Thread by @AnnaTarkov

Friends, I just talked to my Dad about his voting plan.

First of all, bless his heart, he refuses to vote by mail 😡 But let’s put that aside for a moment.

He told me he’s pretty sure he’s voting for Biden.

PRETTY SURE

By the end of the conversation, he told me he’s 99.9% for Biden, but not before I had several heart attacks along the way.

Heart attack #1: He said he wanted to see the rest of the debates first.

Heart attack #2: He said Trump has done some good things.

I asked for an example and he said he liked that Trump is demanding that the Europeans put more money into NATO instead of the US shouldering everything.

I didn’t even touch that for the moment 🤦🏻‍♀️

(He also said Angela Merkel is a communist and so that’s why she hasn’t been as hard as necessary on Putin. I think any German would be... perturbed by this analysis, but ok)

Heart attack #3: He wasn’t aware that Trump has been accused of rape by over a dozen women and girls. He asked me to send him information on that and this concerned him greatly, but that alone didn’t make him 100% for Biden.

Heart attack #4: He’s concerned about Biden’s age and said that even though Trump is only 3 years younger than Biden, “at this age 3 years is a lot.”

For reference, my dad is 75 and he’s on all fours in my kitchen right now trying to fix my dishwasher

I don’t even remember all the other heart attacks, but I have one thing to say about all this.

TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES ABOUT THEIR VOTING PLANS AND WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR.

I’m still scared to ask who my Dad voted for in 2016. But I’ll get up the nerve eventually

In all honesty, it doesn’t matter.

I could ask him right now.

If he voted for Trump, I wouldn’t be surprised. He’s 75 years old and was raised traditionally in the USSR which means he’s a misogynist and a racist.

I would know because I used to be one too.

Yes, both a misogynist and a racist and I’m still fighting almost daily to unlearn both of those. It takes work.

Here’s another gem btw: my Dad said he doesn’t agree with my Mom’s voting decision making process.

I asked what her process is and he said she’s voting for who her kids are voting for; so, me and my older sister.

I asked why this was a problem.

He said that she should make up her own mind. I said ideally, yes, but if she’s not interested in it or doesn’t have time, then it’s ok to turn to people who are more informed.

If only all Americans turned to those who are more informed (and aren’t misogynists or racists), then maybe we wouldn’t be in this mess.

So I told him that my Mom’s approach is good and he’s wrong to criticize it tbh

Oh! I almost forgot. My Dad, who has a limited understanding of American electoral politics, says that this is in large part the Democrats’ fault for putting forward boring, old candidates like HRC.

“People want something new,” he told me. “It’s just human nature.”

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

I mean, he isn’t wrong, and people DO seek novelty but that’s no excuse to vote for a sociopathic fascist.

I told him it’s really the fault of us being a misogynistic and racist society but he wouldn’t hear of it 🙄

Because, you know, he doesn’t 100% believe that racism is A Thing. He’s a bit better with misogyny, but not much.

FYI, a lot of this attitude comes from being raised in a socialist country so if you’re wondering why 🌹 Twitter is so often misogynist and racist, well...

When you give primacy to class above all else, you are necessarily sublimating gender and race, even if that isn’t your explicit intent.