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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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