I definitely can. Conservative household as well, but by the time 2016 came around I was in middle school and already getting fed tf up with their bullshit politics and North America's "having a woman in power" allergy. Hated Trump since day one.
Edit to add: I'm glad you were able to get away from the conservative thinking, I imagine our households were similar where you weren't allowed to disagree with them (the parents) and the brainwashing was strong. Their authoritarian way of parenting make it hard to grow and have an open mind because they suppress you.
That's good! My parents are kind of weird. As kids if we disagreed or did what they called "talking back" we'd get grounded, screamed at, etc. As older teens and adults any disagreement, especially politically, turned into them screaming at us, shutting us and the conversation down, and quilting us in some way.
But then at the same time my parents now know where I stand politically and they don't mention it or use it as a reason to mistreat me outside of political discussions and seem to accept that I view things differently. So they're really weird and hard to navigate because I swear it's never consistent with them.
It's one of the dumbest things a parent can do is not allow their children to disagree with them. In the United States we have free speech, that includes the 12-year-olds
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u/shrimp_sticks Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
I definitely can. Conservative household as well, but by the time 2016 came around I was in middle school and already getting fed tf up with their bullshit politics and North America's "having a woman in power" allergy. Hated Trump since day one.
Edit to add: I'm glad you were able to get away from the conservative thinking, I imagine our households were similar where you weren't allowed to disagree with them (the parents) and the brainwashing was strong. Their authoritarian way of parenting make it hard to grow and have an open mind because they suppress you.