Mine involves one of those "fuck you got mine" well-off gay men that decided to abandon the left (and for the most part, my friendship with him) entirely as soon as gay marriage was legally protected at a federal level.

I tried to catch up with him years later, but by that point, he started with a rant about how "commies were the ones that killed people like me. Are you still a commie, Ulysses?" and when I pushed back just a little about that incendiary statement I found out that he was supporting fucking :trump-anguish: because of that rainbow flag stunt back in 2016.

I haven't talked to him after that. :doomer:

  • BeanBoy [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    One extremely sad, gun-related crime in my neighborhood brought out the worst pro-cop, anti-black garbage from my neighbors who still have Biden/Harris signs up. Nothing about supporting the victim’s family, let alone systemic issues. Just we need more cops and less of “those people.”

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      My uncle is like this, he's the only liberal in my entire family. There was one gun related crime near him, cops were called and engaged in a shoot-out. Well, my uncle now has a new motto about how there should be more cops, but they should "shoot for the legs." Because he still regards himself as some socially progressive liberal.

      Every time I visit him he's convinced I'm extremely right wing because I tell him his democratic politicians of choice (He likes Joe Kennedy III and Beto O'Rourke) are absolute losers. I'll tell him I'm a commie and he just laughs and says "me too."

      • BeamBrain [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Well, my uncle now has a new motto about how there should be more cops, but they should “shoot for the legs.”

        Is your uncle Joe Biden