First post on here but spent a lot of time on reddit looking at the destruction of rationality in real time. TD was the only place I could go to for any positivity. Some comments and posts get edgy, but thats what we all want...a little bit of everything. Because thats real fucking life.
I admit that when Trump first got elected, I thought we were fucked. And then I watched the Dem/lib meltdown on national TV and realized these people, who are supposed to be leader, are a bunch of crying pussies. I realized soon that I was not going to be a part of that losing mentality. And here we are lol
My own dad, who taught me that "life isn't fair" and "you make your luck" suddenly became an NPC yelling orange man bad every morning. He blamed Trump for his own bad mood, during cancer treatment. Ridiculous. He got cancer (hes recovering) and yet, he woke up in pain every morning screaming fuck Trump. What a realization for me. Here I was, trying to make the most out of my time with my dying father, and all he wanted to do was recreationally get outraged at Trump. I had never seen him like that before. He was a zen guy. He was a white guy whose favorite book was Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Now I just watch him, and my brother virtue signal on facebook and trash white people and tacitly endorse ANTIFA activity. I love my dad and bro, but jesus the left/MSM has made things hard to navigate.
Welcome and sorry to hear about your family relationships. I hope better days are ahead.
I have to remind myself with family and friends (like yours) that I’m going to stay positive and let them see my happiness. They are miserable and they want me to be that with them. There’s no doubt in my mind that their desires to turn America into a hellhole is wrong, and so I’m very confident that I’m right!
The best thing you can do is show your family and Dad that you are positive and hopeful. Remind him from time to time you are grateful he raised you to be that way. And always have a “lol” ready when he spews some deranged talking point. Hang in there!
Totally agree. The inclination to want America to burn is so backwards its hard to fathom. But if thats what they think, of course they want to bring you down with them.
Thats true. Because in the end, I'm this critical of mainstream thought because of him. The irony is crazy though.