So, I went to visit my parents after almost a year of them refusing physical visits. They now feel somewhat safe. My dad decides to start trashing Trump. He was spitting out every lie that we've seen shared by CNN/MSNBC/ fake news. He claimed that there was no voter fraud, no antifa at the capital and that the Proud Boys are the ones who burned down cities last year and that BLM was trying to protect their communities. He then went on a rant that I shouldn't have a right to say anything because I didn't vote when I was 24 years old. He made the ridiculous statement that we came SO close to losing our Democracy. My son and I sadly got up and quietly walked out from the visit. My parents are lost. They spent the last 4 years being programmed and there is no hope. They have been lied to so much that no amount of "proof" will change their minds.
My parents are gone, I've lost them.....
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Sneak over there at night and cut their cable.
Parents are people too. Subject to the same shortcomings and weaknesses. It may be sad to have to love them while they are in this state - but as a parent you have the next generation to focus on. Blessings fren.
haha, and I was going to say the same thing about the younger gen.
Boomer.... grew up believing that you should Trust No One! Government is bad and they are out to screw you out of your money. My Dad was in WWII, and that's where I learned it. During Vietnam, we had perfect screenshot of how we had been lied to by the media/govt.
what happened?
You make great points without bashing boomers for once. It's true I grew up listening to Walter Cronkite (and that's the way it is) and we hung one every word. Was it all truth? I know now it probably wasn't, but it certainly wasn't like it is now. There are certainly boomers asleep but so are many millennials. Many boomers have managed to learn the technology. But what we have is experience that is passed on to the next generation because we lived it and we can see the frog in the pot progression over the decades.
Maybe because generally the hippies did drugs and the Elvis gen. did not.
After events like JFK 9/11 and the Iraq War how can anyone trust the MSM? Not even including all the slanted bias with Trump and conservatives