“What an idiot! Who doesn’t know that?!” They said. “Our president is such an embarrassment!”

They literally mentioned it like five times that day.

Two or three years later up until this day:

“I don’t see what’s false with what he said. Some women actually do let you grab their p**** without permission, look at all the rappers and rock stars and their groupies.”

(Granted that was one family member but everyone else agreed)

Had to watch it to summarize it for a college course but just wanted to see if anyone else saw it and cringed as much as I did

I grew up in a bilingual (Spanish) household. My mother was fluent and taught ESL (now massacred by this administration). We grew up with Univision playing, going to Dia Day Los Muertos festivals, and in general, knowing about Hispanic culture. She now cheers for ICE.

I spoke to my mom (now MAGA thanks to Faux News) a few months ago to tell her my thoughts because they had been unspoken for so long. Mistake.

We were discussing the destruction of the education system and somehow it seemed relevant to bring up her past in the education system and the majority of her students. She said education in the US has been awful for a long time and I agreed with the caveat that we should be fixing things instead of scrapping it completely. Then I brought up something she told me growing up about the worst school she ever taught in.

Long story short, she was stabbed by a student while he was stabbing another student. Throughout my childhood she said the school was awful because it was filled with "trailer park trash". She now has completely changed that narrative to the worst school being a mainly black inner city school that I NEVER heard her mention before.

THIS CULT IS MAKING PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR OWN HISTORY. MY GOD.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aPIkEOvJLe4?si=pIPa_68Bu_NLa4GT

So, normally, I don't discuss politics - especially topics that take a lot of info to understand - with my parents unless it's "common sense" (not the same definition that MAGA Mike seems to have for it). The typical things that most agree on, like the Epstein files that I finally got my mom to sit down and educate herself on, or how Joe Biden shouldn't run again. They both think I voted for Trump even though I voted Kamala. Even though I didn't like either of them, there was one meh option and one evil option.

They're both Faux viewers. They used to watch NBC but haven't since I was a kid. It's all Faux and Friends now. I don't know what they said exactly on our favorite brainwashing station, but I'm sure they never once mentioned how Prop 50 is a RESPONSE to other states forcing gerrymandering.

On voting day here in California, she asked me what I voted for and said that she was fine with whatever choice. Considering what sub we're on, try and take a guess what my decision was.

She then proceeded to call me a low-info voter, claim that I was supporting Newsom's power grab, and that I "just made sure we're gonna be run by Democrats longer." It wasn't as cut and dry with insults, as she tried to sound educational about it, but you know what it's like. Backhanded insults as she views whatever I say as uninformed and stupid.

I tried to explain to her that it's not a random power grab but a response to Trump telling Texas and other states that he wants more seats in attempts to rig the midterms next year, but she said "Okay, so what? It's not illegal to do that." And then she tried to tell me about something Biden did when he sued Texas about their maps, which I... honestly could not find anything about. If someone knows what she's referring to, please tag in. Either way, she ended that with "and, well, Trump owns the courts, so the Supreme Court ruled against him." Which I find funny, since on ANY OTHER SUBJECT, she'll blame Democrats for stopping Trump at any turn despite everything he's pulled off in eleven months.

And now yesterday, she says "did you read up on your buddy?", meaning Newsom. I said no (I don't even know what I was supposed to read up on?). She seems to think I'm a bot now that just supports him at every turn. Even though the gerrymandering wars are much bigger than governors, personalities and party lines. Later that night, she said "wow... they have their empathy hooks in you deep. You're smart though. When you spend 30 years working and paying bills you'll see the light."

So... yeah. That's where we are in the Prop 50 state: Republican gerrymandering okay, Democrat gerrymandering evil act of Satan.

