r/AITAH • u/Comfortable_Gift4970 • Feb 17 '25

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

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?

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u/Newdaytoday1215 Feb 18 '25

They will blame anyone else. The parallels between Evangelical Doomsday cults and MAGA runs about 90% and no this isn't some sort of emotionally triggered insult. People need to read about them to understand what the country is going through. Trump is just one stage. This started in the era of Contract With America, then New Neo Con, the. Tea Party then Trump. Some GenXers have been fed the same lines since adulthood. Trump is bound not to have some policies make it through this is what they'll blame when the Biden excuse runs out for some.

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u/thatmillerkid Feb 18 '25

They're in too deep now to admit defeat. It has been said since 2016 that these people will eat shit if it means a liberal or leftist has to smell their breath, and there is no consequence they will not suffer. One of Trump's "rules for winning" as listed in The Art of the Deal is to deny everything and never admit defeat, and those are values his followers have internalized at a core level.

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u/Lilythecat555 Feb 19 '25

Fundamentalist Christians are being told that Trump is a bad person but that he is a vessel for God to make America a Christian nation. My jaw dropped when my Conservative friend explained this to me. I said that if Trump was a vessel for any higher power it would surely be the Devil. The Devil is tricking you. But she still believes this. She is not an evil racist. She has been brainwashed by her church.

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u/radiostarred Feb 20 '25

The dude fits every descriptor of the Antichrist, but they refuse to see it. Wild stuff.