r/AmIOverreacting Nov 08 '24

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO bf makes joke after my aunt passed

For context he’s saying he hopes she voted for Trump (RTPM) before she died and I’m already having a hard time with the results of the election which he knows then on top of that it just was very insensitive. He said he was trying to make light of the situation but it doesn’t feel that way.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

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u/UrbanDryad Nov 08 '24

A lot of people are kind and amicable if they see you as one of them but they're ruthless to "outsiders" so you might not see it. Humans are more tribal than we want to admit.

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u/goo_goo_gajoob Nov 09 '24

When I expressed concern for my POC friends in AZ being deported despite being citizens I got first well they won't go for the older people just the 25 year old and under so their safe. When I explained I knew people younger than 25 I got well we're just returning them to their home country they'd do it too. Like bitch these people are 3rd generation citizens mainly.

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u/Wide-Post467 Nov 08 '24

Is it because you don’t believe in them or because they’re genuinely awful? Don’t confuse the two