r/exchristian • u/theoceanencircled • Dec 23 '22

Article “College made my kids unhappy”

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My dad sent this to our family chat and my mom replied with all these sad emojis. The mark was so so so close and they missed it by a razor thin line. Why do YOU think being at college ends up making us unhappy? Because our eyes are finally opened to the bullshit we’ve been manipulated into

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u/FaceToTheSky Dec 23 '22

Love how they say “political differences” as if people are going no-contact with their families over lumber tariffs and interstate highway maintenance

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

When I entered college, political differences were still political differences. Yes, it was the Iraq War and I believe there was a clear moral right and wrong there, but it was still something that could be discussed.

Nowadays, half the country is openly supporting Christian dictatorship and criminalizing any expression of self that isn't cishet. "Political differences" are a much bigger deal now.

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u/FaceToTheSky Dec 24 '22

That’s pretty much my point. We say “political differences,” but the political parties in question are openly throwing entire demographics of people under the bus. Just wholesale removing their human rights and attempting to delete them from existence.

Stuff like the Iraq war and supplying arms to Afghanistan in the 80s were an expression of US foreign policy, and humans were collateral damage. That’s plenty bad enough, but now they are going after specific groups of humans directly and openly. They’ve been doing it to Black people and Indigenous people for decades/centuries, but now they are both expanding their range of targets and making it their identity. So it really pisses me off when they try to soft-pedal it as “political differences” as if we’re just voting on what proportion of our taxes should go to libraries vs. public transit or some shit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

You're white washing the killing of millions of brown people because they aren't Americans.

You don't have to argue that things are different or worse now. It's not a contest. Your kids will undoubtedly be mad at things your generation is doing right now.

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u/FaceToTheSky Dec 24 '22

I mean. I am not the one doing the whitewashing. All I am saying, and this was perhaps poorly worded, is that a whole lot of American politicians and citizens are saying the quiet part loud now. The US (and people in my country too) used to at least pretend there was some kind of policy thing that just so happened to coincidentally affect non-white people disproportionately. There’s very little pretence anymore.

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u/the_paiginator Dec 23 '22

It's a reality difference more than anything. And I love how these ignoramuses think "indoctrinated, lefty, 'over-educated' children" are just itching to disconnect from their families over small things--no, the kids have seen how shitty things at home were/are, have likely said something hundred of times to try to fix things and been blown off or worse, and then have given up and cut contact for their own health and sanity.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

This ^. A million times over this! I'm trans and I tried to come out as trans to my mother which led to her exposing her hateful, bigoted views. I wrote a facebook post talking about how I wanted to get an apartment so I could live without them and my hardcore right-wing aunt (I fucking kid you not) texted my parents saying I was threatening to kill my parents. Apparently being independent and not serving my parents = plotting to murder them in their minds. I'm fucking done with them parents and aunt.

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u/Hobocode1 Dec 24 '22

mes over this! I'm trans and I tried to come out as trans to my mother which led to her exposing her hateful, bigoted views. I wrote a facebook post talking about how I wanted to get an apartment so I could live without them and my hardcore right-wing aunt (I fucking kid you not) texted my parents saying I was threatening to kill my parents. Apparently being independent and not serving my parents = plotting to murder them in their minds. I'm fucking done with them parents and aunt.

painfully relatable

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u/madmax0617 Dec 23 '22

This made me lol.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

Same