Off My Chest
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there isn't a single family member of mine that is a leftist. i am, quite literally, the only one and i know for a fact. it's very isolating but is why i do not speak to anyone aside from my mother. my very large family on both sides are a mixture of Democrat and Republican, but they are all ignorant, bigoted, and uneducated in the same ways. it's astonishing how i dislike my mother's side for their own reasons and my father's side for their own reasons but they overlap in oppression and systemic failure. both sides worship capitalism, religion, and the flag. even my cousins who are "more progressive" really aren't. they simply don't care if you're LGB(T maybe) and they aren't outwardly racist. not much better lol.
it's depressing to have 28 or so family members you have extremely little to nothing in common with not because your interests are so different, but your morals often lie in opposition. i can't look past that nor should i. my lines are to be respected if i respect myself. i do wish any of them saw reason though.