This isn't a joke either, they genuinely believe this.
In the words of my dad "you were predestined to care too much about basically everything"
Anyone else have similar family "explanations" for their leftist views?
This is a dumb post but I'm stuck in bed sick and feverish, I have to kill time somehow.
Half of my family are fundamentalist Christian types who believe the rapture will happen in the next 10 years. They blame my political views on my "wealth" (I don't live somewhere rural now) and actual demons beguiling me. They also blame CNN, MSNBC, and Oprah even though I've never watched them.
The other part of my family is completely apolitical and doesn't perceive me as being different than a typical Democrat. My mother occasionally sends me text messages of stories from CNN and FoxNews about Biden doing this or that and she'll say "Look! He's a socialist just like you :)" (she means well but she's very confused).
My father says I'm a leftist because I liked playing with UFO toys as a kid. In his words it "expanded [my] mind."
Some of my coworkers think I'm in a phase that will subside by the time I'm 40. One thinks I'm the same thing as a qanon style conspiracy theorist because I've mentioned distrust in the CIA and stuff like Operation Northwoords and Rex 84. All my coworkers blame my liberal arts degree.
I like your dad's take
I had a coworker tell me this one time. I was ten years older than him.
I also liked UFOs when I was a kid, maybe your dad is onto something