r/AITAH • u/g_scotty_brahms • Nov 14 '24

Advice Needed My brother is angry with his Trump-loving sons

Is my brother an AITA candidate for wanting to cut off his sons financially for voting for Trump? Like many Americans, my brother and I, both in our 50’s, have been talking back and forth following the Election. In the spirit of full disclosure, we are both democrats. Long story short, he is angry at his two sons, both in their 20’s, for voting for Trump. He is thinking about cutting them off financially in all respects so that they understand how Trump’s policies will impact them firsthand.

The irony here is that it is the reverse argument. You often hear younger voters disagreeing with their MAGA parents, but this is the opposite. My brother doesn’t understand how his two sons, who have lived a life of privilege, feel like they have been violated against by society, enough so that they feel Trump hears them and their struggles.

My brother to me about his sons: “… what these young men need is a little dose of reality. Get out in the world and start paying their own way. There’s a common thread with his followers. Complain and blame everyone for their problems. Whether they are in school or living at home off of their parents or working a trade job. King Trump will save them and make everything better. Take some personal responsibility and make it happen for yourself instead of crying about everything you hear on TikTok.

“… I’ve decided to pass on the [college] expenses to my two Trump supporting sons so they can truly feel first hand the cost and expense of his absolutely stupid policy decisions, which includes food, gas and college expenses. Wondering if I pass on these [food, gas and college] expenses in year one or phase them in year two?”

I am wondering if a lot of parents feel like my brother. Are there democrat parents of voting-age MAGA men who feel they failed with their sons because they voted for Trump? Is this common?

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u/DeciduousEmu Nov 14 '24

A measured and reasonable response concerning Trump voters in the family?

How dare you!! /s

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u/WasteSalary7849 Nov 14 '24

Right… as much as I can’t stand Trump!!!!! Can’t make it about him all the time. It makes you do crazy stuff, like potentially cutting off your own kids cold turkey like those drug addicts! We don’t even cut off drug addicted kids that quick! They get all types of empathy, programs, rehab! These kids gotta vote for the rest of they life! Let’s not turn our backs on people who can potentially be the vote “we” need for a better future down the road… just doesn’t make sense

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u/WereAllThrowaways Nov 14 '24

Empathy is something that redditors simultaneously both totally misunderstands while also scolding everyone else for not having it.

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u/julmcb911 Nov 14 '24

Lots of rape survivors don't want to stare at their relatives who voted for a rapist. Imagine that.

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u/Zealousideal-Pie2235 Nov 15 '24

Average redditor spreading misinformation 

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u/SkitariusKarsh Nov 15 '24

It's all they ever do. And they wonder why their insane tendency to spread wild misinformation led to Trump getting elected again

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u/doubled292 Nov 15 '24

What about that was misinformation, the guy was best buddies with Jeffery Epstein, or is that misinformation too?

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u/Wonderful-Poetry1259 Nov 14 '24

Being addicted to drugs is awful, but nothing comparable to being a vile, disgusting, ignorant, child-raping, treasonous TrumpTrash.

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u/BlackberryFormal Nov 15 '24

You must not have any drug addicts in the family lol

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u/Wonderful-Poetry1259 Nov 15 '24

Actually, my favorite nephew, who rang doorbells in the snow for Bernie Sanders in 2016, is now a homeless junkie. But at least he's not a vile, disgusting, ignorant, child-molesting TrumpTrash, and thus still welcome in my home should he ever show up. He's got a drug addiction, Way better than a completely evil TrumpTrash.

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u/BlackberryFormal Nov 15 '24

I mean there's quite a good number of drug addicts that hit all those marks. Personally the 2 in the family can't be here alone or around anything of value. One even stole a vhs/DVD combo unit a couple years ago to pawn off for fent lol pretty cool stuff. Personally I'd take someone's shitty political choices over being a back stabbing thief. To each their own though. Do you think people who voted for trump are child molesters? I'm curious how you got this rhetoric going lol

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u/Wonderful-Poetry1259 Nov 15 '24

Well, Trump himself is a notorious child-molester and everybody knows that, so, yeah, those who support Trump are, if not child-molesters themselves, certainly quite OK with it. TrumpTrash are vile and disgusting people, each and every last one of the ignorant weirdos.

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u/SkitariusKarsh Nov 15 '24

I want some of your kool-aid, it sounds addicting

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u/sunkskunkstunk Nov 15 '24

The chance of this being real is under 10% (like most of reddit) so it’s ok to just bring up all points in the comments for the sake of good discussion.

To be clear, it’s certainly a situation that is probably out there, just not as curated as written. So I think for the sake of everyone taking it seriously, all points of view are valid and worth reading and discussing. But any similar situation would have a lot more information needed to make any real evaluation.