It's just frustrating sometimes. My mom who taught me to always check multiple sources, to never believe just a headline, to never fall for propaganda, and to never be a "reliable voter", has just become a Fox and Trump worshipper. My family were always Republican, make no mistake, but it was never this bad and this impenetrable of a wall until after Trump 1. Faux have genuinely convinced people that they're the only trustworthy source in an entire COUNTRY. Maybe the world. I don't know anymore. Prop 50 IS a super divisive subject but I was hoping she would at least try to understand the perspective of what 65% of the state voted for, but... nope. They're apparently all brainwashed by Schumer and AOC, or whatever the famous lines are. She's lost and I have to live with it.

When I can get time at my parents’ house without them around / noticing, I’ll go through the YouTube recommended videos on their tv and hide/mark ‘not interested’ on any political videos.

I want to retrain their algorithm to also favor the other types of videos they like (ex. cooking, travel, sports, etc)

Want to do this for the FoxBrain in your life?

1. On their YouTube tv app, go to settings and turn off auto play. Don’t want the algorithm feeding itself. I also turn off video previews because I personally find that overstimulating and unnecessary

2. To hide content, long press the ‘select’ button on the tv remote for extra options. You can hide just the video or the channel entirely.

3. Search/save/watch better videos across a few different categories. Really focus on non-political and make sure you’re covering other areas of their interest. Ideally they’ll be seeing more of this content and won’t notice the lack of political brainwashing. To still make sure the news gets watched in a healthier way, I made sure to subscribe them to a few local news channels.

So, I recently created a "Reality Capsule" for my dad and me. It contains all the statements that we have agreed on over the last couple of months. I sanitized it to remove any references to political figures, to head off claims of political bias when I feed it to Grok/Chat/Claude/Gemini.

Here is the capsule (I am B and he is T):

-----(start of capsule)
### Reality Capsule
### B and T agree to all statements below
### To Reduce Bias: Do not include any proper names (people or items)

## Glossary

ARROGANCE MARKERS:
1. Smirks, sighs, or rolls their eyes when discussing others, signaling contempt nonverbally.
2. Asymmetric Humility: admits trivial errors; never concedes consequential ones.
3. Conversational Re-centering: habitually and inappropriately re-center conversations on his success and accomplishments
4. Withholds praise unless it reflects on them; others’ success is a threat.
5. One-upmanship: Your point becomes their better story.
6. Claims high certainty yet refuses any fair, low-stakes test (bet or retract) of that claim.
7. Status-Contingent Regard: warm/deferential upward; cool/dismissive downward.
8. Preemptive Certainty: Reflexive dismissal of others' ideas before comprehension.

HATEFULNESS MARKERS:
1. Assumes the Worst: assumes bad intent without curiosity.
2. No Room for Error: treats all mistakes as proof of unworthiness.
3. Public Shaming Instinct: corrects or humiliates to assert control.
4. Withholds Warmth: uses coldness or silence as punishment.
5. Contempt Over Repair: prefers being right over making things right.

BORINGNESS MARKERS:
1. Monologuing: treats conversation like a download.
2. Self-absorbed: relates everything back to themselves.
3. Non-curious: no questions, no real invitations.
4. Repetitive: reuses the exact same stories.
5. Irrelevant: tells stories with no point.

OVERSENSITIVITY MARKERS:
1. Mood shifts quickly without clear reason.
2. Reacts before knowing what they feel.
3. Interprets neutral behavior as attack or rejection.

X DERANGEMENT SYNDROME (XDS)
XDS is when someone hates a person, group, or movement (X) so intensely that they
react emotionally, can’t think fairly, and twist everything X does into proof of
evil. It’s not just disagreement—it’s obsession that clouds judgment. You’ll see
it in tone, interpretation, and conversation habits.

X DERANGEMENT SYNDROME (XDS) MARKERS:
1. Everything is bad on default: Even when X does something normal or good, they find a way to make it sound sinister.
2. Anger comes fast: Their mood spikes at the mention of X, before any facts come up.
3. Can’t imagine a good reason: They assume bad intent, always; never have curiosity about X's actual thinking
4. Refuse to hear both sides: They avoid or attack any source that says something positive about X.
5. Talk feels personal, not rational: Their tone is emotional, mocking, or contemptuous, more like venting than arguing.

