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Dear Americans, how do you go back to normal after such an election campaign? (lemmy.world)

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The atmosphere is so heated, and the statements are getting more and more extreme. Let's just assume Harris wins the election. After a campaign like this, how could you ever have a normal relationship with your pro-Trump neighbor/father-in-law/Uncle/Barber or what ever again?

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[-] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 89 points 1 month ago

Short answer: I bite back now.

Long answer: My parents are hard-R Republicans. Every time they start getting all "demoncrats r bad" i just ask them, "Why do you want me dead so fucking bad? I know from being raised by you that you fucking hated me growing up, but to vote for "gays should be executed"? This is exactly why you didn't have grandkids, the thought of putting more of your hate in the world is abhorrent to me..."

I've only had to pull that one out twice, so far, but it hits them hard when they still (I'm a few months away from 40) insist I "give them grandkids".

[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I've known many people to be like this, they just want to slink back, and ignore the blatant. Thank you for having the balls to step up and bite back. People like you are the reason I don't see almost ANY Trump flags in my neighborhood this year. It's a cult of personality that nobody else has quite been able to achieve. Once he's gone for good, things can get back to semi-normal. We still have to be vigilant about the shit Republicans are doing, but at least maybe at that point some family ties will begin to heal.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

it hits them hard when they still (I'm a few months away from 40) insist I "give them grandkids".

They should probably vote for people where you having kids is an option then (not assuming you want them BTW, just pointing out the irrational hatred of lgbtq+ has made all kinds of family options harder).

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