“The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.”

As the saying goes, “You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.”

Hint: thicker = importance.

It’s in this very article in the top video underneath the headline. To me what she said was “They said Heather was part of a terrorist group, [they said] she was a part of Black Lives Matter”. Her mother wasn’t calling BLM a terrorist group by ANY stretch.

She was talking about some of the nasty comments she’s seen, and she said (paraphrasing) “They said she was part of terrorist groups, a terrorist group Black Lives Matter and other groups. She was not a part of any group other than the girls in her office.”

I had a coworker who cut her parents off right after the election. She’s white, a lesbian in an interracial marriage (her wife is Latina). Her parents voted for 45. She was like “No, we will not be coming to your house for Thanksgiving, and I see no need for us to speak further.” She has 3 or 4 siblings who are like…

Listening comprehension really isn’t your strong suit, is it?

Yeah, this person is obviously mischaracterizing what she said, and, I’m sure, making up the “terrorist” bullshit. I wanna force her hand.

I can’t find it. Can you please find it for me and link it here? That is a pretty important piece of information and accusation to make about this woman.

The expression “blood is thicker than water” originally meant that the bond between comrades is stronger than family, as in bathing in the blood of your enemies is a pretty powerful bonding experience, and it has been bastardized into meaning the exact opposite.

I didn’t find any article that said she called BLM a terrorist group.

For real. I honestly don’t think kids owe their parents much, if anything. Why on earth would you bring a child into the world, and then vote AGAINST that child’s best interests, and still expect your child to accommodate you? Being the bigger person is great and all, but that doesn’t mean you have to sit there and…

I’ve always been REAL suspicious that anyone who tells you you’ve gotta look past stuff like this is secretly harboring some toxic shit of their own and wants the reassurance you’d look past that too.

Regardless of her own views, I seriously doubt she would enjoy parallels being drawn between her daughter and nazis. Even the nazis seem to not like parallels between themselves and nazis.

Can you link to something showing that she said that? That doesn’t sound right to me, so I would love to know what the truth is.

Also then later he called it a disgusting lie to say there were NOT parallels between her daughter and nazis. I can’t imagine why she wouldn’t want to talk to him after that.

Unsolicited advice from someone who survived a very necessary estrangement from her own mother: beware of anyone who attempts to convince you that you should be able to look past this. I wish someone had told me 20 years ago that “blood is not thicker than safety.” Thank you and good luck.

More like #themoreyoudeflect. Slave ownership isn’t the issue *here*. The issue is traitors like Lee who *fought* for the right to own slaves.

I don’t get how Confederate Statues, etc. are allowed on government property.

I forget, which of the men on Mount Rushmore created a separate country and fought a war against the United States government?