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  • I used to have political arguments with my dad all the time, but like in a fun debate team way. It really was a fun part of our relationship until 2020… and then shit got real when I moved to a big city and the fun was gone.

    When I moved home for a year, the first few months were rough. Lots of anger, lots of pain, but eventually I came to realize nothing I could say would do anything- to my family I was just woke end of story. So I stopped talking politics at all with them, and started talking about music, or yard work, or how we like our coffee. Honestly that opened things up later on to have more honest conversations that were more level headed. Frankly I got him to agree with DEI as a concept so long as I avoided buzzwords or call it DEI by name.

    My dad is still the same guy- still funny, he’s still bright, he’s still kind and would absolutely help a child on the side of the road, he just listened to too much patriot radio. I still call him, but we had to realize our relationship and who we are to each other comes first. Politics might change but he’s always my dad and I’m always his son. Besides, when I came out as bi at 16 he was the only one who told me he loved me so that’s gotta mean something. He’s still in there.


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    3 months ago

    Have you opened a newspaper, especially in regards to Chicago?

    We actually are going hard AF. Brandon Johnson sucks in many ways but at least his administration helped get us prepared for the ICE raids so much so that the head of ICE made public mention of his outrage for Chicago because of how hard we made their jobs. I stood toe to toe with the CPD in 2020, I marched in 2025, I sure as hell am not going to sit it out this time.

    Enough with this “Americans aren’t doing anything” bullshit. I’m fucking proud of my city for the hell we have raised, and we will be making sure Trump’s troops get their asses handed to them in a fuckin deep dish pizza.

    But maybe you’re thinking of New York which is run by a bootlicker who just let them waltz right on in.