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It hurt most when my sister told me that she voted for him. Most of my family did but I didnt know that at the time.
My family aren't bad people but this post makes me realize more that I just dont want to talk to them.
Dont want to be reminded that they voted for trump twice.
That I wasnt smart enough or trusted enough or just there enough to stop it.
Even if I could have, the media machines had them. PA suburbs bleed into country.
I dont know...I just remember listening to a 3-4 part podcast about Trump, in 2016, when most people knew that he was a slum lord and a weasle.
Anyway, im listening to this podcast on my sister's couch just stupified that he won and I say, "Knowing all this I can't believe this is who got elected."
And her just saying, "Well I voted for him."
I just...it hurts man. And every time im there is have to pretend it doesn't.
dude they are bad people, think of the wives of the guards at Auswitz, looking after hearth and home, That's your sister.
They are bad people tho 🤷🏻
"Look, my family aren't bad people. All they did was turn their heads when the Nazis came door to door looking for people. It's not like they PERSONALLY did any of that. They just wanted the economy working again."
I don't think they are necessarily bad, maybd ignorant and selfish for not considering the bad consequences on other's lives
Nah. Being ignorant and selfish is deffo bad.
Sorry to say this, but your family voted for trump knowing who he is and what he would do to people. They are not good people. Ignorant and selfish people aren't generally good people.
And it hurts to hear it, but you need to acknowledge the facts of reality. I've gone through this recently with my fuckhead uncle, and it still hurts a bit when the stupid fuck tries to get me to call him, but I keep telling him no because he won't change who he is and I want nothing to do with people like that. And it's ok to acknowledge that your family aren't good people, but I wont pretend it's easy to do. You can keep them in your life if you have the energy to try to change them, but know that you can't change someone who doesn't want to change.
But it is not easy to be a good person when you're surrounded by media that try to make everything look ok, even if it isn't. I'm not trying to justify every person who voted for Trump and I don't think all of them are bad people, but they're stupid tho.
3 times probably, and looking forward to the 4th one already.
Don't pretend. Stop trying to not rock the boat. The kindest thing you can do for your loved ones is to help them find their way out of the darkness, you can't do that if you won't acknowledge reality, to their face.
Hey friend, you're not alone in that pain. But please don't let the hurt and anger blind you. We don't talk about weasels like that. Comparing them to Trump like that is unreasonably cruel to weasels.
Their actions aren't your fault, don't beat yourself up about it.
pa suburbs are essentially the south don't feel bad we're close enough to nyc should've known better (at least philly, pittsburg is pretty much ohio)