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Summary

With Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, young Gen Z voters like Kate, Holly, and Rachel are grappling with deepening divides with their Trump-supporting parents.

For many, these conflicts go beyond policy disagreements, touching on core values and morality. Parents once focused on fiscal conservatism have, in some cases, embraced conspiracy theories, creating painful rifts.

Studies suggest political divisions are increasingly seen as moral judgments, fostering a “mega-identity” where political views signify personal decency.

For these young adults, maintaining family connections amidst such ideological fractures has become challenging.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 127 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm not young anymore but I would say that I'll never forgive my parents for their blind support of this shit.

The same people who have the nerve to tell you (fakely) they're proud of you and think you're really smart. But somehow I'm wrong about every single thing I've told them about trump for 9 years now

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same. It's like you give them a situation, a fact, and how it applies. You ask for understanding and it's " maaaa maaaa MAGA! SHE TURNED BLACK SHE SLEPT HER WAY TO THE TOP"

But yeah, MY sources are wrong, and biased.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Right. I think my dad especially has the attitude that it's a) not really important enough to talk about and b) he gave up on the concept of him being wrong decades ago. He just couldn't be, so yes my sources are obviously all wrong. Any implication that he is wrong is unacceptable to his fragile ego. So fucking weak.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, your shitty, morally decrepit parents told you they were proud of you?

I only got the shitty, morally decrepit part and didn’t get the supportive part. Mine just wanted me to be their clone.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean same here. Just because every couple years they pretend to be proud for a moment doesn't mean I ever believed them.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guess they saw somebody on TV say it to a kid once or something.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I guess. Or maybe their parents literally never told them, so they think just saying it very occasionally is a great parenting move, despite never backing it with any action or attitude

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In our family, we just don't talk about politics or any subject that could remotely be interpreted as political (yes, the subjects we actually talk about are very limited). The alternative is that we can't spend time together and they wouldn't see their grandkids. Not ideal, but it works for the time being.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Don’t expose your kids to toxic hate, it is your duty to protect them.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Which is why any political talk or anything resembling politics is banned. I won't hesitate to block access if it happens.