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[–] [email protected] 69 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If I was told this by someone in private I would at least be sympathetic, but blasting your children in a public forum is like yelling in walmart. I just can’t view you as any semblance of a good person if you’re publically taking the “eternal victim” stance.

Like, the expected outcome for this rube is that an echo chamber shits on his kids. Gee I wonder why his kids don’t like him, must be mental illness.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

The dad's comment strongly resembles a lot of posts that I've seen where people say that their kids won't talk to them anymore. They always leave out the most relevant information and act like some lesser thing is the actual problem. They may do it intentionally or unintentionally. It may be narcissism. It may be an inability to face reality. It may be that they always minimize their children.

But if you hear from the daughters, it will likely not simply be that he voted for Trump. We're missing out on entire lifetimes of context. There will be a lot of discussions leading up to that point. There will be a refusal to hear the children out. There will likely be a long history of emotional abuse.

And then, the last straw probably won't even be his vote for Trump, but some terrible behavior that he exhibited afterwards. These parents then go online and make up some story that lets them be the victim. You can't say for sure that this is the case, but nowhere in his post does he even try to acknowledge any specific things that his daughters said.

[–] [email protected] 179 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (5 children)

I let them vote how they wish

How wholesome

[–] [email protected] 85 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 15 hours ago

That's all you need to know about this shit stain.

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 16 hours ago (14 children)

Conservatives never learn anything. It’s part of why they’re conservative in the first place. They don’t grow, expand their minds, or learn from life. They hit a point where they harden and ruin relationships.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Well, golly gee, he "let" his independent, grown-ass adult offspring vote for the candidate of their own choosing. I can't imagine why they'd spurn him after such selfless and generous act.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 14 hours ago

The vice president elect said people with kids should get more votes. The next step in that slippery slope is to have control of your grown-ass kid's votes until they know how to "vote properly".

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago

Maybe the part about telling children they have a mental disorder is why they’re upset…

[–] [email protected] 90 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Conservatives seem to have this weird belief that if they tried something and failed, then everything should be as if they never tried at all. Like, "attempted murder" just isn't a thing in their eyes.

Maybe it's just how their fragile egos handle not winning everything always.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Like, "attempted murder" just isn't a thing in their eyes.

“You see, Birch, I'm presently incarcerated for a crime I didn’t even commit! ‘Attempted murder.’ Ha! Now, honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?!” - Sideshow Bob from the episode of The Simpsons where he literally becomes the Republican mayoral candidate after calling into a right wing talk radio show.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

God I kind of wish my parents would vote for Trump so I could avoid Thanksgiving and take the days off to get other shit done.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 16 hours ago

You know, I'm not sure I believe that "PDX Conservative" keeps all of his political beliefs to himself and didn't argue with his kids about their political beliefs. Given his tweet with over 200K views, it seems to me like Mr. conserve_p may be understating his willingness to loudly declare his political opinions to anyone who will listen including to his liberal children that he is publicly calling rude and childish.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 16 hours ago

Seems to me that the kids are almost certainly having thanksgiving, just not inviting their father.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 16 hours ago

what people keep missing is that some things, even though actions of a government, aren’t political.
e.g. trump’s a convicted rapist… it’s not politics to hate someone that is permissive of a rapist just because they think he’ll help your tax bracket (he won’t, and he fucked the economy last time too).
racism isn’t politics, destroying the environment isn’t politics… they’re moral imperatives….

[–] [email protected] 34 points 15 hours ago

It's not necessarily about his vote, it's about what it presents. His enthusiasm shows not only is he okay with Trump and his associated behaviour, he's actively advocating for it.

And considering how Trump treats women, anyone who can look their own daughters in the eye and advocate for that POS doesn't deserve them in his life.

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