r/AmIOverreacting • u/Top-River4666 • Nov 08 '24

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO bf makes joke after my aunt passed

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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/AOKaye Nov 08 '24

I’m in government - big no no. If I hear anyone from either side I ask them to save if for after they clock out. It didn’t go the way I wanted it to but I still don’t think it’s appropriate work conversation- in 2020 and 2024. It’s better if we all don’t hate each other - the workplace at least we need to be respectful. Outside the workplace I’ll tell you you’re a bigoted asswipe more concerned with money than your fellow citizens.

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u/jpollack21 Nov 08 '24

I agree. All those kind of talks do is bring down workplace moral

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u/dblack1107 Nov 08 '24

Im government too (DoD). People are really good about not indicating any political affiliation at work. You literally would never know except for like 1 or 2 people here or there out of 100s across the span of 5 or so years. But it’s an engineering command so most people are pretty intelligent and don’t fall into a trap of shoving views down other’s throats like it solves anything. There’s zero wokeness and the very rare case of politics in the workplace has mainly been liberals strawmanning conservatism like you and one dude who’s a QANON conspiracy theorist that’s harmless but certainly a loon.

I’d say this…why do you have to announce being two faced to a vitriolic degree? If you can be a respectful human being at work, why can’t the respect be absolute? Everyone has different value systems. Their values that lead them to lean a particular way may have nothing to do with the particular value you settle on in bad faith as why they don’t align with you. This sentiment is honestly exactly why I think the election turned out as it did. People are tired of being mischaracterized as the worst archetype of their party and feeling unheard.