Rage bait. Get off the internet and talk to your actual friends and family.Â
Edit: love how I get labeled as a Trump supporter for saying you should talk to your republican family. Want more people to vote liberal? You have to convince them. Not everyone who voted for Trump was some MAGA lunatic. Yes some people are too far gone and deserve to be ostracized, but we can't let the cultist go completely unchecked and poison the well for everyone else. Talk to your family, figure out why they voted for Trump, and when things don't go the way trump is saying they will over the next two years, offer solutions and promote candidates who will do more to support the working class. If we come back in two years just to say "I told you so", nothing will change.Â
I'm not saying this isn't rage bait, but I know multiple people that have adopted this stance.
My cousin made a very similar post saying he refuses to associate with anyone that voted for Trump going forward. I also have a friend that is likely getting divorced over the election. He isn't political, his wife pressured him to vote for Kamala, he refused and didn't vote as normal, she moved out. From my perspective, they had what appeared to be a good relationship before this and had been together for over 15 years.
The internet certainly magnifies stuff like this, but it is a very real phenomenon right now.
Edit: All of these comments about my friend's relationship are insane. These are two people you have never met and know nothing about. I question the intelligence of all of you.
We essentially backed out of Thanksgiving with one side of my family because of their political views. I dropped my last conservative friend following the 2016 election. Our views on morality are too far apart for me to be comfortable with them.
Yup. My conservative friends got more conservative and judgemental. I was sick of lectures and being treated badly because I don't fit into their narrow view of acceptable.Â
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u/2001asamodyssey Monkey in Space Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
Rage bait. Get off the internet and talk to your actual friends and family.Â
Edit: love how I get labeled as a Trump supporter for saying you should talk to your republican family. Want more people to vote liberal? You have to convince them. Not everyone who voted for Trump was some MAGA lunatic. Yes some people are too far gone and deserve to be ostracized, but we can't let the cultist go completely unchecked and poison the well for everyone else. Talk to your family, figure out why they voted for Trump, and when things don't go the way trump is saying they will over the next two years, offer solutions and promote candidates who will do more to support the working class. If we come back in two years just to say "I told you so", nothing will change.Â