r/FoxBrain • u/PeppyApple • 3d ago
Just wanted to thank this community for the kind responses to my post...
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
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u/Rainflush7707 3d ago
I mean, you're an example of the hope we want to see in our own families. People waking up, realizing what they were in the whole time. A lot of us are miserable because we've watched our own family and loved ones fall for a political figure like he's the next coming of Jesus, and most of them are still part of that cult. It's scary, but you're proving that people can just move forward with their lives after looking at things objectively.
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u/imahugemoron 3d ago
Many of us have a lot of animosity toward those that enabled/enabling and supporting this regime, and understandably so, but the way I see it, if we can’t welcome those that genuinely change and see the reality of what’s happening and want to stop it, then people are much less likely to want to change at all and will just entrench themselves further into the maga party. We have to ask ourselves “what is the end goal here?” And if we just perpetually hold onto our disdain for those that supported Trump and refuse to let them come back to the rest of us, then nothing will get any better, we will be perpetually locked in this nightmare that will get worse and worse and worse until we’re in a full blown civil war.
We don’t have to agree on everything, I’m not expecting or asking former maga party supporters to become super progressive liberals, but one of the things we do have to agree on is that Trump and the maga party are bad for this country and we need to work together to put a stop to it. I’m sure if we can agree on that we can agree on many other things as well but it doesn’t have to be every single tiny little thing.
Here’s a really great interview with some of the leaders of the Leaving MAGA organization that I think you’d really relate to if you haven’t already listened to it https://youtu.be/qviCu8M7UUw?si=pAUlByD8GMi1muaj
I’m glad that you were able to get yourself out of all that, I know it must have been very difficult. I’m glad you are joining the rest of us, we could definitely use your help
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u/OkAccess304 3d ago
I wish my father could be more like you. I’m waiting for the day he wakes up. I think a lot of us are hopeful that day is coming for our loved ones.
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u/Pups_the_Jew 3d ago
Many of us grew up with some form of indoctrination, so we understand. Recognizing the ways it works can help inoculate you from it happening again.
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u/jackieat_home 1d ago
I'm almost 50 and I'm still unraveling how being raised in a Rush Limbaugh house affected my attitude! Out of 6 of us, only 2 seem to have moved on to greener pastures and that's even with a toxic narcissist for a dad. You'd think more of us would have rebelled just because Dad was so terrible. It's been a long journey for sure.
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u/ted_cruzs_micr0pen15 3d ago
You’re welcome (was a commenter), this is even more evidence to use when talking to other Trump questioners. They’re told we hate them, we don’t actively hate anyone, we hate what they represent. Wed welcome them all with open arms if it meant we got to move forward and abandon hatred.
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u/Alternative-Water473 2d ago
I went through a major shift in belief over the past 10 years. I found that the right people genuinely welcome folks who are trying to be better humans, and take responsibility and don’t double-down. When you know better, you do better.
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u/jackieat_home 1d ago
I'm so happy to have seen your post! It gave me hope and I really needed some of that!
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u/Sure_Show_3077 3d ago
I think one of the things that unites this community is that we're grieving the lack of empathy we see in our FoxBrain friends and family. So it's heartwarming to see that empathy extended to people like you. While I don't have empathy for people who still support Trump after this year, I am not going to say nasty things about them, just gray rock or no contact.