Lots of things. All the anti-mask, anti-vaxx stuff was stupid, so I was already teetering a bit. Thanks to Trump and Fox News I had to really fight with my dad to talk him into getting his third covid shot.
But the thing that really tipped me over was the election fraud nonsense. I had been convinced that Trump was a man of integrity, at least on some level, and would accept defeat with some dignity and respect for the process. Because that's what he used to say he would do. Laugh at me for my naive gullibility if you'd like, but I was lost in the propaganda pretty deep.
Then he lost, clearly lost, and began to throw a baby fit for a couple of months straight about how it was rigged, how he actually won, and he won the popular vote, too, and he won by millions
I was even, at the time, giving him the benefit of the doubt that maybe we should do a recount with extra care and consideration. But as a few recounts happened, and it became increasingly clear that there was no fraud and everything was pretty much as it was, I realized I was just watching a 70-something year old man whining about losing.
And then, Jan 6th happened, and that was pretty much the last straw. Even then, I stuck up for him a little bit, but after a couple of weeks of bullshit I finally decided he wasn't the man I had been convinced he was, and that I didn't really want him to be president anymore.
I'm not gonna pretend I don't remember you defending him when he was exposed as a serial sex predator or the horrific response to Puerto Rico after the hurricane, among the corruption and endlessly bad policy decisions and corruption...
But I do have to say I am extremely, in a good way, surprised and actually do have to commend you for pulling yourself out of that cult and mindset.
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Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen