Brother, is that you?
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the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Imagine growing up in a household that shit talked Republicans hardcore, and then 12 years after leaving home finding out that dad is a Trump supporter 😮💨
Mesophar@lemm.ee 3 months ago
the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Godforbid you’re him, amirite?
jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
How does that even happen?
Asafum@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Too much fox news.
It happened to my dad too. He got hurt and was basically sitting in front of the TV all day being brainwashed to hate “the left.”
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My parents were always a bit right but they still could function. Could have a normal conversation or do an activity with them. 2010 thanksgiving was the last time I saw them and fox killed whatever was left in them.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I knew a guy who was a philosophy major and his friend group was a bunch of atheist skeptics, so he knew all about logical fallacies and so on. He took a hard right turn into Pizzagate territory once Trump took office and now believes everything short of Flat Earth. (And maybe that, too. We haven’t talked in a loooooong time.)
The only way it makes sense to me is to think that if you have no moral compass, you’ll go whichever way the wind blows. Humans like to think that we’re rational, logical beings (even if nobody else is), but the truth is that we’re all driven by emotion. Strong values, such as a love of truth and hatred of bigotry, are what keep people from descending into this nonsense, not mere logic.
the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My guess is Dad was waiting for the right person to validate some very prejudice beliefs.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What you are saying is this:
Couldn’t hear the endless barrage of republican dog whistles. Too subtle for his mind to capture.
Heard the shrill, blunt whistle loud and clear.Because everything this orange asshole is saying directly, is what most previous republicans have been implying for decades.
They’ve been incredibly successful when they’ve been subtle, too.
For example - calling the war on minorities “the war on drugs” and filling it with “refer madness” propaganda. They’ve gotten the taxpayer to foot the gigantic bill for decades now.Social media broke peoples’ brains, that fucking algorithm is tuned to keep users anxious for unnaturally prolonged periods of time.
They were warned they were the product, not the customer. They didn’t listen, they were too busy paying attention to what the algorithm was throwing their way.the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This feels like you’ve hit the nail on the head!! I just can’t believe I didn’t see the signs growing up. 😮💨 But there’s nothing i could do anyway. So hopefully i am better off without him in my life (10 yrs so far).
Waldowal@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Did he hit his head? The lead kick in?
I’m only half joking. I had a neighbor who I used to describe as slightly conservative-leaning. He suffered a brain injury on the job and is now a full tilt QAnon MAGA goofball.
db2@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There are several studies that clearly show political conservatism is legit brain damage. It’s insidious too because their afraid of everything including admitting they have a problem so they never get help.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Are you talking about the one showing conservatives tend to have an underdeveloped sense of empathy, or are there other studies?
db2@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s part of it, also their brains have actual scar tissue and they have enlarged amygdalae so they’re in a constant state of fear.
the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I wish i knew. Both of my parents became the kinds of people i was raised NOT to be.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Oof. That’s scary to think about. One hard knock on the head, and you’re a totally different person.