My own mother says she voted for Trump for 2016 but turned on him within months and became this rabid liberal ass. The lockdown made her stay home, watching the teevee all day (the Spew, Madcow etc…). Made everyone mask up at Thanksgiving (I wasn’t there). Every conversation became political, peppered with the “correct” leftie key words.
She’s been canceled by me. Haven’t spoken to her since January. She’s almost 80 and I’m struggling to find the grace to let it go but I’m not there yet.
“Every conversation became political...”
That is difficult to deal with. My own mother passed away about 8 years ago at 96. She only listened to the MSM. She didn’t talk politics much, and when she did I could shrug it off as all she knew is from the local news and Nightline.
But friends (and family) that constantly bring up their liberal politics in spite of knowing my beliefs - I’m done with them.
Friends and family that I know are liberals but we can have civil conversations - that is great.
I know of someone similar in my family (not a close family member). During the lockdown, she ended up watching MSM 24/7 and turned from a somewhat reasonable person to a raving lunatic that nobody else wants to listen to. To the point where some of us have blocked her number on our phones. She made her own adult children mask up before entering her home. Naturally, they started coming by to see her a lot less.
I'm happy to say my own home has been an oasis of peace and quiet during all this. We have no cable TV and will only watch certain movies and documentaries on demand. The wife and I get our news online through trusted websites (like Free Republic). We will watch RSBN when a Trump event is taking place. We did see some of the recent CPAC but even that got a bit on our nerves after a while. No network news whatsoever poisons our home. Not even Tucker. Sorry Tucker.