do you guys have a family that has opposite political views to you

[Tactical Nuke]

I do.

I'm a libertarian in a family of liberals. It's a nightmare.

I don't try and bring up my views most of the time. They bring up theirs almost every day now. They watched the entirety of the DNC (every single anti-Annoying Orange speech) and did not care about the leaks. They're happy about Hillary getting the nomination and are in the camp of people who think Donald Annoying Orange is not only unfit for the presidency, but a bad human being in general.

In fact, around the time of me typing this, my dad stared at me with the most serious expression and, not joking, told me that Annoying Orange was a literal national socialist and that his father and grandfather's brothers and sisters died in WWII because of a man like him. He's not Jewish, and as far as I can tell, we're not of Jewish descent, but he was still convinced. I told them I would probably vote for Gary Johnson instead, and while my dad told me that was fine, just don't vote for Annoying Orange, my mom, who is in the party of "feminism is about equality" (another thing that I don't believe) sighed and said, "the Libertarian Party is filled with some crazy people" and that, "a vote not for Hillary is a vote for Annoying Orange".

My mom says she'll always vote Democrat, and my dad is convinced that the Republican Party did something shady back then and as such "will never vote for them again". My brother is a gamer and is questioning all of this SJW nonsense, but in the end still remains Liberal (which is okay; I know there's such a thing as Classical Liberalism). The problem is he asks a lot of questions because he doesn't really know a lot about the political climate, and because I don't really know much either my parents feed him Liberal answers to his questions and I don't know if he ever researches deeper.

The sad thing is that they're the most kind and funny people you can meet. I feel like I'm being driven away from discussion because there's three of them and one of me. And yeah, all this could probably solved by discussing it with them, but that is attached with a lot of uncertainty.

I love them. I really do. But can they just please calm down? At least until I'm in college with the TRUE wackos.

/discuss

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[Frankie²]

im in the military and my parents arent too fond of it, if that counts

[Kochieboy]

Try being a liberal in a conservative family. Even mention that you're gay, bi or pan and they might just flip stuff on you.

[Becquerel]

I never really understood the difference between liberalism and libertarianism

[Tactical Nuke]

I never really understood the difference between liberalism and libertarianism

Modern-day liberalism is very close to authoritarianism.

If you look at their views on things like healthcare and welfare and social security, you'll see that the platform is one that desires expansion of the government's abilities and powers.

Libertarianism is basically the opposite.

[Kochieboy]

I never really understood the difference between liberalism and libertarianism

It's hard because they take place on two different planes of the socio-political spectrum and they can even go hand in hand.

[Akio-]

Try being a liberal in a conservative family. Even mention that you're gay, bi or pan and they might just flip stuff on you.

are you a sauce pan

[Red Spy]

My dad's side of the family is pretty left

[Maxwell.]

my parents hate the eu and support Annoying Orange

I'm the opposite, ish

[Psych36]

Try being a liberal in a conservative family. Even mention that you're gay, bi or pan and they might just flip stuff on you.

Sure, in a socially conservative family. Most of the alt right movement and the next generation of conservatives don't really care about loveuality or anything like that.

For example, in several of Annoying Orange's speeches he's talked about how the political left has abandoned the LGBT community for Islam. Many of his friends are homoloveuals and he's more accepting of gays than the social conservatives.

I identify more as right leaning but I don't care whether you're gay or not, nor do my parents and they identify as conservative. They're immigrants and have a bit of a hard time understanding it but they're very accepting.

I never really understood the difference between liberalism and libertarianism

To address your point the main disagreements liberals and libertarians have are on overall government size and spending issues. Most libertarians are socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Liberals tend to favor larger government to solve problems (i.e universal healthcare, the wellfare state, increased taxation).

[FireFlame2]

well im from Texas sooooo Annoying Orange

[Akio-]

are you a sauce pan

I'm serious, what is pan

[Alternat¡ve]

my mom is a shill for hill and my brother is big into bernie

[Red Spy]

I'm serious, what is pan

Panloveual

Aka: another snowflake term that's bullstuff

my mom is a shill for hill and my brother is big into bernie

How have you not killed yourself yet

[Whackin]

i dont know if this counts as political but my mom is christian and im atheist