My dad, mom, and I work same place. They are full on CNN watching TDS liberals and I am a 100% MAGA Trump supporter. I usually keep my support low key as to not cause any issues but today is the most important election in US history so I put a Trump 2020 flag on my truck to show my support. My dad got to work and came in to say "whats that on your truck?" "give it up its over". I calmly as i could told him i supported the President fully and that if Joe got elected, Kamala would take over almost immediately and shes practically a communist. He said not a word as he turned around i said "I love you pops"... no reply. Mom came in and said "my flag had assulted her eyes". WTF?. They both left immediately but dad called me several hours later where he insinuated for 10 minutes I was a racist, things got heated, eventually he said "I cant believe I raised such an idiot" and hung upo on me. Just FYI, my nephew is half puerto Rican, my wife of 13 years and step sons are Mexican, and my baby boy pede on the way is half Mexican. I dont understand how it happens that I have to convice my dad im not racist just because i support President Trump. Im completely baffelled as to how you convince someone with words that, no im not a racist.
I know thats a wall of text but i needed to get it off my chest. Maga all the way and Trump 2020!
Reminds me of what my dad told me over the phone a year ago. He was on the Trump Train right away, and my sister & niece immediately shut him out of their lives. For fear of risking me doing the same since I'm kind of the black sheep of the family, and I had some......disputes with my family in the past that we rectified, but he didn't want to risk making another rift between us. Little did he know that even though I wasn't a big fan of Trump in 2016 I wouldn't of cared back then. Granted it took me two years before I took the red pill myself since the left in the words of Ben Shapiro, "the democrats have lost their fucking minds."
One day I was on the phone with my mom, and she said some random "Orange man bad" remark & without thinking I immediately corrected her. She paused during our conversation before she sighed, and said that I was really like my father. That was when I got the story from her about what happened. My dad & I had a really great conversation that went on for hours. It really felt like the first time him and I really bonded. After talking to my dad I called my sister to let her know that she had another Trump supporter in the family, and seething with rage I told her that unlike the father that truly loves her I'm not the nice man that he is. if I have to drive eight hours to go home & physically drag her over & make her apologize to him. She eventually apologized to him, so I'm happy about that.
It's interesting how contentious politics have become nowadays. It's so bad that families are willing to break apart over it. I don't know what I can really say that would be of comfort to you really. You know that you're not racist. A real racist wouldn't have the family that you have, but most people that scream racism see things only revolving around two ethnicities. Black and white. You're not racist for wanting lower taxes. You're not racist for wanting a strong border security. You're not racist for wanting our troops to not be the world's police. You're not racist for wanting employment opportunities for everyone.
You have two black men that you clearly haven't met that can vouch for your not racist behavior. Give your family sometime to cool down. Might take a while depending on the results, but perhaps they'll start looking at you like their son again.