And also, even though it’s tiring, take time to gently refute the bullshit your conservative family and friends spout. When your stupid uncle professes love for trump, ask why, ask for details of policy.
This is really important, but it’s often fruitless. My aunt claims to have “hated Obama for eight long years!” When you ask why, what particular policies were so onerous, the immediate response is “WE’RE NOT RACIST!!1!” Like, ok…? Who brought race into this…? If you manage to wade through all the vitriol, you’ll eventually hear “he took my health insurance and gave it away!” So, it actually boils down to not losing anything, but other undesirables getting access to the services that they enjoyed for years. That’s their motivation to vote Trump, to keep people with more melanin in their place. Fuck my fellow Americans, i gots mine, basically.
This is really important, but it’s often fruitless. My aunt claims to have “hated Obama for eight long years!” When you ask why, what particular policies were so onerous, the immediate response is “WE’RE NOT RACIST!!1!” Like, ok…? Who brought race into this…? If you manage to wade through all the vitriol, you’ll eventually hear “he took my health insurance and gave it away!” So, it actually boils down to not losing anything, but other undesirables getting access to the services that they enjoyed for years. That’s their motivation to vote Trump, to keep people with more melanin in their place. Fuck my fellow Americans, i gots mine, basically.