my father says that we should regulate the mentally ill not guns, my aunt says policemen are being blamed by racist poc, my cousin doesn't thing Muslim people should be allowed into 6 flags

I'm here, staring into the middle distance

ugh, yikes. :c

internally screaming into the void

that's so fucking awful, I'm sorry. ;;

how is this real. how is this the real world.

my sister tells me the most oppressed people are poor white guys

wt actually f

I just

bc some people legitimately live in a fucking bubble.

this has been an episode of: I tried to check on my sick family member and all I got was gross

i would ask "why six flags specifically" but i don't actually want to know the answer....

i'm also going to choose to believe that "by regulate the mentally ill" your father means a person is required to get a doctor's approval before developing an illness

because that idea is as absurd as what he probably actually means

there are times that the prevelance of these attitudes and ideologies honestly make me feel like I've lost my mind

No, he thinks all mentally ill persons are potential criminals and should be institionalized to protect the public

scrubs face

no i think i prefer my version where i never would have developed OCD because i couldn't get approved for it

I don't normally bring these things up outside in social circles but fuck man this has been a trip

your facebook sounds like a wild and uncomfortable ride

unfortunately most of this is actual verbal conversation

oh no

holy shit

I remember your sister saying that I was amazed

i'm so sorry, man. dealing with family who say things like that is difficult at the best of times...

Honestly I just needed to be reminded that I am not crazy

every time I think I've hit the worst of it, I'm surprised by some new comment or belief and it's a nonstop wave of how is this real

how? it's 2015, you have Google. you can Google fact check these things

I don't want to say nothing. I don't want my silence to become consent.

But fuck it is super tiring sometimes

In a situation where someone is sick like that you do have to keep it in a bit... which is just as exhausting as telling people how shitty that is so my condolences

hylia no joke OTL

sailorvenus I'm so sorry. I live an entire country away from my family, but I remember what it was like to be with those attitudes on a day to day basis, and it must be incredibly tough for you.

for real... and it feels like people with those beliefs are getting worse lately I can't imagine

yeah i fortunately live away from my family now, but i remember all too well how difficult it was when i still lived with/near them

biting one's tongue sucks

yeah, I feel you. family brings be conflicted feelings

*me. wow i'm tired

ah yes...white people, they have it so hard in this country

what astounds me is how people act like isms aren't real and pervasive unless you're talking about people who experience it the least of at all

racism? just poc pulling the race card until a black person calls a white person a cracker and then it's all wow what a racist!!!

religious persecution isn't muslims being treated with suspicion and mocked for wearing hijab it's your cashier saying "happy holidays" instead of "merry christmas"

or being told you can't bully gay children

wow much oppression

Ugh, what a miserable thing to go through