My wife, no. I heard on here that he was a Zionist, but hadn’t found much. Hadn’t heard anything about his support for Ukraine, but that’s not surprising. If I told my wife this, she’ll most likely ask why I must ruin the things she likes. I showed her brother the video of the lead singer of Radiohead blasting a pro-Palestinian protesting at one of their concerts. Not a peep from him - Radiohead is his all time favorite band.
she’ll most likely ask why I must ruin the things she likes
I’m sure your wife is a very nice person, but this is sort of like saying: “why did you have to ruin my favorite show by telling me the main actor is a serial killer IRL?”…
I get wanting to keep enjoying your entertainment treats, but there has to be some sort of line drawn somewhere. At the very least you should know what you are consuming.
I agree with the line of thinking. She is a very nice person; her ideal world is practically a communist society - no wars, peoples needs being met, everyone getting along regarding race, cultures, sexuality. But she breaks down as she believes her world is a dream and it can’t be a reality. She’s locked into Great Man theory and Liberal doomerism; believing that you just need the right people in the positions of power to get things changed such as AOC or Sanders. She does watch some political channels, most of them rad lib, but one of them [Humanist Report] has been good about showing both US political parties are working together to stop Zohan Mamdani. That same youtuber admitted to AOC deserving the bashing she was getting for being against the amendment to remove funding to Israel. She’s well aware how shitty Obama was to the rest of the world, but she falls for the curated image of 99% Hitler.
She’s so close… but
She proclaimed that politics is “fun now” after watching an episode of Stephen Colbert where Nancy Pelosi was one of the guests. She knows full well how Schumer and Pelosi are terrible people. I was so disgusted, I asked how can she believe these people. That was when she blamed me for “ruining things she enjoys.”
She didn’t want to give up her Starbucks until they started deteriorating their progressive image. Despite knowing full well how anti union they are. But when she was sad, I’d always buy her her favorite drink there.
Same goes for Amazon - until Bezos came out in support of Trump, we [I’m also not innocent here] bought from Amazon almost every week. Despite knowing their brutal working conditions…
When my wife and I first started dating, I was liberal. I was still eating Chik Fil A despite knowing that the ceo donates to gay conversion camps. I changed because I realized how right she was about how shitty it was to continue to give money to that company. Yet, years pass, and she’s said how she believes it is the consumers freedom to spend their money how they want, even if she disagrees. She’s Bi. I question if I hadn’t changed and refused to change, she would have still been with me; I don’t know how I feel about that. But then, I have to be introspective about why I’m still here.
People can change, but they have to want to change. They have to want to question what is presented in front of them.
I’m in awe
My wife, no. I heard on here that he was a Zionist, but hadn’t found much. Hadn’t heard anything about his support for Ukraine, but that’s not surprising. If I told my wife this, she’ll most likely ask why I must ruin the things she likes. I showed her brother the video of the lead singer of Radiohead blasting a pro-Palestinian protesting at one of their concerts. Not a peep from him - Radiohead is his all time favorite band.
Thank you for these sources.
I’m sure your wife is a very nice person, but this is sort of like saying: “why did you have to ruin my favorite show by telling me the main actor is a serial killer IRL?”…
I get wanting to keep enjoying your entertainment treats, but there has to be some sort of line drawn somewhere. At the very least you should know what you are consuming.
I agree with the line of thinking. She is a very nice person; her ideal world is practically a communist society - no wars, peoples needs being met, everyone getting along regarding race, cultures, sexuality. But she breaks down as she believes her world is a dream and it can’t be a reality. She’s locked into Great Man theory and Liberal doomerism; believing that you just need the right people in the positions of power to get things changed such as AOC or Sanders. She does watch some political channels, most of them rad lib, but one of them [Humanist Report] has been good about showing both US political parties are working together to stop Zohan Mamdani. That same youtuber admitted to AOC deserving the bashing she was getting for being against the amendment to remove funding to Israel. She’s well aware how shitty Obama was to the rest of the world, but she falls for the curated image of 99% Hitler.
She’s so close… but
She proclaimed that politics is “fun now” after watching an episode of Stephen Colbert where Nancy Pelosi was one of the guests. She knows full well how Schumer and Pelosi are terrible people. I was so disgusted, I asked how can she believe these people. That was when she blamed me for “ruining things she enjoys.”
She didn’t want to give up her Starbucks until they started deteriorating their progressive image. Despite knowing full well how anti union they are. But when she was sad, I’d always buy her her favorite drink there.
Same goes for Amazon - until Bezos came out in support of Trump, we [I’m also not innocent here] bought from Amazon almost every week. Despite knowing their brutal working conditions…
When my wife and I first started dating, I was liberal. I was still eating Chik Fil A despite knowing that the ceo donates to gay conversion camps. I changed because I realized how right she was about how shitty it was to continue to give money to that company. Yet, years pass, and she’s said how she believes it is the consumers freedom to spend their money how they want, even if she disagrees. She’s Bi. I question if I hadn’t changed and refused to change, she would have still been with me; I don’t know how I feel about that. But then, I have to be introspective about why I’m still here.
People can change, but they have to want to change. They have to want to question what is presented in front of them.