Disturbing People near Lewes, DE yesterday

[sindri]

16. It is hard not to let them pull me down to their level

but I keep reminding myself to detach their deranged behavior from the vulnerable, fragile and yes beautiful people they truly are underneath all that hate. My 81 year old mom is an avid Trump supporter and crazy conservative xtian. She is otherwise lovely and kind but goes into some kind of psychotic episode whenever the conversation goes towards LGBT, DEI, climate change, evolution, etc. and she starts spouting random bible verses as "proof" for everything she thinks (which is in line with OAN and Trumpers). She makes no sense but then after calming down a bit can say loving things, say intelligent things (she is quite smart). It is painful to see this Jeckle/Hyde thing happening to someone who once was a Jimmy Carter loving democrat. Things snapped when we moved to the suburbs and Reagan was president. She got sucked into this cult via our church.