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Family friend and stepgrandfather started talking about how Trump was "already having an effect on the economy" because gas was "finally 2.95" and that there was enough coal and gas in West Virginia to "power the whole country", that Joe Manchin was an evil liehbrul who stood up with HILLARY GODDAMN CLINTON and promised to shut down coal mines, that renewables were on their way out, that we needed to drill more, and that West Virginia would be one of the poorest states in the country if they closed down coal mines.
I only attend family holidays for my mother's sake, who had a rough time raising me and finally gets a 'normal' family life, if only her crippled son comes and participates. So I bit my tongue and ground my teeth together (in fact, even reciting this I can feel my fucking blood pressure rise) and endured some people who would never change their mind and are incapable of parsing facts.
My mother, incidentally, is religiously conservative, but also has always had a strong environmentalist streak.
I love in how many often self contradicting flavours humans come. Its horrible but also beautiful.
My grandpa use to be the atheist who debated street prosteltizers. He now is trump man talking bout the illegals.
People are bizarre. Bit tongue in same way for people you love who are there. Sucks that often they're the same people.
Good on you for seeing pushing past it. Part of what makes you more open minded than them.
Isn’t West Virginia already one of the poorest states in the country?
Yeah. Really bit my tongue on that one.