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Why Won’t the US Corporate Media Call a Nazi Salute a Nazi Salute? (www.commondreams.org)

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The mainstream press failed to accurately describe the hand gesture that Elon Musk made twice at Trump’s Inauguration Day rally, setting a troubling precedent for the second Trump era.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

As someone whose mother is a goddamned orange supporter, just implement a no-politics rule to save your relationship.

[–] Rageagainstbelief@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

At this point I don’t know if I want a relationship. I joke all the time about getting adopted by a progressive family maybe with a conservative uncle or two.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago

I've been saying that voting for the orange makes her somewhat of a bad person. Maybe not the first time because there could be plausible deniability, but this time, there was a lot of information. This is why I might stop talking to her.

[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

A working relationship may be based on mutual understanding, support, values, love.
If it's not working, it can hardly be saved by being based on only sharing some genetics.
Love it, change it or leave it can very well be applied to relationships.
Why would a sane person want to save a relationship to racist, mysogynist, hateful, spiteful, vengeful assholes by simply not letting them show what assholes they are (but yet knowing they are) in the first place?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because she protected me (as best she could) from an abusive father. I'm still considering whether I'll cut off contact for voting for that piece of shit, but come on, I still love her. Wtf.

[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Strange how she had the empathy to protect you, but no empathy to protect all those endangered by the Donvict.
As long as you have the energy, try to change it - her view, your view of her view, whatever is possible and helps.
If all fails, you try something else.
All the best!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Strange how she had the empathy to protect you, but no empathy to protect all those endangered by the Donvict.

That's the thing. She has empathy for people she knows; not for people she hasn't met and can't imagine.

Trans people? The Gays? Who could think of that lifestyle?! /s

Also plugged into Fox "News".

I'm out of energy for accommodating her ideology. Thank you for the kind words.

[–] Mrfiddles@feddit.nl 3 points 5 days ago

That's the key, you just have to get her to stop ingesting the poison.

My father in law watches Fox news. Whenever he comes to visit us in Europe he spends the whole time oo'ing and ah'ing about life here and swears he understands that Fox news is propaganda.

Then he goes back home and two weeks later my mother in law is complaining that he's got brain worms again because he started watching Fox to get Both Sides™.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

If it's not working, it can hardly be saved by being based on only sharing some genetics.

Finally... Blood is thicker than Deez nutz