Stepfather sent me this.. how would you respond?
So, my stepfather has always been a Republican, and has always had that mentality of, when you're younger, you'll be progressive, but as you get older, you'll start getting your head on straight, and you'll become a Republican. I usually try to just brush off these sorts of things, but as you can imagine, over the last year especially, he's gotten increasingly more... vocal, I suppose you could say, about his support for Donald Trump, who he was pretty hesitant to vote for back in 2016, did not vote for him in 2020, but over the last four years has swallowed up all of the propaganda that we've talked about on this subject. I'm sure there is some valid criticism, and some valid information here, but I'm having a hard time finding out how much of this is provable, how much of this is reasonable to be critical of, and how much of this is not. I'm having a hard time being critical about how much of this might be clear and blatant misinformation that can be proved. I find myself struggling to respond in a way that maintains the bridge, allows me to acknowledge what he's sent to me, acknowledge any points where there might be some valid criticism, but also, in my opinion, most importantly, correcting any of the misinformation that he's just taking at face value.
So, how would you respond?
So, my stepfather has always been a Republican, and has always had that mentality of, when you're younger, you'll be progressive, but as you get older, you'll start getting your head on straight, and you'll become a Republican. I usually try to just brush off these sorts of things, but as you can imagine, over the last year especially, he's gotten increasingly more... vocal, I suppose you could say, about his support for Donald Trump, who he was pretty hesitant to vote for back in 2016, did not vote for him in 2020, but over the last four years has swallowed up all of the propaganda that we've talked about on this subject. I'm sure there is some valid criticism, and some valid information here, but I'm having a hard time finding out how much of this is provable, how much of this is reasonable to be critical of, and how much of this is not. I'm having a hard time being critical about how much of this might be clear and blatant misinformation that can be proved. I find myself struggling to respond in a way that maintains the bridge, allows me to acknowledge what he's sent to me, acknowledge any points where there might be some valid criticism, but also, in my opinion, most importantly, correcting any of the misinformation that he's just taking at face value.
So, how would you respond?