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A loved one lost in conservative rhetoric.

Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:54 pm
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:54 pm
Has anyone here ever watched a spouse or other loved one descend a bit too far down the conservative news/talk radio rabbit hole? Is there anything that can be done to pull that person out of this funk?

Someone very close to me has become terribly enamored with all things Glenn Beck over the last year, and it's getting difficult to have conversations with her.

She echoes talking points from his show throughout the day, even if we're out to a supposedly pleasant lunch or helping our kids with homework.

She can turn any conversation into a political discussion and has even begun engaging into political debate over TV commercials and most movies. Everything is liberal vs. conservative with her. The simplest things trigger her and I'm exhausted of talking about this stuff.

Has anyone here experienced this? If so, how did you handle it?

I agree with her on most political issues, but I just don't see the point in discussing it constantly and I think some of these radio hosts are con-artists...
This post was edited on 9/15/22 at 3:55 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:55 pm to
I think Reddit is the site you are looking for sir. We don’t list our pronouns round these parts
Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:55 pm to
First time?
Posted by SneezyBeltranIsHere
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:56 pm to
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I agree with her on most political issues


Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:56 pm to
If I have to choose between a conservative whacko and a tranny proggressive whacko ill take the conservative every time
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
41156 posts
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:56 pm to
quote:

it's getting difficult to have conversations with her.


This is a problem why?

Also, PIIHB
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:56 pm to
You need to go to Reddit or DU.

And who listens to Glenn Beck?

Posted by BigAppleTiger
New York City
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:56 pm to
Not the best audience for this question.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:57 pm to
Sir this is a Waffle House
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
68741 posts
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

Has anyone here ever watched a spouse or other loved one descend a bit too far down the conservative news/talk radio rabbit hole


Yea, pretty much everyone I know except the dyed in the wool leftists have turned pretty hard right after the last few years.

More specifically everyone I know that previously wasn't political but is now is right of center.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
41102 posts
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:58 pm to
quote:

Has anyone here ever watched a spouse or other loved one descend a bit too far down the conservative news/talk radio rabbit hole?

Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
37660 posts
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:58 pm to
could be worse. They could be a libtard.
Posted by LSUtoOmaha
Nashville
Member since Apr 2004
26701 posts
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:58 pm to
It's an addiction. You just have to hope they grow out of it. The political slant doesn't really matter
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
13149 posts
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:59 pm to
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I agree with her on most political issues


You say you agree with her on most issues, yet you use a Conservative show host as an example as being lost in rhetoric? Have you heard the shite Liberals talk show hosts have been saying the last 6 years?
Posted by GeauxLSUGeaux
1 room down from Erin Andrews
Member since May 2004
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 4:01 pm to
quote:

Yea, pretty much everyone I know except the dyed in the wool leftists have turned pretty hard right after the last few years.


That’s the thing. Nobody in the right has gone further right. The left has gone so far left it just makes it seem like the right is further right whenever they have believed the same shite the entire time.
Posted by foosball
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 4:02 pm to
This post was edited on 9/15/22 at 4:24 pm
Posted by boosiebadazz
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 4:03 pm to
Hearing an adult used the word Groomer in earnest makes me laugh at them.
Posted by NfamousPanda
Central
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 4:03 pm to
I think r/QAnonCasualties is what you are looking for
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5577 posts
Posted on 9/15/22 at 4:05 pm to
This is a good read if you are interested in how she got sucked into way of thinking.

Posted by wheelr
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 4:06 pm to
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