#they were talking about mass deportation of ''illegal criminals'' and she asked out loud why they havent sent them away already | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dawntheduckrb · 1 month ago

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I love how you can purposely cater you internet experience to block most politics so you can mentally detox since your media consumption was becoming unhealthy, and still have a whole week of attempting to regain your hope in humanity become completely undone by wanting to eat lunch with your mom (ramble in tags, feel free to ignore; take care of yourselves first <3)

#politics #us politics #tags so people can block this post #it's just so cool and awesome that things work like that #i was genuinely doing so much better #i was engaging with news in a healthier way #i was fixing my focus on what to do moving forward #but then i had the audacity to want to eat lunch with my mother instead of holing up in my room #she turned on fox news and i tuned it out... talking about stuff with them always turns into debates and its mentality exhausting #so i generally just keep my mouth shut unless asked #but then she started commenting on the news out loud #and so being a personable person i did my best to respond #they were talking about mass deportation of ''illegal criminals'' and she asked out loud why they havent sent them away already #so i said “oh well its expensive and there's not always places that are willing to take them”... left my opinion on the sentiment out of it #that was the WRONG thing to say apparently #devolved into a debate where she ultimately said “ok but it was a rhetorical question and i didnt actually want an answer”#how was i supposed to know that????? im the only person in the room??? thats not what rhetorical questions are used for??????#so we moved on from the topic #she said something along the lines of “pff and people come in illegally and still want to seek asylum”#so again i speak up #told her (with a quick google search to back it up) that people can either apply for asylum at the border or after entering illegally #as long as its within a year of entering #that was ALSO THE WRONG THING TO SAY #she reiterated that she still wasn't asking and added “im just watching the news; i dont want to google anything”#and im like...#...one; she mentioned in her “thinking out loud” rambles that she's aware that i dont like to talk about this stuff with her #but that this stuff is important to talk about... which i took as a “why won't you talk with me?”#so ouch #but also... whY ARE YOU WATCHING THE NEWS IF YOU DON'T CARE TO VERIFY ANY OF IT #im out of tags to ramble in but I'm still so hurt and mad and i have been reminded how little people care about compassion and factuality

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