• WrenFeathers@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    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.

    • theangryseal@lemmy.world
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      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.

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        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.

      • Tyfud@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        You know what we call Germans who disagreed with Hitler on some issues and yet still supported him?

        Nazis.

        Nobody cares, or will ever remember anything other than that.

      • Womdat10@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Unfortunately, my continued existence is labeled as “politics” so no, someone who voted against my rights to exist is not my family anymore.

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        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.

      • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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        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.

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        Yes it is that hard. If you consider the real effects that politics has on people’s lives, the direct negative consequences of laws and policies that make their lives worse, and then you ask us to ignore those and stop talking about them, maybe we’ll be able to do it if we are not the direct victims. But as soon as you are the direct victim, of course you’re going to speak out on it.

        Here’s a very simple example. One of my relatives uses a wheelchair or a walker, and they have a vehicle with handicap tags that they use to get around. The problem is, one problem is, that many polling places don’t have the legally required handicap parking available. So my relative has extreme difficulty voting. That’s a political problem, a political issue, that disenfranchises my relative. Should they be able to discuss it with the family? I sure hope so. But is it politically charged? Of course it is.

        What you’re asking, what you’re expecting, is that every single victim has to shut the f****** about the bad s*** they’re dealing with, just because it’s connected to the government.

        And look, I picked one of the mildest examples you could possibly think of. After all, my relative might be able to vote absentee, depending on the rules in their state. But there are so many more examples that are absolutely tragic, that involve lives being totally ruined. And you think those should be off limits.

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