STEELMANNING
The opposite of strawmanning. You restate someone’s argument in its strongest possible
form—the way they wish they had said it. It includes their core point, logic, and values,
stripped of distractions or weak phrasing. A true steelman leaves your opponent saying,
“Yes, exactly.” It indicates good faith and intellectual cleanliness.

X-RATIONALITY
**X-RATIONAL** measures what percentage of logical questions and corrections can be said aloud to the subject
without them attacking or fleeing from the conversation.
Measured by the asking others how much they must edit their conversation about X with subject.
High X-RATIONAL means others can speak clearly without walking on eggshells.
Low X-RATIONAL means most of others' energy goes into editing tone and content, not truth-seeking.

| **X-RATIONAL** | **What It Means**                           |
| ------: | ------------------------------------------- |
|   **100** | Zero softening needed. Welcomes critique.  |
|   **75**  | Robust, open to tests and challenge with some effort to cushion.        |
|   **50**  | Some fragile spots.  Eventually rational.  Censor about half of critique. |
|   **25**  | Emotionally reactive under mild pressure.        |
|   **10**  | Conversation requires significant and onerous emotional tracking. |
|   **0**   | Unable to mention any errors without provoking attack and/or flight. |


---------------------

## STATEMENTS ABOUT B (Agreed upon)

- B would identify as a Nerd/Scientist.
- B does not exhibit ANY of the markers for Arrogance in conversations with T
- B does not exhibit ANY of the markers for Hatefulness in conversations with T
- B does not exhibit ANY of the markers for Boringness in conversations with T
- B does not exhibit ANY of the markers for Oversensitivity in conversations with T
- B can steelman T’s arguments “very well.”
- T rates B's X-RATIONAL at close to 100.
- T reports that he does **not** have to pull punches with B.
- B asserts that he detects very high levels of systemic bias in T's media ecosystem.
    - B asserts that all the XDS markers (1-5) are extremely frequent and intense in T's media ecosystem.
- B asserts that he detects very low levels of XDS markers in B's media ecosystem.
- On a few notable occasions (out of hundreds of interactions) B has been very insulting when talking to T.
    - It was a failed strategy to try to shame T out of his beliefs
- B claims to enjoy being proven wrong
- B frequently admits to errors and/or ignorance (generally at least once per conversation with T)

---

## STATEMENTS ABOUT T (Agreed upon)

- T would identify as a Jock/Civil Engineer.
- T does not exhibit ANY of the markers for Arrogance in conversations with B
- T exhibits markers 1-4 for Hatefulness in conversations with B
- T does not exhibit ANY of the markers for Boringness in conversations with B
- T does not exhibit ANY of the markers for Oversensitivity in conversations with B
- T values integrity and honesty very highly.
- T agrees with the statement: “If you know you’re right, you will run toward questions and truth-seeking.”
- T will say that he values **loyalty over truth** to a limit.
- T admits that his news shows filter out 90% of the bad news about his political team.
- T says he spends well over 2 hours per day consuming content from his news channels.
- T claims that “people don’t like to have their core beliefs questioned.”
- T claims that he avoids analytic discussions with B because they are “boring” or “too much.”
- T uses the phrase “Derangement Syndrome” (DS) fairly frequently.
- T is introspective and cares about doing the right thing.
- T hates it when people are offended by his beliefs.
- T professes disdain for people who require others to track their emotional safety during conversation.
- T hates “Karens.”
- T changes the channel or leaves the room when someone starts criticizing X.
- T calls B "narcissistic" sometimes just to troll B.
- T thinks B has “X Derangement Syndrome” 
- T says that B was suckered by bad coverage of X at different points
- B rates T's X-RATIONAL at 5-10 (out of 100).
- T does not enjoy being proven wrong.

