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[–] [email protected] 167 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There’s clearly more to this story. The simple fact that his username is “Conservative” indicates that he is one of those people that make their political ideology a major part of their identity.

This man is probably an insufferable ass.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

Or he’s making it up.

I made my mother cry because she voted for Trump and I expressed my disapproval. She called my sister, who also voted for Harris, and my sister made her cry a second time.

We’re all having dinner tomorrow and we won’t bring up politics.

It’s fucking stupid to turn your back on your family over politics.

I think my mom made a stupid decision. Oh well. She thinks I made a stupid decision.

If your politics define you so much that you abandon your people or you’re not disciplined enough to keep your mouth shut at family events where you’ll convince no one, that’s on you.

They bring it up and end up having a bad day, that’s on them. We simply agree to avoid politics and religion. It’s not that hard.

Edit: We’re doomed. We really are.

[–] [email protected] 136 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, my continued existence is labeled as "politics" so no, someone who voted against my rights to exist is not my family anymore.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago

The genders: male and political. The colours: white and political. The sexualities: straight and political.

Yet somehow the most common politician is straight white male.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 4 months ago

One of my family members voted against my wife's freedoms, he's not family us anymore.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 months ago

It’s fucking stupid to turn your back on your family over politics

It's really not. Politics determine your opinions and intentions regarding human rights and its violations. If my dad votes for Robodolf Mechahitler, he's not my dad anymore. Someone voting for Trump would likely betray their own daughter when Gilead rises. If they wouldn't, their vote is a contradiction to their character. I wouldn't take something like this lightly.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s fucking stupid to turn your back on your family over politics.

Right? Which is why the person in the original post shouldn't have voted for the guy that wants to take away the rights of his daughters. By voting for Trump, he chose politics over family, not his daughters.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s fucking stupid to turn your back on your family over politics.

I think my mom made a stupid decision. Oh well. She thinks I made a stupid decision.

If your politics define you so much that you abandon your people or you’re not disciplined enough to keep your mouth shut at family events where you’ll convince no one, that’s on you.

Yes. It is fucking stupid.

But you know what's worse? Supporting a political party over your daughters, who are facing the very real possibility they will have to die simply because of a miscarriage, or no longer having the right to vote. That they will be forced to carry the baby of their rapist. that their daughters may no be entitled to an education- even the shitty ones now provided- the same way they were.

Facing those threats... because you voted for that political party.

They're not staying away, or "turning their back" on family because of politics. They're doing so because his politics objectively suck and absolutely will bring harm to them and millions like them. (that is. women. Not to mention racial minorities, immigrants, anyone whose different from the white, cisgendered, conservative male arch type.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's so interesting to see the complete disconnection on here with everyone else's life.

his politics objectively suck and absolutely will bring harm to them and millions like them. (that is. women. Not to mention racial minorities, immigrants, anyone whose different from the white, cisgendered, conservative male arch type.)

will, will bring harm. Not talking about past harm, not even mentioning current harm. Just FUTURE harm. All of the middle class people on here are just fucking hilarious with their world views. If you're wondering why most of the population sits out of voting, well you're never going to see it. Cue the average ivory tower response,

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Sure I’m going to go over a waterfall as soon as I go around that bend in the river up there, but why should I get my canoe out of the water now? I mean, everyone knows if a problem is in the future it doesn’t really exist!

FYI, dude, it’s not in the future. Women are dying from miscarriages now. Racially-motivated assaults are on the rise now. Nazis are marching through the streets now. Orange Hitler and his Project 2025 cabinet wants to just bring this bullshit nationwide, and they will do so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'm assuming everyone was confusing my statement as some type of pro-trump comment or dismissal of the election results?

I was literally talking about everything you just stated. Everyone is worried about what the Trump presidency is bringing when we are already there in terms of disparaging and effecting the population with our government's actions. Everyone's holding their breaths and speculating on what the next presidency will bring while completely ignoring all the crisis's that are on-going currently.

I'm also flabbergasted that everyone is afraid of what the trump presidency will bring while those same problems have happened for generations and like they don't currently exist. I suppose people just want to be outraged and I'm not helping with pointing out he's just making a horrible system become that much worse. These problems existed before Trump for most of the populace.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

will, will bring harm. Not talking about past harm, not even mentioning current harm. Just FUTURE harm.

Motherf, he's not president yet.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago

It's absolutely not stupid to turn your back on family because of politics.

It's not a sports team, it's conscious decisions that affect the law and how we are governed.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

God damn. I find centrists to be spineless pussies of the highest order.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You aren't the voice of reason you think you are.

I guarantee the same exact shit was happening in the 1930s. People being disgusted that their family members would side with fascism and turn on mentally ill, Jewish, and gays.

Would you say the same thing about Germans turning on their family? Both leaders fought for turning their country into a fascist dictatorship best strips liberties from certain people only

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Drag wishes there were fewer people in the world willing to set aside politics for family. People like that are destroying the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

All these fools huddling up in their tribes, hoping it will just go away.

I don’t talk to anyone on this planet outside of my house, I need to just delete social media and hope I die before humanity cannibalizes itself.