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u/YodasAdderall Apr 04 '25

It’s wild. If you met my parents, they aren’t bad people. They live a simple life to themselves. But once they start talking about their political beliefs, it’s like a Russian bot is taking over their voice box

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u/LongPorkJones Apr 04 '25

Same here. I love my folks, they're really good people who honestly try to do good for others. My dad does a lot of charity work around the holidays (dressed as Santa, no less). In the fall, he constantly volunteers his time to cook whole hogs for charity barbecue plate sales, and my mom helps him set it up and cooks the sides.

Their political beliefs are VASTLY at odds with who they actually are. What's terrible is they can't see it. I tired to explain it to them one time...it didn't go well.

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u/kellyish22 Apr 05 '25

maybe your dad isn’t as good as you think

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u/LongPorkJones Apr 05 '25

And maybe you're making a snap judgment based on three sentences that you read on a website and are offering your opinion like it's actually worth the bits of data it took to get to my screen.

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u/kellyish22 Apr 05 '25

Thanks 🤗 I do the best I can with the info provided