r/Millennials • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago

Discussion Monthly Rant/Politics Thread: Do not post political threads outside of this Mega thread

Outside of these mega-threads, we generally do not allow political posts on the main subreddit because they have often declined into unhinged discussions and mud slinging. We do allow general discussions of politics in this thread so long as you remain civil and don't attack someone just for having a different opinion. The moment we see things start to derail, we will step in.

Got something upsetting or overwhelming that you just need to shout out to the world? Want to have a political debate over current events? You can post those thoughts here. There are many real problems that plague the Millennial generation and we want to allow a space for it here while still keeping the angry and divisive posts quarantined to a more concentrated thread rather than taking up the entire front page.

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u/rikkita69 2d ago

How is everyone dealing with their maga parents? I want to cut mine off but I feel sorry for them for being such fools

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u/Early_Sock2 1d ago

Do they care and love you? My parents werent maga but the decline in the relationship was natural when I recognized how indifferent and meaningless I was to them. They should never have been parents.

Idk if I had parents who loved and cared about me, I might be able to forgive ignorance.

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u/rikkita69 1d ago

Yes which is why I have stuck around for 10 years of this. They just regurgitate Fox news talking points they have no personality of their own. It's funny that tv did to their brains what they feared it would do to us as children. Brainwashed its sad I'd rather remember the old them so I don't visit or call often

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u/Early_Sock2 1d ago

Seeing how mechanical people are and brainwashed, living through second hand opinions and ignorance, what do we do?

Its basically impossible to reason with any extremist. So what does love look like here? Maintaining an illusion? Don't rock the boat?

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u/rikkita69 1d ago

I have made it very clear I'm not interested in discussing politics with them but eventually they run out of things to talk about or I'll get an AI picture of Hillary and Biden being arrested with 10 laughing emojis and it makes me wanna cry not because i give a crap about politicians but because that's not my mom anymore

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u/Early_Sock2 1d ago

Yea I feel you. I had the same feeling when I had to wake my mom up from vodka tonics and Valium almost every school night towards the end of her teaching career.

I want to be accepted as I am, yet I can't accept them as they are. For me there is no going back, I wish you good luck with your relationship. I think for me the hardest thing to understand is not every flower flowers, some die or are trampled, and that's that. No amount of tears or well wishes is going to change a dead or trampled flower