I'm 30 btw
my dad told me that drone bombing pine nut farmers in afghanistan had "nuance" to it.
when you criticize their own, older libs react by deflecting like that, it seems.
here is a 'fun' response:
"yes, but also, forcing religious extremists into reeducation camps is decidedly more nuanced than blowing them to pieces with drones."How can you possibly respond to that in any way besides calling them a lead poisoned psycho?
lmfao that also reminded me that this guy thinks lead paint is A-OK because "if people don't like it, they can just live somewhere else"
was he able to explain the nuance? because that's where I would start asking questions. he may not be interested your opinions but he likely holds his own in high regard so with a little flattery you may be able to get him to string himself up if you press him on an issue like why it's ok to murder foreigners.
well, i got essential "the taliban is worse for women and if we were to leave then it would be more oppressive than if america was there" out of him eventually, after much prying.
he was way more left (i think he was like a left anticommunist) when he was in college, so i think theres just a lot of belief that this is just my youthful naivete (im 28, not in my teens though).
youre right about that, but hes definitely moved to the right. defends it by saying "youll understand when youre older" but i told him that its actually just cause he made more money.
yeah, its the same theory as people using "gay rights!!" to justify apartheid in israel.
the first thing that pops into my head is what are 'we' doing for the women in afghanistan that doesn't come from a weapon?
My mid 55 y/o mother said something offhand about far left policies from a CNN lib perspective. Later in the conversation I brought up massive unemployment during a pandemic resulting in loss of healthcare for millions, and asking if it made sense for healthcare to be tied to employment. She immediately was like "ok universal health care makes sense"
i, too, have been using the failures of capitalism during the pandemic to radicalize my mom.
Kinda sounds like you're not smart enough to convince a boomer of something. If you can't mindfuck a moron, who can you mindfuck? goddamn mindcels.
"mindcels" is the most incredible word I have ever heard and I love you
PhallicsJones is chapo.chats version of Amber, takes are either really good or really bad, no in between
AT&T wouldn't lie about why regulations are bad, would they????
There is so much material you can use to dunk on gen x. The only thing he can hit you back with is "but we had good music and tv thooooo!!"
