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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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?
The media turned against Vietnam so although it would appear that people were skeptical of war and corruption and government, they were actually just following the media. There isn’t much philosophical or strategic difference between the Korean War and the Vietnam War, yet the Vietnam War is constantly bashed and the Korean War never is. That suggests people aren’t really thinking for themselves. If the media had presented Vietnam as a rah rah patriotic war, then I think most of these people would view it as that. This even continued through into the ‘80s and ‘90s when every Hollywood movie depicted Vietnam as a shitshow and a failure. Are there any Hollywood movies presenting the Korean War like that?
My parents are boomers. It’s a two-fold problem with them. They are naturally skeptical, and extremely conservative. But they still believe the tv.
I think they know something’s wrong..... but they don’t want to seem they’ve lost their senses.
The second issue is, at least for MY parents, is that they never really retired. They went from working 40 hours a week paid, to 40 hours a week unpaid, volunteering at the church (cleaners), helping neighbors, making day trips to visit and help family and get them dr appts, cut their grass- whatever.
This is first chance they’ve had to rest, since they were about 10 years old.
So I just try not to bother them. They voted for Trump, but are scared to death of CV. I have expressed my concern and stated I wouldn’t take the vaccine, and my mom told me they were old enough to feel comfortable risking it.
SOOOOO- I just really respect them. They’ve done right their entire life. (Didn’t even get a phone that could text until last year.... and they share it, but still pay by the month)
Luckily they don’t press me, and I don’t press them. I genuinely feel sorry for anyone in that situation.