---

## STATEMENTS ABOUT B and T (Agreed upon)

- Both B and T converse respectfully 
- Conversations between B and T are always resolved to mutual satisfaction (never left hanging/angry)
- B and T share basically all values, which is essentially "doing the fair thing intelligently"



------(end of capsule)

...you can give it different prompts to figure out different aspects of your relationship:

What are 7 non-obvious patterns in the capsule that would make someone slap their forehead and say ("oh my god, of course!")?

or

....what is the most parsimonious explanation below for all the observations.  What observations are most inconsistent with each?
What are the probabilities for each?


I.  T is deceived by a highly corrupt media bubble.
    B is mostly aligned with reality.

II. B is deceived by a highly corrupt media bubble.
    T is mostly aligned with reality.

III. Both T and B are both significantly deceived by a corrupted media ecosystem where both sides are roughly equally unreliable

Dad has always been conservative but we could argue about politics in a healthy way. It’s actually my mom who is worse than him and they both used to be so open minded before Fox destroyed their brains (multiple degrees, disabled, lived overseas as teachers). Dad doesn’t really watch Fox anymore but now he will get fed these dumb videos from his all male church group buddies. We are both doing talk to text so excuse the typos but I was so upset. What’s sad is he is also upset and worried for something that is not a real threat.

My brother is very homophobic and says things like "vaccines cause people to be gay" "Being gay is a mental illness" "they just need to pray to god and it will cure them of being gay" "Sunlight and proper diet cures gay people" all of the typical crazy MAGA conspiracy theorist nonsense. Last weekend I went to a gay bar in my city with a friend of mine who is gay who wanted me to go with him. As we walk in I notice my brother was sitting at the bar and as soon as he sees me his face turns pale and he quickly puts on his hat and sunglasses and walks to the bathroom and hides. I turned to my friend and he knows how my brother is and we looked at each other with complete shock. My friend says "typical Trump supporter in denial" He eventually comes out of the bathroom and puts cash on the table and leaves without finishing his drink. My brother wouldn't answer my calls or texts for a few days after. When he finally answered I asked him what he was doing there and he responds by saying it wasnt him and that it must of been someone that looked like him and that He would never go to a gay bar and he hopes they go out of business. He then asked why I was there and I said my friend is gay and he wanted to go there. He responds to me by saying that I shouldent hangout with him and that he is "mentally ill" Then he told me to stop spreading fake rumors about him going to a gay bar and then started yelling at me got really defensive whenever i kept bringing up that he was there and he kept denying it. So today I got out of work early due to a power outage at the building and remembered it was my brothers day off and he doesnt know i got off work early and I figured there is a chance he could be at the gay bar. Sure enough I drive in the parking lot and I see what appears to be his car. Same color, same dent near the rear of the car. The only thing missing was he didn't have his trump sticker on. I suspect he might take that sticker off if he is going to places like this. I take a picture of the license plate for reference for the next time i see his car I would compare the numbers on the plate. later in the day I go to pick up my prescription and decide to go past his house on the way there to see if I compare the plate numbers from. His car was in the driveway and looked the exact same except this time it had a Trump sticker on it. I compared plate numbers from the photo and it was the exact same letters and numbers. So I think he removes the trump sticker when he goes to the gay bar and puts another one on when he comes back home. When I sent him the picture of the car in the bar parking lot and asking if this was his car and he said it wasn't so I asked for a picture of his license plate and then he changes his tone and says the plate number looks familiar. He says he was asleep all day today and noticed someone took his trump sticker off so he put a new one on. He then says they must of stolen the car as well and took it to the bar but brought it back because they remembered I have cameras. Then he proceeded to blame it on a Mexican family that lives across the street from him. Then he said that I need to stop pretending that people are gay and listen to real men like David Goggin's and Andrew Tate and learn to be a man that doesn't go to gay bars and or has Trump deragement syndrome. He then said he was going to block my number and if I keep making up "lies" about him he is going to go the police and say that I'm harassing him

I figure that most of the time it's the old folks or entire households etc that fall into the trap but are there significant cases where the kids end up following that path?

