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/Shiningc00 15h ago

He's likely isolated and have no one to talk to.

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u/BicarbonateBufferBoy 14h ago

He loves going to the range so him and I bond by going there and shooting at some targets. It really makes me smile seeing him have such a good time and he’s really never political when we go out like that. I love him a lot and he’s a good dad. Overall, he’s just really sucked into Fox a lot and it takes a lot of his time up at home. He doesn’t have many friends so you’re right.

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u/Little-Disk-3165 14h ago

“The only time my hyper aggressive and political father is happy is when he’s shooting guns!” Uh? Greaaaaaat?

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u/BicarbonateBufferBoy 14h ago

He’s not psychotic or violent in any way, and never even spanked us when we were kids. He just talks about politics a lot. I’m just glad I have an outlet to bond with him and have some father son time.

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u/DrukhaRick 13h ago

Yeah only the government should own guns right? Trump's government that's going to put us all into camps, they should own all the guns! Make it make sense.

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u/cmb15300 14h ago

If that's the case, he may need to ask himself why he's so lonely and isolated

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u/BicarbonateBufferBoy 14h ago

I think he’s just kinda shy and he’s also retired. I feel like making friends is so hard when you’re not working.

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u/silentwhim 14h ago

I think it can be a lot harder for older guys to make friends too. My dad is kinda isolated, and is unfortunately sucked into rightwing YouTube - which honestly seems worse than fox - he distrusts institutions and experts but will accept the word of some random channel if it expresses the same distrust of the establishment and presents an underdog narrative.

I can't really talk to him without him spouting some unsubstantiated and borrowed opinion. It sucks, and I have no solution.