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All my dad watches are these queerphobic, racist videos (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 week ago by SchwarzeHexe@discuss.tchncs.de to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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(lemming.world wasn't working for me so I'm on this account)

So, my dad is "hardcore Conservative". All he does is watch videos where the Conservative right-winger is portrayed as "always right" and he "owns"/"defeats" the liberal or leftist.

All the videos I hear about are mocking Arabs and Latinos, immigrants, and queer people, it's so annoying. And he goes on these rants about how evil they are, too, and he would probably think I was "forced" to become a lesbian and that the school I'm in "made" me.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's an addict. He gets little hits of oxytocin, dopamine, and endorphins from watching videos that confirm his view of the world and his place in it. I'm not sure what advice to give you. Yo might try looking up de-radicalization groups, or someplace like Life After Have or Parents for Peace.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Life after have?

[–] SchwarzeHexe@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Life After Hate I think they meant