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In reply to the discussion: Give me one reason while I should have empathy for the Deplorables... [View all]briv1016
(1,570 posts)My parents voted for Donald. My father is by far the most brainwashed and my mother just nods. In the past 25 years I've watched my father turn from a Perot voter in the 90s to what he is today. I've watched him eat up the Fox News propaganda to the tune of 3+ hours a day. I've watched the man with a Masters in Computer Science, that used to help me with Math and Science homework tell he Climate Change is a hoax. I've watched him grow to hate Muslims after 9/11. I've watched both my parents cling to religion as the sole reason they stayed together after "marital problem." Now they both hate transgendered people and Planned Parenthood.
After all of this I'm not angry at them, but sad. Because I know that they are also the two people that taught me and my siblings to love and help others. Lord knows they've put up with my issues for almost 30 years. I'm willing bet that many of Donald's voters have a similar stories.
I will never forgive the Republicans for what they've done to my parents. But like I said, most of the voters are the Republican's first victims. I also fear that the rest of us will be the next.