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If you hate Trump and your mom thinks he’s great and voted for him what would you do?

Asked by JLeslie (65752points) 2 hours ago from iPhone

I saw a facebook post about this and it is a real life person who lives in my community and so are the people responding. The mom is in her late 80’s. The woman posting is very distraught about it. She says she loves her mom, and is grateful for giving her life, but also says her mom is being racist and that it’s a betrayal to vote for Trump. She actually always writes tRump. She mentions her daughters hate Trump so that isn’t a problem and the daughters still talk to their grandma.

What would you advise her, or what would you do yourself in that situation?

My answer was don’t talk politics. If she rambles on sometimes, show her some grace since she is really getting up there in age. Some people are advising she cut herself off from her mom.

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snowberry's avatar

The smart thing would be to honor their mother. Wear earplugs if they really think it’s necessary, but they should honor their mother.

chyna's avatar

I don’t advise cutting herself off from her mom. I have 2 brothers still alive out of 3. One brother is for trump, watches Fox News like it’s a religion and voted for him.
The other brother hates trump with a passion. And I think everyone here knows where I stand. We somehow make it work without hating each other. Life is too precious for me to end my relationship with my brother over trump. I won’t give trump that power.
However, if the conversation goes on too long in favor of trump, or even the hating of trump, I cut it off. I just say “enough politics, Change of subject now.”

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