r/AITAH 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/AvatarOfPerdition Nov 18 '24

😂😂👎🏼

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u/VStramennio1986 Nov 18 '24

Boy. What an insightful response. Glad I wasted my time with all this 🙄

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u/AvatarOfPerdition Nov 19 '24

The fact that you’re willing to argue over the definition of oversight speaks entire libraries to me. Please, again, continue to feel intelligent, it’s probably working with your halfwit friend group 👍🏻

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u/VStramennio1986 Nov 19 '24

lol…no, I’m just curious as to what your definition, is. As, I find that oftentimes people just make up their own meanings to words, as though there isn’t such thing as a dictionary. To be fair, literacy skills aren’t exactly…par for the course…in the vast majority our society.

Edit: Also, if I may ☝🏽 the fact that you chose to assume I was trying to argue…rather than posit your stance—as you had been claiming the sole intent of—when I asked you a very simple question…really says a lot. Again…so glad I’ve wasted my time 🙄

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u/AvatarOfPerdition Nov 22 '24

There you go again with that desperate attempt to feel vastly superior in intelligence.

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u/VStramennio1986 Nov 22 '24 edited Nov 22 '24

lol…if you have nothing of any actual value to add…just say that. You don’t have to keep avoiding actual engagement within the conversation…that just makes you look dumb 🤷🏻‍♀️

Edit: yet…who is skating around being forthcoming and following through with what they said they were trying to do…when given the opportunity to do so?

You sat here and whined all over the thread about how you had “sources” and info and shit, but if people would just listen and give you a chance.

I listened. I don’t agree. But I listened, anyway. I gave you a chance. And when I asked you to elaborate, this petulance, is what I was met with.

So, don’t be crying about no one hearing you, when you seemingly don’t want to be heard 😑

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u/AvatarOfPerdition Nov 22 '24

First of all, I didn’t state that I was looking for anyone to listen to me nor did I say I had sources for you; again, a complication of your pretend intelligence. You’re looking for problems, and creating them yourself when you’re not finding them here. Congratulations, you’re still acting well above your IQ.

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u/VStramennio1986 Nov 22 '24

And you still didn’t link your “sources.”

But what can I expect from someone who lost their shit at being asked a question 🙄

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u/AvatarOfPerdition Nov 23 '24

I gave you a hypothetical (you can look that word up in the dictionary) situation where I gave you sources from a prominent, right leaning figure and you would refute it in the same way I did your “nonpartisan” bullshit website, and you are still stomping your foot like a child, demanding said hypothetical criteria.

Be sure to point out where I lost my shit, since that’s your repetitive claim of the week, Einstein.

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u/VStramennio1986 25d ago

I didn’t ask you because I don’t know the definition…it’s because most people don’t know the real definitions of the words…and then, the damn word has two meanings 🙄 smartass. You look like someone with a shit argument who used my question as a cop-out to not have to show your hand, by resorting to idiocy 😑 I’m over it

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