As much as I want to boycott my parents thanksgiving dinner, my dad is almost 80 and I only got so many days left to even hang out with him. Plus my mom is cool so I got that going for me.
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My dad is almost 80 and a Trump supporter. Fuck that guy. Let him die lonely.
And I respect your choice. I've just never had that bad relationship with my dad. He's a fucking idiot that doesn't understand what the hell he even voted for, but he's not a terrible person. Not a good person, but not a terrible person. My dad's ignorant, not a fascist. Which I'm sure a lot of people that voted for him fall under that category. Even if it is unfortunate.
But I fully support your choice. If your dad is anything like the dude in this post he's probably not a good person.
My dad is hardcore conservative, identifies as independent. My mom was Democratic, she's now hardcore Republican to reflect the political views of her 4th husband.
I want so badly to just not see any family for Thanksgiving because their political views are so dramatically opposed to mine, but that just doesn't feel right in my heart.
Everyone I love supports things I'm ethically and morally against, but shit dude, my circle of people is already so small. I want to have family and friends in my life, but I also want to surround myself with people who share my values. Unfortunately I have to choose one over the other, and that feels dirty.
Going no contact or limited contact is a personal decision everyone has to decide for themselves. I'm lucky enough to have boomer parents who aren't hateful/gullible conservatives.
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Doesn't have to be all or nothing. Maybe you can go every second one. Or go and if it comes up and gets heated you could leave?
I'm not from the US, but my mother held some questionable craycray views for a long time, but I only fully realized & saw the extend of it after the refugee crisis in 2014. I tried to somehow bear with her, but in the end, also for some other reasons, I had to cut her out of my life, simply for my own sake. I'm rather alone than surrounded by toxic people.
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Yeah sure the daughters fell for the propaganda
Isn't that Grant from ACW? Not american, but how does that work with a union general and MAGA?
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womp womp
If your children are going to disown you over who you voted for, then don't tell them who you voted for! Family harmony restored, simple as that!
But no, they need that persecution complex to solidify the false reality they've built in their minds.
I have to ask, are there conservatives in PDX?