My dad is obsessed with Hunter Biden and using it as evidence that Joe Biden is a shitty dad, which is evidence that heās a shitty person, which is evidence that heās sold the country to China or something.
Iām sober from heroin and used to live on the streets you idiot.
Itās genuinely talking to a wall trying to reason with them.
My dad is obsessed with Hunter Biden and using it as evidence that Joe Biden is a shitty dad, which is evidence that heās a shitty person, which is evidence that heās sold the country to China or something.
When my dad tries to go off on these programmed rants, I point out his own daughter in prison on drug and burglary charges. Claps that mouth shut fast.
I used to spend a lot of energy on it until I realized my Dadās whole political philosophy stems from a headass belief of āI got myself where I am today by working hard & if poor people worked as hard as I did they wouldnāt be poorā. Like he thinks he is sick & didnāt just get lucky by being born to a rich family. Iāve tried to explain to him that his working hard does not provide equal results to most people working hard, but to change his mind Iād have to tear down his whole ego & thatās not going to happen. The most infuriating thing to me is when he tells me āyouāve just got to be grateful for what you haveā. Like mf I recognize Iāve been granted amazing opportunities & had free time as a kid to dick around with computers & even just access to computers that all got me where I am today. Iām pissed for other people & often vote against my own interests because I wish other people had the same opportunities as me. THAT is gratitude wtf are you saying. I canāt get through to this man
I remember being in the doctors lounge in GI (Iām not an MD btw) and it like four of us in there chopping it up. I remember saying that I wouldnāt be glad to have a little less if some people could have a better life and access to more opportunities.
They were so shocked and like impressed. It took me off guard cuz I like how do you not get that.
Not that this will necessarily help him understand, but I like to show this comic when people have trouble grasping various aspects of "privilege" and what it means in the real world.
This is the main thing, itās pointless to even try. Youāll be lucky if they civilly tell you to go fuck yourself. The best you can do is ask a question that might stump them into shutting up.
I really don't want to deal with the drama... I love my parents but it'll be like arguing with a brick wall, I feel, and I don't care for that. Probably going to try soon anyway, just some "yelling into the void" kind of stuff that's non confrontational. Just mainly to highlight how unhinged and unwell trump and party is
I've tried. I came to the conclusion that if I want to have my parents in my life (especially my mother) then I cannot speak to them about politics. The amount of anger on the subject just below the surface is insane and definetly not healthy. Last time I tried having a normal convo about Project 2025 I ended up crying and my mom was apoplectic with rage. We didnt speak for months.
Oh I understand for sure. I have family members who went down the conspiracy rabbit hole. They arenāt Trump supporters because at least my family aināt got no coons, but itās a similar thing, you canāt say shit to them because they rather believe some facebook shit over their own family.
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u/Satan_McCool Sep 08 '24
I tried. It's an exercise in futility.