i went to protests and drove her car. tried to be careful, parked waaaay far away and so on and walked towards the thing, didnt bring a cell phone the whole deal.

well now its a while later and she got a citation in the mail for "reckless driving". letter reads "we were reviewing our records and found that you have an outstanding citation..." blah blah blah. its from SIX YEARS AGO when she was stopped at a red light and someone hit her and drove off. she filled out a police report for insurance reasons and they are saying they highway patrol gave her a ticket back then. but the letter is from our counties clerk of the court.

whatever, i know what this is its targetting harassment. they clearly were pinging license plates and picked hers up and they are targeting people. so she calls the highway patrol to get it cleared up. heres the problem

WHEN ON THE PHONE WITH THE HIGHWAY PATROL SHE TELLS THEM THAT SHE THINKS THIS IS FROM WHEN HER HUSBAND WENT TO PROTESTS AGAINST THE COPS AND THAT THEY ARE TARGETTING HER FOR POLITICAL REASONS AND SHE THINKS THE HIGHWAY PATROL ARE GOING TO HELP HER IN THIS

i cant

i literally cannot even like wtf why are liberals like this i love her to my own goddamn peril but she is so fucking naive she actually thinks the organization she admits is corrupt and oppressive is going to help her

going forward i cannot ever tell her about any political activity im involved with. i cannot trust my own spouse

  • darcy [she/her,fae/faer]
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    4 years ago

    this is just more proof that the "you can disagree politically with your loved ones" sentiment is stupid. not trying to get at you OP, but not even being able to trust my spouse is one of my biggest fuckin fears jfc i'm really sorry you're in this situation

    • Kumikommunism [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I was just telling someone that there's no way I could ever be involved with someone that doesn't share my views almost 100%.

      There's a huge difference between two people being on opposite sides of anti-/pro-abortion, and one of two people acknowledging American imperialism on behalf of both major parties or whatever. Like, my political views basically decide whether you are a terrible person, not just a "difference of opinion". There's just too much to ignore.