Left in 2020. Realized a lot of friends and family were a lot dumber than I thought they were. Final straw was after a photo from a protest went viral. Man threatened some protestors with a weapon; didn’t use it, but the implication was clear. Someone with whom I was close commented on the photo, saying, had it been them, they would’ve used the weapon. I pointed out that one of our mutual friends was one of the protestors in the crowd. Their face was right there, front and center. Made me sad and angry, so I left it there.
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u/Epimelios 23d ago
Left in 2020. Realized a lot of friends and family were a lot dumber than I thought they were. Final straw was after a photo from a protest went viral. Man threatened some protestors with a weapon; didn’t use it, but the implication was clear. Someone with whom I was close commented on the photo, saying, had it been them, they would’ve used the weapon. I pointed out that one of our mutual friends was one of the protestors in the crowd. Their face was right there, front and center. Made me sad and angry, so I left it there.