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I hate that they’re so hateful, I hate that there’s a world view which is so hateful, so reductive, so insular. The obsession and identity with, and of, categorical black and white thinking. The dismissal of any idea, fact, or reason for nuance.
I have almost the inverse of this; my family is cool, except for my little brother managed to turn out like this despite his upbrining. On paper he has a high IQ but that attitude turns him into a functional moron in most situations. Says things like "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" and "What did the rainforests ever do for us?", and questioning any of this just sends him doubling down on stupidity in the most basic and anti-intellectual manner, so family gatherings where he's there mean carefully avoiding any conversational topic you care about or are even midly interested in. Very different when he's not there.
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Just had a huge row with my family when they visited us for pre-Christmas. They’re very much not socially or politically aware, and are so so far away from accepting anything that even slightly deviates from their norms.
I hate that they’re so hateful, I hate that there’s a world view which is so hateful, so reductive, so insular. The obsession and identity with, and of, categorical black and white thinking. The dismissal of any idea, fact, or reason for nuance.
The idea that others are simply play things for their strict worldview.
Just fuck that, and fuck them, for the things they’ve said, which I won’t post here.