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Keith Olbermann's Latest: Hillary Was Wrong - All of Trump's Supporters Are "Deplorable"

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klys (maker of Silmarils)9/15/2016 12:05:31 pm PDT

I wrote above how my grandfather is probably voting for Trump. It’s something that depresses me.

If I were to make a huge deal out of it and stop talking to them over it, it turns into a huge shitshow for the whole extended family. It’s not about the election anymore, it’s about how I’m disrespecting my grandparents. It turns them into the victims and they’ll get sympathy. It casts me as the “intolerant liberal” which really isn’t going to persuade them (or anyone else who hears that story) to consider what HRC is saying. It puts my mother in a really fucking shitty position - and given that my mom is trying her best to reason with them about this already, that’s not fair to her. (And telling my mom to cut off her parents is just a non-starter. Period.)

And it’d be hurting me. I’d lose that part of my family. I spent part of every summer up until I was 18 visiting with my grandparents. I still like to go back and go fishing with Grandpa when I can and I know there’s not many opportunities left because he’s in his 80s. They both are. I’ve lost one set of grandparents already. I really don’t want to waste the time I have left with this set.

This election is shit but I’ll be damned if I’m going to destroy my family over it.