be delivered throughout the land.
There are also satellites that taxpayers have paid for and now another 83 billion has been enacted in order to ensure high speed internet will reach the more remote places in the United states. In other words all media belongs to the taxpayers and we have a right to see that both sides of every issue are presented on every station about every topic.
My brother too. And he will most likely lose his SS disability and Medicare if Trump wins. He won’t budge from Trump. I’m like, you wanna shoot yourself in the foot, here’s a gun. Have at it.😔
My daughter and I voted Tuesday 10/8, opening day. My son is voting for the first time this election. We have talked about the candidates and why a straight blue ticket is the only way to remain a free country as opposed to evolving into a o banana republic.
My nephew who was about 48 yrs old in 2020 & had never even registered to vote- ever!!! Fortunately I had the ability to tell him I would remove his name as a beneficiary on my stock market accounts & as an inheritor of my home in the mountains of NM if he didn’t get his ass registered & vote for Biden!! I wasn’t kidding.
His younger brother has voted for Trump twice, mainly because of the promise to appoint those F’ing anti abortion justices 🤬🤬 & he has 2 daughters!! I am so angry with him I can barely see straight. I’ve sent him some articles about how horrible Trump truly is & what a danger to democracy & begged him not to vote for him again. If he persists in doing the selfish thing, then his share of my estate will be given to an abortion access fund.
You mus have some way to make him vote!
Short of putting a gun to head, I don’t know what else I can do. He at least listened to me. I told him, the government has morphed a capitalistic nightmare for the majority, while the extremely lucky few abuse the system to their benefit. Nothing changes if you don’t speak up by casting your vote. I for one, am not willing to throw in the towel on democracy, certainly not to the likes of Orange Hitler and his band of miscreants and bad actors. I cannot give up on freedom for my children. They deserve the same rights that we had growining up….
I feel for you. It's hard to accept that someone you care for is so disengaged that they cannot vote against a monster. One of my children says he is voting for Trump. He got brainwashed by Rush Limbaugh way back. It's a heartbreaker for me but it doesn't diminish my love for him. I hope he doesn't have to see me carted off to be reprogrammed.
Rush Limbaugh started on radio right after Reagan vetoed the Fairness Doctrine, which was set to become law for the second time in 1980. Since Limbaugh was using the public airwaves, which belong to all of us, he would have been forced to present equal time to the opposing views of his radical ideas every day. Limbaugh was so profoundly influential in spreading the right wing propaganda that my father became addicted to it and became radicalized in a way that I no longer recognize him anymore.
Believe it or not, the Fairness Doctrine was actually law at one time and was simply being renewed by this new passage. While it was initially limited to just broadcast on the airwaves, and not to cable, there's no reason that a new fairness Doctrine couldn't be written to include media of all kinds. Because not only do the airwaves belong to the American public, but so does cable television. Yes some cable companies have helped pay for the lines that they put into the ground, but the American taxpayers have financed over $200 billion for cable to be delivered throughout the land.
There are also satellites that taxpayers have paid for and now another 83 billion has been enacted in order to ensure high speed internet will reach the more remote places in the United states. In other words all media belongs to the taxpayers and we have a right to see that both sides of every issue are presented on every station about every topic.
I hope you will repost this on a future Schmidt Substack. It's very worthwhile.
My brother too. And he will most likely lose his SS disability and Medicare if Trump wins. He won’t budge from Trump. I’m like, you wanna shoot yourself in the foot, here’s a gun. Have at it.😔
Well then, you have done your best.
Can you get him to vote down ballot?
Took late. The deadline to register in OH was Oct 7th. I expressed my sadness and disappointment…
My daughter and I voted Tuesday 10/8, opening day. My son is voting for the first time this election. We have talked about the candidates and why a straight blue ticket is the only way to remain a free country as opposed to evolving into a o banana republic.
My nephew who was about 48 yrs old in 2020 & had never even registered to vote- ever!!! Fortunately I had the ability to tell him I would remove his name as a beneficiary on my stock market accounts & as an inheritor of my home in the mountains of NM if he didn’t get his ass registered & vote for Biden!! I wasn’t kidding.
His younger brother has voted for Trump twice, mainly because of the promise to appoint those F’ing anti abortion justices 🤬🤬 & he has 2 daughters!! I am so angry with him I can barely see straight. I’ve sent him some articles about how horrible Trump truly is & what a danger to democracy & begged him not to vote for him again. If he persists in doing the selfish thing, then his share of my estate will be given to an abortion access fund.
Guilt, guilt, guilt... unrelenting guilt. Get him a mail in ballot, fill it in, then just have him sign.
😉