Yeah you pretty much got what they’d do. Except the emergency escape hatch to avoid justifying anything is just “let’s not talk about politics”. So they get to avoid questioning any belief they have. Because they don’t want to ever consider that they’re wrong. Funny, coming from parents who tell me I’m smart. I’m smart, just wrong about everything they’ve ever formed an opinion on.
Ugh. I hate the “Let’s not talk.” I’d be on board with it if it were equitable. I tried it to avoid these kinds of conversations, but they keep talking. Then I start pulling at the logic. Then they say, “Let’s not talk.” Frustrating.
Yeah. Well my parents learned long ago that they have no argument so they pretty much never want to talk about it anymore. My mom slips up and mentions how Obamacare has ruined her life (with no precise explanation) occasionally, but otherwise “politics” are completely off limits
Only antidote I can think of to this, assuming you aren’t reliant on your parents for survival needs at this stage of the game/would prefer they just shut up rather than continuing to poke at them, is the Toddler’s Gambit.
Just keep asking ‘why’ until the gears start turning or they have a meltdown.
(I have no idea if anyone else calls this the Toddler’s Gambit)
Yeah you pretty much got what they’d do. Except the emergency escape hatch to avoid justifying anything is just “let’s not talk about politics”. So they get to avoid questioning any belief they have. Because they don’t want to ever consider that they’re wrong. Funny, coming from parents who tell me I’m smart. I’m smart, just wrong about everything they’ve ever formed an opinion on.
Ugh. I hate the “Let’s not talk.” I’d be on board with it if it were equitable. I tried it to avoid these kinds of conversations, but they keep talking. Then I start pulling at the logic. Then they say, “Let’s not talk.” Frustrating.
‘Lets not’ means ‘lets you not’ more often than not.
Yeah. Well my parents learned long ago that they have no argument so they pretty much never want to talk about it anymore. My mom slips up and mentions how Obamacare has ruined her life (with no precise explanation) occasionally, but otherwise “politics” are completely off limits
Only antidote I can think of to this, assuming you aren’t reliant on your parents for survival needs at this stage of the game/would prefer they just shut up rather than continuing to poke at them, is the Toddler’s Gambit.
Just keep asking ‘why’ until the gears start turning or they have a meltdown.
(I have no idea if anyone else calls this the Toddler’s Gambit)