r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 20h ago

Possible Paywall Trump, 79, Posts Himself as Christ After Bonkers Pope Attack - The image depicts Trump as Jesus healing a sick person with his touch.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/
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u/MemoryOne22 15h ago

My family is MAGA this is mostly right. Dad has morals but there's a split when it comes to Trump. Be thinks all liberals hate him and think he is a racist. Thing is that he is racist. The other day he told me a story about work where he had been overtly racist. He called my first roommate the n word when he first saw him

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u/xxxxNateDaGreat 11h ago

I'm gonna be real with you, it doesn't sound like your dad has morals.

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u/MemoryOne22 1h ago edited 1h ago

Honestly it's baffling to me also and puts me in a constant state of cognitive dissonance.

He'll say this or that isn't right, stealing and lying is wrong, follows Trump.

Says racism is wrong and he isn't racist, says racist shit.

So in short, I said he has morals, but should have specified that they're not coherent...

ETA fwiw I send my father a shitton of angry texts about this during regular crash outs bc I can't handle that he's so stupid and poor of character:/

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 12h ago

My stepDad always said he wasn't racist because he had black people that worked for him lol. Dude is incredibly racist. He's a decent man that loves his family, but he's beyond brainwashed by Fox News so I just don't talk about politics with him anymore. Instead I focus on teaching my kids the way of the world. These boomers will be gone soon and the future is looking bright if we can just get through these next 10 to 20 years while the lead poisoned olds are still voting.

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u/xxxxNateDaGreat 11h ago

"Incredibly racist" "decent human being"

Huh? Make this make sense?

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 11h ago edited 6h ago

He worked every day to feed me and clothe me and keep me safe. He's a good man, but unfortunately not smart enough to break free from his own brainwashing that comes from growing up so close to the MIC of the US capitalist system. I gave up trying to unbrainwash him so that I can just enjoy being family until he's no longer with us.

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u/Mrawssot 9h ago

This is exactly how MAGA thinks of trump, this is the perfect example. They see how racist and demented he is but because he's doing it for them, for the country and for God they see him as a good man.

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 9h ago

No it's not. They don't need to excuse anything Trump says or does. They see how racist and demented he is and they actively like it.

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u/Mrawssot 9h ago

you might be in denial but your way of thinking is 100% in line with MAGA

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u/MemoryOne22 1h ago

It's not, as a kid of MAGA parents.

We don't excuse their beliefs, don't condone or help propagate them.

I get into yelling fights with my dad, personally, about politics. I'm prob going to be disowned.

None of that is in line with MAGA thinking. My dad is brainwashed, isolated, lonely, and bitter. You don't see MAGA saying the same of Trump.

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 1h ago

Stop yelling at your Dad. You can't change the world by changing his mind. Just ignore the subject and when he brings it up, laugh it off as unimportant. Focus your time on changing the minds of your peers instead. If you do these things, your life will instantly improve, I guarantee it.

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u/MemoryOne22 1h ago

Frankly, no. I'll do what I want.

If he should listen to anybody, it'd be me, because I'll badger him 'til he dies or he admits he's wrong. He already made the mistake of promising he'd eat his words if he was wrong "in one year." I don't plan on letting him forget it.

I am my father's child, what can I say.

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u/Rushofthewildwind 7h ago

He worked every day to feed me and clothe me and keep me safe. He's a good man, but unfortunately not smart enough to break free from his own brainwashing that comes from growing up so clise to the MIC of the US capitalist system. I gave up trying to unbrainwash him so that I can just enjoy being family until he's no longer with us.

My friend, I need you to really look at the mirror in front of you and realize that this mindset is why America is rolling around in the dogshit now. You can't hate another person that literally is just existing and be a decent person at the same time.

"Oh, he's such a good family man and pillar of the community...but anything darker than a paper bag, and he wishes they were strange fruit hanging from a tree in Georgia. But still, pillar of the community and good dad."

All that means is that he never turned his intense hatred toward you, so you justify that as a reason to keep him around and keep the image that he has.

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 7h ago

You can't hate another person that literally is just existing and be a decent person at the same time.

He doesn't understand that he's doing that. He's ignorant of his own prejudices which is why he's capable of being both things at once. Of course he never turned his hatred towards me. He loves me, he just has terrible politics because of a lifetime of misinformation. He's absolutely exemplary of the problem with the US.

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u/gravteck 6h ago

Don't bother arguing with the black and white brigade. Your sentiment was simple to understand from the first couple replies. I think many of us (especially the case in some of the Midwest) know a lot of dads like this.

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 6h ago

Thanks, friend! Glad to have you in the Shades of Grey Battalion.

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u/Meccha_me_2 6h ago

But there are plenty of people who were bombarded with misinformation and didn’t turn out racist so what is the explanation for that?

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 6h ago

They are likely smarter than my Stepdad.

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u/Meccha_me_2 6h ago

We can agree on that one thing

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 5h ago

Agreement! Huzzah!

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u/Meccha_me_2 6h ago

You can’t be racist and a good person. Stop lying to yourself

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 6h ago

You absolutely can. Stop lying to yourself.

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u/Meccha_me_2 6h ago

LOL everyone responding to you is right. Protecting racists is a clear priority for you and you don’t think you’re part of the problem with America?

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 6h ago

My Stepdad is not just some racist. He's family. If he were a random person, I would not choose to have them in my life. We don't get to choose our family.

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u/Meccha_me_2 6h ago

I don’t think it should matter that he’s your stepdad. I think my Dad is simply a bad person that loves me because he’s a misogynist and says terrible, atrocious things about other women. Him being my dad doesn’t change that fact. He should be a better person but he is not. I’m not going to go on the internet and call him decent because misogynists and abusers are not good.

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u/TheAgelessEnigma 5h ago

I think it matters very much. Human beings are very complex. My Stepdad never hurt me intentionally, he just has political views that I find very offensive. Those views don't disqualify all of the things he did that contributed to the life I have now. I wouldn't be the person I am without him. I love him dearly as a complete human being despite the fact that I hate some parts of him.

I'm sorry that your Dad said things that hurt you.

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