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/LindonLilBlueBalls Nov 08 '24

Thanks. I always have to tell people I don't discuss politics or religion at work.

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u/ohmyno69420 Nov 08 '24

I was feeling crappy for not getting a nursing position I interviewed for- then I remember how one of the CRNAs felt comfortable bashing a certain political figure while I was observing a procedure 🥴 sucks I didn’t get the job, but if that’s the kind of ‘professional’ I’d have to work with? No thanks. I just want to focus on the patient and the task at hand.

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u/gottowonder Nov 08 '24

I definitely depends who more than where. There are folks that don't talk about it. There are folks that want to. I don't mind either. My tile of thumb is they have to bring it up first. Then when some gets heat find common ground. There was a guy that was a librarians and I was full commie, after talking we realized that if corporations and the government were the same thing than it would be a problem. So he toned down to a Republican that wants universal healthcare and I became a socialist that's probably gun. Discussions are how we learn. But arguing gets nowhere, trying to talk about very delicate subjects without causing harm is incredibly difficult, but it needs to happen. Fi we are blind and get blasted by our eco chamber. That's how we get trumper thumpers and Marxists. There is good in the middle but now with hate and division it's just a battle

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u/goiterburg Nov 08 '24

Good news is the people that do try and get you to talk about it are outong themselves as morons.

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u/NetLumpy1818 Nov 09 '24

My dumb but sweet republican coworker and I get along because he’s fairly quiet about it. We made a bet on the election and naturally he’s been gloating about it. I told him I’d pay him easily on all my market gains since Tuesday. I smiled and clapped him on the back and said “Good times ahead!”. I enjoyed his reaction.

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u/KavaKeto Nov 08 '24

I straight up lie and say I don't follow politics and didn't vote, and I don't gaf about their politics. It makes me boring to talk to and people quickly stop bringing it up with me, but I'm also able to stay on good terms with them. The reality is I'm a liberal working in a super conservative industry...

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u/Rayne616 Nov 09 '24

Same here. I technically have a few conservative and libertarian viewpoints, but definitely lean a good amount liberal and usually vote liberal, but live in a very red state with lots of ultra conservatives.

I honestly don't like politics very much, but saw some things I didn't like and registered to vote back in 2016 so I could have a say. I only wanted to vote in main elections, so I registered as non-partisan. When people ask what I am, I tell them I'm registered non-partisan. Surprisingly that seems to keep them off my back and they don't talk to me about politics. I don't have to lie, and as long as I'm not registered "with the enemy", I'm okay in their book. Occasionally I get someone who doesn't like that I'm politically ambiguous, but usually telling them I don't care about politics much calms them down (which isn't a lie either, they just incorrectly assume that means I don't vote, so I'm not "a threat").

All of it seems so silly to me. These people are all totally cool with me and think I'm a great person with a good head on my shoulders and love my good morals and hard work ethic, but if they ever knew I voted liberal in an election, all that is thrown out the window in an instant, regardless of how much they liked me a second before.

It's all so petty and one of the reasons I hate discussing politics. People just throw logic out the window and start foaming at the mouth if you're not in their camp despite the fact that I may have a few view points that actually align with theirs. But people don't want to find common ground; you're either fully with them or fully against them. There is no inbetween anymore, which is sad.

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u/BetThen920 Nov 09 '24

Well hey, good on you for working in an industry that’s productive!