They'd probably say something more like "woke and gay"
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And still. Same same.
Like if I met someone and they said check out that loser over there. He/she’s woke and gay. I’d be cool someone sane I can talk to.
Snowflake and brain washed
libral
This is my uncle, except instead of redneck, he's Cuban and die-hard GOP. He also hates my part of the family because we caught him, his daughter, and fiancée stealing from my dying grandmother despite him being her caretaker.
He did an amazing job at caring for her while also snatching valuables because he knew he'd have to share when she died.
Reminiscent of my uncle and his care for/leeching of my grandmother, except check this out.
Last time I saw him we were talking he told me “I am racist, but know racism is wrong, and I’m trying my best to teach my kids not to be like that”
Which is super self aware; so good for you? But I just can’t wrap my mind around how you can know racism is wrong and yet continue to be racist and struggle to teach your kids to not be racist. Like…just stop being racist?
As someone who was raised in a rather racist in-group, I can say that it took a really long time to purposefilly unlearn the automatic gut responses my father ingrained into me. I would, for several years, think or say something without considering it, and immediately realize what I had just said. Actions and attitudes are often automatic, especially when taught for a long time. I can certainly see where the uncle's coming from, because I'd imagine that the only reason I've been able to mostly get through it is because I got away from that situation when I went to college, rather than later in life.
There's a strange duality of living or coming from the South in the US, and presumably, other places with extreme prejudice. Words or phrases get used like water such that they are etched into your mind, causing an almost Pavlovian response mechanism to trigger, despite one's true feelings.
It's almost like a game Red light, Green light, but for awfulness. I haven't lived in the South for decades, and on occasion, a hateful word will pop out of a dark hole in my head even though my real thoughts and actions run counter to it.
I can sort of understand his stance, but being aware of it is enough, at least to me, is more than enough to fix it. Anything other than that is intentional malice.
I think I have pity for him being racist and not wanting to be, but I am confused. He can’t help the thoughts that go through his head, if that’s what he means, but I don’t know if he is also acting on those thoughts. If he is, then yeah, just stop, lol.
It’s definitely not what the racism uncle thinks. But I can tell you he doesn’t think he is racist. He thinks he’s “saying it like it is” or something.
He probably guy thinks you are a lazy person who just wants free handouts from the government.
I recently heard someone say their brother had married a woman who was so crazy she was “one of those liberals who would praise satan for Charlie Kirk’s death.”
Hail Satan
is cake day in here too?
Something something both sides.
All my uncles are conservative, it's a living hell.
my brother is a conservative
My condolences, It's hard to see it happened to the ones you love
Haven't attended a big family thanksgiving in a very long time but I used to love. Was great poking an ignorant bear cub, peppering them with facts and questions they'd answer in direct contention with their supposed ideology.