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Here is the thing, he wasn't like this growing up.  But the rightwing hate machine from AM radio to Fox/OANN/NEWSMAX all corrupted his values and his thought process.  This hit home.  

I get it. Between 2015-16, my Dad went from joking about Trump to voting for him. And my Mom got me a My Pillow at one point. Both have advanced degrees and Catholic. Abortion was their gateway issue.

Fortunately, they liked other shows than FOX and were decent to be with. RIP.
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I am so glad my parents are basically computer illiterate and never set up a fb account and that they never watched Fox News. If my immediate family were also trumpkins, I would for sure be long gone to another state not thinking twice 

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1 hour ago, SubliminalHorn said:

I am so glad my parents are basically computer illiterate and never set up a fb account and that they never watched Fox News. If my immediate family were also trumpkins, I would for sure be long gone to another state not thinking twice 

It's definitely affected how frequently I talk to and see mine. And that fucking sucks. They've always been Rush/FOX "conservatives" (shit, so was I by osmosis), but they at least had the decency to keep that shit in check in polite company. The combination of Trump, COVID, and internet/social media in your pocket* has just broken so many people, especially seniors, where the floodgates for appropriate conversation have been breached. They find ways to bring the most innocuous comments back to politics--California stealing everyone's taxes, people wearing masks in cars, BLM, men playing women's sports, all the hits--at every opportunity. It's exhausting and a beating to be around.

*as with most, I'm sure, my Dad started small with morning check-ins to see what Drudge had to say and maybe a little O'Reilly Factor at night. Now, with smart phones, it's a constant addiction to Truth Social and OAN/Newsmax/etc.

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10 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:


I get it. Between 2015-16, my Dad went from joking about Trump to voting for him. And my Mom got me a My Pillow at one point. Both have advanced degrees and Catholic. Abortion was their gateway issue.

Fortunately, they liked other shows than FOX and were decent to be with. RIP.

I think I shared before that one tiny upside to my father passing away in 2015 from lung cancer is he didn't live to this era. He was already going down the Fox News Obama is the worst thing ever rabbit hole. He definitely would've voted for Trump and probably gone full MAGA. We agreed to not talk about politics around each other and I'm glad he didn't become someone that I could no longer look up to. I'm glad I'm left with good memories of him before he died. I would hate to be in a situation to have to cut him off or dodge his calls and texts.

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My mother was a fwd>fwd>fwd emailer, and a staunch Republican. She likely voted for tfg in 16, but was quiet about doing so. Then Patrick asked her to die for the economy. Problem solved.

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15 hours ago, Bullneck said:

 

 

 

Hell, I always thought this guy was a Russian troll.  


I thought the Gunther bro on twitter lived in Sugar Land? I mean you can still be a Russian troll while living in Houston, so…

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12 minutes ago, The Dog said:

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Fucking.

Dumbass.

They fucking TOLD you what they planned to do.  They did it.  To you.  And NOW you are surprised and disappointed by the obvious, inevitable, and completely forecast consequence of your vote.  I know, I know, that's the whole subject of this thread, but as much experience and perspective as I now have in life, I will never stop being surprised at how utterly stupid some people are.

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19 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Fucking.

Dumbass.

They fucking TOLD you what they planned to do.  They did it.  To you.  And NOW you are surprised and disappointed by the obvious, inevitable, and completely forecast consequence of your vote.  I know, I know, that's the whole subject of this thread, but as much experience and perspective as I now have in life, I will never stop being surprised at how utterly stupid some people are.

I have to believe that SOME, but not all, of them paid attention to absolutely nothing until right before the election.  Then it's possible they didn't actually hear what was being screamed loud and proud from the right about what they were going to do.

Doesn't excuse their vote at all and I'm taking much joy in watching the leopards feast, but it gives me some solace that MAYBE not all of these people are THAT dumb, they were just privy to the wrong media.  It's a nice dream anyway.

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58 minutes ago, mdmost said:

I think I shared before that one tiny upside to my father passing away in 2015 from lung cancer is he didn't live to this era. He was already going down the Fox News Obama is the worst thing ever rabbit hole. He definitely would've voted for Trump and probably gone full MAGA. We agreed to not talk about politics around each other and I'm glad he didn't become someone that I could no longer look up to. I'm glad I'm left with good memories of him before he died. I would hate to be in a situation to have to cut him off or dodge his calls and texts.

Yeah. My dad died last year, and while we still had what I'd say was a good relationship, it frayed some due to politics over the last decade of his life, which will always be source of sadness for me. And I'll forever be mystified how he voted for a convicted felon and for so many things that were contradictory to how he and my mom raised me. 

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6 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

These people sound like democrats who are too brainwashed and stupid to realize they are democrats

The irony is that these people are the ones who shout "IDENTITY POLITICS ARE BAD!"...and then vote primarily on identity politics.  On the issues, and how they would actually like this country to work, Dem (and importantly, NOT GQP) policies match up best to their beliefs.  But they just can't bring themselves to vote for a woman or minority, so.....goshdarnit, they just HAVE to vote for Trump, a classic white male shitbag.

So.  Fucking.  Stupid.  The people who hate "identity politics" vote based primarily on identity politics.

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11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

But they just can't bring themselves to vote for a woman or minority

Can anyone explain the women who can’t vote for a woman?  Is it a self-loathing thing?

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3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Can anyone explain the women who can’t vote for a woman?  Is it a self-loathing thing?

"It's not biblical."  Or some similar stupid shit like that.  They are brainwashed into some fundagelical bullshit (irony of ironies: if we we were talking about muslim fundamentalist women who think the exact same thing, these gals would be standing there saying "yeah, what backwards barbarians").

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29 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

These people sound like democrats who are too brainwashed and stupid to realize they are democrats

Which is about 90% of Republicans.

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14 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Can anyone explain the women who can’t vote for a woman?  Is it a self-loathing thing?

Maybe the "men should lead" mindset gives them cover for their own life decisions and situations. 

I'd be curious as to what the link is between women who don't work outside the home (when their kids are over the age of 14) and women who don't believe women can lead.  



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