• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    And boy that influence of family can be strong. It was funny because I was talking to my mom one day about — at the time — the possibility of Biden stepping down and I just said, “boy, isn’t all this stuff about Biden crazy!?” without even thinking she had a different view and she (fellow Democrat) goes, “Yeah, I can’t believe they’re trying to force him to step down!” I was like, “Aw shit, hold on… I think you and I disagree on that…” and within 5 minutes she at least had the capacity to understand the points and almost immediately switched in agreement. But it’s hard to tell if that’s because I made a strong case or if she just blindly trusts me… For Republican families who are even more patriarchal, that shit can be even worse.