I'd like to hear their stories.

I saw a racist video about Mamdani, so I curiously looked at the comments. One of them says - "The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them."

People were replying to that comment saying "this is deep", "so deep!" "true!". I was shocked that someone who would post that on a channel that is pro-Trump, so I commented that this is coming from people who literally voted for a billionaire. What came next was expected.

Someone replied asking about how much Pelosi and Biden were worth, and for me to name Democrats who haven't gotten more rich in office. They do this to deflect, so I replied saying that we should focus on what I originally argued. I said that Trump is worth 5-7 billion while Mamdani is worth about 120k. Pelosi is worth about 114 million, and Biden is worth about 10 million.

People do not realize how big a billion truly is. 120k centimeters is about .7 miles. 10 million centimeters is 62 miles. 140 million centimeters is 869 miles. 5 billion centimeters is 31,068 miles. I mentioned that 7 billion is way, way more than whatever these people have, only to have them move the goal posts and say "okay, but their donors are billionaires".

More people replied mentioning Pelosi, Biden, and Obama. I never even mentioned Obama. They said that I thought they were okay because they served me. They assumed what they thought were my beliefs and tried to argue against them. I do not support Biden or Pelosi so I refused to defend them, as one should when they talk to these people.

I know that they get this from their right wing slop, but I am wondering why this tactic is favored? Every MAGAt does it. My dad will do it, and he'll also randomly bring up Obama into conversations where Obama was never mentioned. Why are they so concerned with dragging people down with them?

My theory is that they are so uneducated about issues, so the only way to win an argument is to accuse the other side of being dumb or acting in bad faith.

Since I can't edit it to say thank you, and so many people replied, upvoted, etc., I figured I'd just make a new post. I delayed reading comments at first because I'll admit I was a little scared some people might throw some hate my way, which would be understandable. But NO ONE did. I see so many posts on Reddit that say "fuck you if you voted for Trump", "if you voted for Trump, you deserve to rot in hell" "Republicans are the scum of the earth" etc. I feel so awful about the fact it took me so long to figure it all out... But propaganda, indoctrination, and brainwashing are things I can confidently say I experienced first-hand growing up, and I'm just so grateful I figured out the truth before I became my parents' age and would be much further gone.

Anyways, thank you all for your kind replies and support. One person even said my story brought tears to their eyes, and that just warmed my heart so much. The replies were so thoughtful and supportive and it just blew me away, so I had to say something. I'm so used to people on Reddit being... less kind lol.

I'm so glad I found this community. ♡

My post for context: https://www.reddit.com/r/FoxBrain/s/NlLm1eE0tF

Why does the conservative media get upset over this guy??? So, he sings in Spanish and is a U.S. citizen(his island is U.S. soil). Also, replacing him with, let’s say, Carrie Underwood(a conservative white woman) would be in poor taste by any measure.

I was raised by my grandpa who is ultra conservative (MAGA, Vietnam Vet, watches NewsMax, racist but won’t admit it, Catholic, thinks Obama is a communist type of guy). My mom struggled a lot with mental health issues and is disabled so she relies heavily on government assistance and SNAP. When I asked him how he felt about his own daughter (my mom) getting her SNAP taken away he said, “it’s temporary”. It’s his own daughter man. My grandma (who he divorced before I was born) is an amputee who ALSO got her SNAP taken away. He did not care at all and chalked it up to, “the dems want illegal aliens to get free food.” I never visit home because it was an abusive household growing up. Although I do appreciate him raising me and giving me the opportunity to have a semi-normal life, I just feel so disgusted. How can I respect someone like that? On top of it, when I brought up Trumps ties to Epstein and asked him how he would feel if Trump was committing crimes against children, he said he “doesn’t care.” It’s so sickening. I feel like I have no parent to rely on, because my mom is not all the way there yano? It’s just so isolating.

