Today especially has been pretty brutal. I see my dad for the first time in months and he dominates the conversation about his vitriolic hatred of Trump and anyone who supports him, calling them idiots. My girlfriend is sweet and nice but even knowing how I lean she can't help but say that she wants to go rip up Trump signs in front of people's houses and kill "transphobes". I've tried to curate my Twitter to be exclusively about my favorite game and content creators, but even after muting about two dozen political words and phrases it's just a bloody shouting match. It feels like the only time I'm not walking in a minefield is when I'm talking to a subsection of a group of friends who just like playing games. I went to cognitive behavioral therapy a few weeks ago, and it was really helpful, but even the positive thinking strategies that were effective just a few days ago aren't helping anymore. I don't feel suicidal, but I don't feel like living anymore. The two options of where I can live in the near future is chock full of people who have an open disdain/hatred for my thinking. Am I such a wretched human being for thinking that Trump's policies would be more economically sound and fair than Biden's? I apologize if this isn't the place to rant like this but how do I get past something like this?
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This is the shit that always happens when politics gets serious, and major political bullshit/change is in the wind. That politician Jesus didn't tell his followers to tear their families apart, they were warning them that this would happen if they followed him in rebelling against the Romans and their Quislings. It's a sign that civil war is coming, and coming hard. Think of the (first) American Civil War, and such.
As for your girlfriend and dad, try to stealth red-pill them. If you can't, well, cut out everyone like them you can, get the hell off of Twitter, find something better for your gaming discussion (official forums? Reddit seemed OK for gaming talk, but I guess astroturfing has been taking over hard.) Basically, turtle yourself. At least until you can breathe a bit of confidence back into yourself.
All this crap might actually bring back the idea of starting private local clubs with local people that meet in person and have initiation rites to filter new members with .... but oh for that chinese pneumonia ... and oh, the whines for "inclusiveness" (ie, "we hate you but we want the absolute right to join ...")