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When Your Son Goes MAGA
The New York Times ^ | Jan. 19, 2025 | Callie Holtermann

Posted on 01/25/2025 8:10:40 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

It is easy for Alex Behr to gush about her son, Eli, whom she describes as a generous and thoughtful college junior who had a serious skateboarding phase.

It is much harder for her to talk about his politics. Ms. Behr, 59, is a Democrat in Portland, Ore., who voted enthusiastically for Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election. She and her ex-husband were appalled that Eli, 20, decided to cast his first vote in a presidential election this fall for Donald J. Trump.

When Eli brought a “Make America Great Again” hat home from college this summer, Ms. Behr threw it into the corner of his bedroom. They argued about guns, immigration and abortion, struggling to do so without permanently damaging their relationship.

“facts don’t matter to you,” Ms. Behr wrote in a moment of frustration during one text exchange about Mr. Trump’s legal battles. “love you. have a good day.”

A few months removed from Mr. Trump’s victory, the two have arrived at an impasse. Ms. Behr worries her son is being swayed by conservative opinions fed to him on YouTube and Instagram. Eli feels like he is simply learning to think for himself — a quality he admires in Mr. Trump.

“He’s not afraid to say what he thinks,” Eli said in an interview. “It seems like what he says is coming from him instead of coming from a big cabinet behind you, telling you what to say.”

Mr. Trump has for nearly a decade been a source of political divides within families, cleaving new fault lines along the way. In 2016, as younger voters leaned toward Hillary Clinton over Mr. Trump, it was easy to find left-leaning children loudly bemoaning the politics of their Trump-supporting parents, online and in the news.

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TOPICS: Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: alexbehr; callieholtermann; coollikebarron; enemieslist; enemyjournalist; fakenews; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nytsedition; portlandleftist
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1 posted on 01/25/2025 8:10:40 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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"...It is easy for Alex Behr to gush about her son, Eli, whom she describes as a generous and thoughtful college junior who had a serious skateboarding phase..."

Yeah. She wants him to stay in his "serious skateboarding phase" forever and not grow up. That is a typical Leftist mindset. They are all stuck in it themselves...unable to grow up.

Good for that guy. He is a man now.

2 posted on 01/25/2025 8:14:36 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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Mr. Trump has for nearly a decade been a source of political divides within families,

Ah - Trump's fault. Not, of course, a doctrinaire mother who can't think beyond the bilge her newspaper vomits out. Good for the kid.

3 posted on 01/25/2025 8:14:56 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: MinorityRepublican

Old does not mean wise. If you are still a liberal past college, you are an irredeemable idiot.


4 posted on 01/25/2025 8:16:34 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Democrats have been pushing every conceivable anti-male button for a long time now. They shouldn’t be shocked that young men are pushing back.


5 posted on 01/25/2025 8:20:19 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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I never gave a Schiff what my parents politics were!
They taught/forced me to think for myself.
As it turns out I’m a lot more conservative than they were.


6 posted on 01/25/2025 8:20:47 PM PST by rellic (nno such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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So she is mad that he is thinking for himself and figuring things out and is not going along with the same old Democratic Party line that has been preached to him for his entire life.
I would suggest that he and his parents find a way to coexist or they’re going to drive that son away from them maybe forever


7 posted on 01/25/2025 8:22:10 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: MinorityRepublican
“facts don’t matter to you,” Ms. Behr wrote in a moment of frustration during one text exchange about Mr. Trump’s legal battles. “love you. have a good day.”

So, basically - Eli's mom is a lawless Commie harpy who believes in using "the law" to go after her political enemies, much like her idol Uncle Joe Stalin did in the late 1930s...

8 posted on 01/25/2025 8:23:44 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
The Democrats have been pushing every conceivable anti-male button for a long time now. They shouldn’t be shocked that young men are pushing back.

This ☝️

9 posted on 01/25/2025 8:24:12 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Captain Peter Blood
I would suggest that he and his parents find a way to coexist or they’re going to drive that son away from them maybe forever

They'll have to learn to disagree.

But the liberal mother may not be able to do that.

10 posted on 01/25/2025 8:25:21 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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My 18 year old grandson and all his buddies went MAGA. Couldn’t be better!


11 posted on 01/25/2025 8:28:35 PM PST by DouglasKC
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Hard to imagine why any mom would wish her white son to be a liberal. Walked all over by everyone. To be chained to a woman who hates men in general, hates the handsome men who won’t select her, and has unearned contempt for the men she can get.


12 posted on 01/25/2025 8:32:52 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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“I would suggest that he and his parents find a way to coexist or they’re going to drive that son away from them maybe forever”

I solved this issue in my home, we never discussed politics
it was not allowed. Want to talk politics? , take it outside.
I may close and lock the door.


13 posted on 01/25/2025 8:35:31 PM PST by rellic (nno such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: MinorityRepublican

But if her son decided to change his gender she would be fine with that.


14 posted on 01/25/2025 8:37:45 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Always good to see a lib surprised when a kid rebels. What did you think they’d rebel against, hippie?
15 posted on 01/25/2025 8:39:55 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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Reminds me of Family Ties, A sitcom of the 1980s. Two hippies have kids And the oldest, Alex Keaton, played by a young Michael J Fox, is conservative and campaigns for Reagan!


16 posted on 01/25/2025 8:40:09 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: DouglasKC

kid next door (20) says Trump is a rock star among his age group


17 posted on 01/25/2025 8:43:05 PM PST by changeitback440
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To: rlmorel

Mom needs to get her hands out of her grown son’s pants.


18 posted on 01/25/2025 8:44:52 PM PST by healy61
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To: MinorityRepublican

He apparently is still thoughtful and generous, despite his politics. Maybe she should just be happy he’s a decent person. Maybe she should watch some of the podcasts and videos he’s been watching and really listen to his viewpoint before arguing with him.


19 posted on 01/25/2025 8:49:06 PM PST by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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To: kiryandil
“facts don’t matter to you,” Ms. Behr wrote in a moment of frustration during one text exchange about Mr. Trump’s legal battles. “love you. have a good day.”

What I see there is the mother is an EMPTY SKULL that believes/retains whatever it is that she hears/sees from the MAINSCUM MEDIA PROPAGANDIST TEAMS.

Sadly, I can see the that is what happened to My sister 4 years ago when We were on the phone and she was believing the PROPAGANDA about the INNOCENT J6 Citizens !!!

I told her "This conversation is over !" and I hung up the phone. I've had zero communication of any kind with her since then.

20 posted on 01/25/2025 8:56:06 PM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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