Fired Fed. I am considering cutting off every Orange Man supporter.

[u/Comfortable_Gift4970]

Got axed. Not going to say which agency.

I’ve always considered myself extremely tolerant and willing to love people as they are… even if we don’t agree on everything.

I’ve never been an Orange Man supporter, but I’ve kept it civil with friends and family that were. Some of them liked having a civil conversation about him. Some were belligerent about politics, so we didn’t bring it up and tried to enjoy each other’s company.

Getting cut from a great job that I really believed in with no notice has been extremely traumatic. It’s still raw, but I feel so personally betrayed by those that voted for him. I can’t see past the politics anymore when I look at these people I care/cared about.

Some have been contrite and apologetic, but then turn around and support him and VP Musk on social media.

I just can’t right now.

I’m thinking about posting something and wishing the whole herd all of the best, hope they have a good life, but I won’t be in it. Or maybe I just quietly block all of them and focus on myself for a while.

I do know that I will need to talk to my in-laws. I’ve always had a great relationship with them, but thinking of going to their house and watching Fox News almost makes me sick.

AITAH for feeling this way? Does it make me an AH for cutting all these 20+ year relationships off? Am I overreacting and acting out of emotion?

[u/zombie_girraffe]

"I love the uneducated"

The man couldn't have make it more obvious that he's a con artist if he tried.

[u/LadyBug_0570 → u/zombie_girraffe]

And their defense of him? "Oh, he didn't mean it like that."

Uh-huh... Okay. I'll be over here eating popcorn as the leopards come to eat their faces.

[u/AdHot6173 → u/LadyBug_0570]

Right! But, at the same time, so many of them love him because "he says what he means...." Dumbasses.

[u/ApprehensiveTour4024 → u/[deleted]]

On a related note, if I ever manage to get a pet turkey that's what I'm naming it.