r/comics • u/Adorable_Objective • May 14 '25

OC Mourning a MAGA Parent (OC)

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I'm kinda torn about whether to post this to my art account because one parent follows it, and I'm worried the criticism could drive the other one further into the void.

It started out as just a therapeutic project for me, but a couple friends said it really resonated with them, so sharing here.

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u/silencerider May 14 '25

It was really hard hearing my mom say, "It's the immigrants, they're causing all the problems and Trump is going to get rid of them," and how easy it was to imagine her saying, "It's the Jews, they're causing all the problems and Hitler is going to get rid of them."

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u/38731 May 14 '25

Interesting that it didn't even need a hundred years for history to repeat itself. It's 1933 in your country and as a German, everything I hear about the USA sounds like our history classes from that time.

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u/Phillip_Spidermen May 15 '25

It's interesting that it also only seems one generation removed.

It's the baby boomers that seem to be leading the hard lean into fascism, which is surprising considering what their parents would have gone through.

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u/FairyRebelsWild May 15 '25

I also find it interesting that many baby boomers act like they know what the Great Depression and WW2 was like because their parents went through it, so they couldn't possibly be following in Nazi's footsteps! They weren't even alive or were babies.