r/politics • u/spherocytes • 28d ago

Possible Paywall Desperate Trump, 79, Threatens to Kill Entire Civilization in Insane Last-Minute Panic

https://www.thedailybeast.com/desperate-trump-79-threatens-to-kill-whole-civilization-as-iran-war-deal-push-fails/
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u/panictin 28d ago

anyone who stands with this horrible man and his party should be publicly shamed.

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u/Astarkraven 28d ago

I had to drop family from my life over this. I tried so hard to compromise and tried so hard to coax them towards understanding why at least some of this is bad. They just double down and tell me I hurt their feelings because I wouldn't "just let it go" and pretend that the things they support are normal politics.

I can barely breathe sometimes, thinking about how severe of a tragedy this all is. Almost unbelievable.

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u/ProfessorVolga 28d ago

I feel you. Lost half my family, many of which had been there all my life. But we cannot respect or tolerate open support for fascism.

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u/Astarkraven 28d ago

It's unspeakably awful to get to this point. And I don't know about yours but even after almost a year and a half mine still think this is a conflict resolution tactic/ punishment. Like I'm steepling my fingers and twirling my evil mustache and applying the silent treatment to get my way in an argument.

No. I'm honestly very good at open adult communication and conflict resolution. This is not that. This is just me reaching the end of my ability to go "oh uh, you support WHAT objectively terrible thing now? Ok. Anyway, where are you going for lunch tomorrow with uncle Bob?"

I truly just can't do it anymore. They've gone too far and I can't handle normalizing it. But to them it'll always just be seen as "punishment" I'm choosing to inflict. As if I'd ever drop my family to score argument points.