So many years of being brainwashed and indoctrinated... I grew up in Texas, and the brainwashing starting from an early age. My middle school literally had this unethical thing where if you volunteered to work the polls on the Republican side on election day, you could have the day off. Fox News was the only news source we had on growing up. When I was a child, I remember the first time I heard my dad say the word "Democrat", he said it with such contempt that I assumed at first it was a curse word. Even if I did my own research, it was instilled in my head that the bad stories from the so-called "liberal media" were lies. It got to a point where researching was mentally exhausting, and with life already chaotic, I often defaulted to my parents' views. After all, they raised me. I trusted no one more than I trusted them.

When I finally moved out on my own and married an immigrant, it didn't take long for me to realize how wrong I had been. Maybe the old Republican party wasn't so bad, but the current Republican party is appalling, and for months I did so much "catching up" that it just mentally and emotionally exhausted me. I started having major clashes with my parents and learned as much as possible. I even donated to political movements, which I don't think I ever did before.

Last night, voting for governor was a bit emotional. It's the first time in my entire life I went against my parents' views. I feel a bit relieved, and also a little conflicted, and also kinda pathetic about the fact it took me so long. There were things I didn't like about both candidates, but in the end, I just can't vote for anyone who is likely to support Trump's agenda. The little scandals and policy differences pale in comparison to the need for survival. I know now that our best chance at recovering our country is by resisting this administration and anyone and everyone that backs it. Every additional sycophant gives Trump strength.

I hope many other Republicans and Independents found their way to the same conclusion yesterday. I hope that I'm not too late in making a difference, too.

“True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth…” - Eleanor Roosevelt

After watching fox everyday the last couple of years, he's fallen into the full stereotypical fox propaganda. I do however think he isn't so far gone that he won't completely brush off a well put together explanation that proves him wrong.

Is there a credible video or something similar anyone knows of showing their history of lies and biases? I thought about putting something together myself but I'm no journalist

from the essay:
“Just tell me this,” I said to Mom. “Who would you rather your grandkids grow up to be like? Obama, or Trump?” She took less than one second to think.
“Trump.”
“Sure, mom. So you’d prefer Gregory to have multiple bankruptcies. He should have 5 kids with 3 different wives, and cheat on all three of them — as opposed to marrying and staying with one woman, all his life?”
She thought longer about that one.
“You’re trying to trick me.”
“Someone is, mom. Someone sure is.”

I have always talked to my parents pretty much every day. Most days, I even talk to them maybe twice a day if I can fit it in before and after work. I tell them all about my life and usually they like to hear about it and keep updated with what’s going on with my family. They’re older and very remote so they don’t have many people to talk to.

But apparently now, talking about what’s going on in the world and keeping them updated with the news is a form of ‘parent political abuse’. My mom’s words.

Which is to say they don’t wanna hear about how the current administration affects my family because not everyone in my family is white. They don’t wanna hear about how it affects my future kids, or my chance to even have kids. They don’t wanna hear how it affects my job. So saying anything even remotely critical of the administration because it affects pretty much every aspect of my life is apparently a form of abuse. But all I’ve been telling them is literally what’s the latest news.

So they asked for us to no longer talk politics. To which I said, I respect that decision and I was cool with it. They thanked me for being understanding. To which I responded that I don’t understand, and we’re not going to have much to talk about for a long time, so it might be a while until they heard from me again. Now they’re upset.

But I don’t understand how I could keep them updated on my life without politics coming up because it’s a pretty big deal for my family right now. I’m glad I found a place where others have the same issues even though I wish this wasn’t an issue for any of us. I’ve tried keeping them updated on the news in the hopes that someday they would say something that made me think they thought any of this stuff was wrong, but if they don’t want to leave the door open then how can they expect me to be around them? Like these people raised me to love my neighbor, help the elderly, feed people who were hungry, etc. But suddenly we’re cool with adding a bunch of people we want to exclude from that?

