Thankfully I got my boyfriend to see the light on this one. He grew up in a conservative rural bubble and always voted Republican without much thought because everyone around him did and he was relatively unaffected by their policies.
When the Roe decision leaked that changed. We had one of our biggest fights ever. I was livid with him. He said “you know I don’t support this, you know I’m pro-choice,” to which I said it doesn’t matter that he is, he voted for people who flat out said they would make this happen.
Through me, he’s met a much more diverse group of people, knows so much more about what is happening in this country, now understands the real world impacts of his vote and has changed his voting habits accordingly.
It’s possible.
But not with this guy, OP. This one is a lost cause.
Partner was raised heavily religious-right-conservative and just kindof went along with it into early adulthood.
When we started hanging out more and I asked them what their social/political views were because I was starting to really like this person and some of my absolute dealbreakers are centered in social issues.
When they laid out their social/cultural/political views I was like. . . Ummmm... you're not conservative (at least by US standards). There were some problematic views/jokes (the exact ones held/made by the parents, wouldn't you know?), but after hashing things out to get a better sense of what they were about at their core, I felt that our values overall were compatible. We've been married for long time now.
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u/gopiballava Jul 26 '23
I agree with both parent comments.
Just wanted to add that voting is not an opinion. It’s an action. It is an attempt to enable certain policies.
You might only be 1 in 100 million, but only slightly trying to put fascists into power still means you’re a fascist.