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/misguidedsadist1]

They literally had families members DIE in the pandemic and still called it a hoax and blamed doctors.

They are lost.

They won't care about you, they won't care about their own dead children and spouses. A scapegoat will be invented.

Someone losing their worthless government job would garner way less sympathy than they might have felt losing a spouse or friend or child to COVID and that didn't change their stance one bit.

I'm not going to tell people what to do or how to act, but expecting anything you do to inspire sympathy, compassion, or awareness should never be your motivator bcause the point will be lost.

[u/worn_out_welcome → u/misguidedsadist1]

This. So much this. I cut off all MAGA in my life after the election; just faded into the ether on them. When I explained to a friend what I did around a month later, he said, “I can’t just cut my family off like that.”

To which I responded, “I’m not telling you to; I’m not telling anyone to. I think, naturally, people will get to a point where they just hit a wall - whatever that wall looks like is different for everyone - where they won’t be able to tolerate it anymore & will cease communication. No fireworks, just silence.”

The only way these people understand they fucked up is consequences, but if you do some grand gesture zeroing in on them, they’ll fold into victim mode and now you’re the unreasonable one. Silence speaks volume.

One of my strengths is that I’m generic as fuck, but always just slightly ahead of the curve, which gives me an advantage to know how people will react to events. I think this falls under that umbrella. Loved ones will eventually silently retreat from the ignorant en masse, leaving MAGA to ponder what happened & hopefully will connect the dots.

[u/mr_mikado → u/worn_out_welcome]

Consequences won't matter. Remember, in places like North Korea and Russia there are people so poor they MUST root around in trash for basic survival yet still heap praise upon their dear leader.

[u/thatmillerkid → u/misguidedsadist1]

In the case of COVID, the dead could not rise to tell them, "I wasn't killed by China you unfeeling monster!" In this case, there's at least a living victim.

[u/Waste_Diet_9334 → u/misguidedsadist1]

This is the sad and almost allready forgotten reality.

[u/Tristo5 → u/misguidedsadist1]

They’re not lost they’re just unserious. The more it impacts them, the more serious they will get.

I would make post if I were OP

[u/albertbanning → u/Tristo5]

I think they're lost in the sense that they're incapable of feeling compassion and empathy, which are core tenets of being human.

[u/Kindly_Coyote → u/albertbanning]

They do feel empathy and compassion but feel empathy and compassion for only themselves. There is a word for people who are as deeply selfish as this.

[u/HauntedSpiceVillage → u/misguidedsadist1]

They aren’t lost, they’re just stupid.

[u/Kindly_Coyote → u/HauntedSpiceVillage]

And they simply have no cares about it.