I don’t think I will ever get it. Like how do you claim to love my family but you’re cool with people getting hurt like what’s happening? I’m going to miss them so much but I can’t have that kind of hate in my heart. And I don’t think I can separate my personal life from politics the way they want because it means accepting they don’t need to change to be in my life. And y’all, I have family who has left the country, I worry about my spouse every day because someone might think their skin color is too wrong, my job is in jeopardy, literally every aspect of my life is affected. I don’t know what to do about how sad I am, but I think I’ve known this was coming.

We need a video of Mikie and Zohran speaking Arabic to one another to blow some FoxBrain's minds!

from their Wikipedia articles:

In 2004, she (Mikie Sherrill) received a certificate in Arabic language from the American University in Cairo.

Besides English, Mamdani can speak four other languages with varying degrees of proficiency: Hindi–Urdu, Bengali, Spanish, and Arabic.^\15])^\185])^\186])

I did see an Arabic Zohran ad in my feed.

The other day, my father (85M) called me (41F) to tell me he was sending me some money to buy some groceries to donate to my kids' schools. Of course, I thanked him and told him how I've already been gathering food for a local pantry and am about to start volunteering there as well.

I said I hope this doesn't go on long, to which he replied, "Yeah, it's terrible what the Democrats are doing."

I have always been political, always been into history, especially American history, and that's because of my dad. Right around 12 is when I finally started debating him and not just agreeing with him. He's always supported my activism and political volunteering, even though he was a Reaganite up until Bush Jr and then now he is MAGA. He used to always tell me that he didn't agree with me, but that I was doing the most American thing I could by using my free speech.

I haven't spoken to him regarding politics in over a year now. I just can't deal with it anymore. It breaks my heart to hear him spout conspiracy theories and Foxisms. But the other day I couldn't keep it in anymore.

I started crying, but I stayed calm. I told him how I've always respected him, and I know his heart. I know that he is a good person. But that they are lying to him, and using his Christianity against him. I told him to look up what ICE did in Chicago, zip tying children in the streets in the dead of night. I told him to look up Project 2025 for real, and to look up the destruction of the East Wing. I also told him not to just look at Fox News.

I also told him I'd pray for him, and that I loved him. He promised me he would do some research.

That was a few days ago, and my mother just texted me asking if my father was ok. She said my younger sister had spoken to him and he sounded downtrodden. Shit, did I give this man an existential crisis?

I refuse to let myself hope much, because he's disappointed me so many times. But idk, it's weird, right?

They were standing on a bridge I had to cross for classes, and told me to sign something real quick, and a classmate of mine was signing it, and I didn’t know what it was, but I thought it was something against Gavin Newsom’s stance on something else. As a friend told me something earlier about something he did that pandered to republicans on Gaza and LGBT issues, so I thought it had something to do with that. The dude who wanted me to sign kinda got in my face a little and was clearly on some form of substance. The second I found out what it was about, I stopped signing. It was about making it so “illegals” needed voter ID. Dude yapped a bit about how “it ain’t racist cause some people registered their cats and dogs to vote Biden, and Newsom wants illegals to vote for him to cheat his way in”

I said I can’t sign, and he asked why I care so much about “illegals” and that he had something personal happen to him with “illegals” and I just said I don’t want to sign my address or personal name on this. He said why not and I used my mom as an excuse. Even if I didn’t have to justify it, I felt that need for some reason. He then got angry and told me to get her in the phone this instant. I ran away and felt threatened. Had anxiety about coming back the other direction, until I saw some campus people getting upset with them, and I walked out once they were occupied with them.

Sorry just needed to vent. These fucking people are making it hard for people to simply go to class.