Good read. It is from 8/14 but more relevant 5 yeas later with Obama out of the White House
Hi Andrew,
I’m writing because I just can’t deal with my father anymore. He’s a 65-year-old super right-wing conservative who has basically turned into a total bleep intent on ruining our relationship and our planet with his politics. I’m more or less a liberal democrat with very progressive values and I know that people like my dad are going to destroy us all. I don’t have any good times with him anymore. All we do is argue. When I try to spend time with him without talking politics or discussing any current events, there’s still an underlying tension that makes it really uncomfortable. Don’t get me wrong, I love him no matter what, but how do I explain to him that his politics are turning him into a monster, destroying the environment, and pushing away the people who care about him?
Thanks for your help,
Son of A Right-Winger
Dear Son of A Right-Winger,
Go back and read the opening sentences of your letter. Read them again. Then read the rest of your letter. Then read it again. Try to find a single instance where you referred to your dad as a human being, a person, or a man. There isn’t one. You’ve reduced your father — the person who created you — to a set of beliefs and political views and how it relates to you. And you don’t consider your dad a person of his own standing — he’s just “your dad.†You’ve also reduced yourself to a set of opposing views, and reduced your relationship with him to a fight between the two.
https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/08/06/ask-andrew-w-k-my-dad-is-a-right-wing-bleep/?fbclid=IwAR3tfgqY7HPwe-7werxeZAay5Jvod2cK6jnBPyI_MB3uvq6Nu1Wa6sfMj6I