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My mum spoke to me shortly after it was announced that he'd died and I kinda was like "okay, feel bad for this children who had to witness it, can't say I can sympathise with him though he was hardly a saint himself" and my mum was like "he spoke out against the woke people" over and over

I told her he literally said little kids dying in school shootings is worth it so people can have guns. he said empathy doesn't exist and he doesn't have empathy for kids being killed. He ridiculed disabled people in his circles. That he advocated for the genocide in Gaza by supporting Israel's actions.

Then she was like "no no no you got it all wrong he was giving a speech when someone asked him if more people die from gang shootings or school shootings, then he was shot" even though the thing I was talking about was from 2023. He's a man in a position of power and authority and influence over others, it's a bit different from "just having a different opinion".

She ended up getting pissed off at me and blanking me after that but I don't care. I guess me caring more about kids dying than guns makes me officially "woke" now but so be it. I'll stand by the fact I can't find anything redeemable about this man or any reason to sympathise with him

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[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I'm so sorry your mum isn't able to give your feelings the space and respect they deserve. You're completely right. And fact is undeniable, he didn't deserve anything, other than what he advocated for all his life. Also your mum is probably just grieving or feeling socialitically pressured to grieve. How your mum is feeling can be entirely separated from the person she's feeling that for. Don't address the person she's grieving but maybe you can offer her kindness for her feelings, which, I'm assuming would be adulting beyond your developed years. Put clear boundaries down that you aren't changing your opinion on the subject, nor do you want to speak of it, but you care about how she feels. Because people's feelings matter, regardless of whether they're perceived by others as being about unreasonable things, and maybe that will help her learn to be more emotionally supportive, at very least, it'll set a good boundary for you and how you expect her to treat your feelings in future. My mum is a bit like yours, I've never found a good balance, and I can barely speak to her, and I've had many many years of no contact at all, it's hard to go through, I wouldn't wish it on anyone, but sometimes that's the path you end up on, after exhausting all options available at the time. I hope you're able to find a way to co-exist, more peacefully than I was able.