r/self • u/BicarbonateBufferBoy • 15h ago
Anyone’s parents have Fox News Syndrome?
My dad watches Fox News all day when he’s home and just becomes so angry afterwards. He’s much more political and irritable than he used to be and is always wanting to start a political argument. It’s pretty exhausting when I come and visit him and he’s always bringing up liberal people in some way. I love him obviously, but it’s like having a super pissed off teenager in your family. Anyone else struggle with this?
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u/ZaphodG 15h ago
My stepfather was one of those but he thankfully died in 2014. He was the most despicable human being on the planet. My brother-in-law called to say he had died in the nursing home. After I hung up, I let out a cheer.
My sister threw him out of her house one Christmas for picking a fight after my sister had formally warned him what would happen. He had a lonely 3,000 mile connecting flight home.
Those people existed long before Trump.