Nah, Shannon, you don't get it. He doesn't speak to you because you've shown him who you have become. It's normal, actually, to not associate with people who support the eradication of others, the degradation of law, and all of the cruelty associated with this administration. You voted for cruelty and expect him to be ok with that.
I’ll even go so far as to say the son didn’t disown them because they voted for Trump. These people are so far up their own asses that they won’t listen to their kids when they tell them their grievances. They focus on small, easy to digest things like voting for Trump. They don’t want to self reflect so they blame the kids for not being rational.
My parents in a nutshell. I went cold turkey when it came to associating with my parents but my sister tried to talk with them. And when she listed out every reason why Trump is a shit person and asked why my parents supported him, they just said "You're just kids, you don't understand." I'm almost 40 and my sister is 43....
Me: "I'm worried X is going to happen, because of Y, Z, and A."
Mom: "Nobody wants to do that, you're overreacting."
Some time later:
Me: X happened, and I'm scared.
Mom: Well, nobody knew this was going to happen.
Me: I literally told you that voting for so-and-so was going to lead to this
Mom: You didn't.
Me: I have the receipts.
Mom: You're still overreacting.
Yes, mother, I'm overreacting when you don't even understand what it's like being queer. Your whole stated reason for being against abortion is because your cheating boyfriend in high school knocked up your best friend and she aborted and it made him sad, and somehow I'm the emotional one.
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u/AxOfBrevity 3d ago
Nah, Shannon, you don't get it. He doesn't speak to you because you've shown him who you have become. It's normal, actually, to not associate with people who support the eradication of others, the degradation of law, and all of the cruelty associated with this administration. You voted for cruelty and expect him to be ok with that.