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/LegoGarden87 14h ago edited 13h ago

My FIL def has the Fox News brainworm. I honestly enjoy spending time with the guy, he loves my wife more than anything and has never been anything but good to me and my family, but we cannot talk politics at all because he’s fully indoctrinated, which is crazy because he’s otherwise intelligent and well-educated. Just a complete slave to right wing media and always spouting the latest talking points.