• HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    My mom’s been on there. She tells me AP is left wing media. Astounding. Thing is she’s the sweetest mom, just doesn’t like abortion. And then ends up reading these traitors posts and regurgitating alt-right propaganda

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      1 year ago

      I almost cut off my relationship with my mother in 2020 because of her politics and some stupid shit she quoted me from Fox News that was exposed with a five second web search. I really feel your pain.

      A friend gave me the wisdom that “it’s harder to open a door than to shut one.” That saved us. I implemented a “no politics” rule with my mom and we’ve been good ever since. She still (accidentally, I think) makes off-hand remarks that are silly, but we stick to the rule and we’re much better off. I can’t save her from her shitty views and it’s best that I not try.